Sufjan Stevens - Exploding Whale lyrics

I'm nobody's friend Loneliness rides in my bed My misfortune Give everything you've got While the sun burns hot My addiction Spoils my affection For everything good Elephant in the room Might as well shoot at the moon The mild ambition Give everything you've got Jump the Fosbury flop with intention Pursue your invention As something of worth The thing I most regret Is having to repress what I'm feeling While expressing delight as a myth Embrace the epic fail Of my exploding whale Poison or powdered milk (poison or powdered milk) Paralyzed as it took (paralyzed as it took) Premonition (what is going on?) Give everything you've got Before your life is caught in conditions Be the first of its victims The foot of a hare Action or consequence (action or consequence) My unyielding defense (my unyielding defense) Superstition (what is going on?) My attempts to obscure The wonders of this world Be it fortune Or faith in distortion The patron of prayer The thing I most resent Is having to consent to illusion While confessing distress with my fist Will history prevail? My exploding whale What of a dream deferred My appeal in reverse Apparition Embrace the epic fail Of my exploding whale