Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou) (1:52)

Sufjan Stevens on ‘Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)’ :

Bless our grandfathers and grandmothers. The work of their bodies, the work of their hands. The homes they built, the swimming pools and picture frames and wax candles and Christmas decorations put in the window. Bless their children and their grandchildren, the small faces, the hard faces, the frowns and eyebrows, the hair braids and aprons and gifts wrapped in newspaper. Bless their business and their sleep. Their labor, their watching of TV, their bowls of peanut shells and orange rinds and red grapes washed with water. Bless the omelettes and the cigarettes and the scotch in the freezer, the money given away. Put their hearts to rest, their spirits to rest. Give them sleep. Give them rest.