A Good Man Is Hard To Find in Sufjan Stevens

Once in the backyard,
She was once like me,
She was once like me.
Twice when I killed them,
They were once at peace,
They were once like me.

Hold to your gun, man,
And put off all the beast,
Put off all the beast.
Paid a full of these, I wait for it,
But someone's once like me.
She was once like me.

I once was better.
I put off all my grief.
I put off all my grief.
So I go to hell, I wait for it,
But someone's left me creased.
Someone's left me creased.