Brother - Kris Kelly

Sat on a tree stump, swayed in the wind, I can feel you

Uncoupled, size doubled, dreams halved, but all the same

Can you feel me?

Brother, please, lend me your eyes again

Brother, please, the beat of your heart again

«Oh the past is blowing a kiss to you

Now is the same as it has always been

He’s in there, fast asleep

Close your eyes, he might wake up.»

A pathless land, I’m riddling a way

Could a slave keep dreaming?

Slowly and still-ly advance on ahead?

But I’m stuck right here

Brother, please, sing me your song again

Brother, please, lead me back home again

There is a king, drunk and undressing a whore

A monkey lord, bent over taking his own sword

A wounded loon wrenching the life from his soul

I peel back the layers that bind me

So finally I can claim my place on that throne of bone

«Oh the past is blowing a kiss to you

Now is the same as it has always been

He’s in there, fast asleep

Close your eyes, he might wake up.»

These shadows are dancing an ode to an age

The ripples send waves through my body

Mirrors reflecting the infinite in me

Then I slip right back

Brother, please, bring me to life again

Brother, please, bring me to life again

There is a king, drunk and undressing a whore

A monkey lord, bent over taking his own sword

A wounded loon wrenching the life from his soul

I peel back the layers that bind me

So finally I can claim my place on that throne of bone

I dreamt that I set down all this shit and started to climb that tree

I dreamt you had hung yourself for days upside down

I dreamt we were hanging intertwined, a braid of gold

I dreamt we were merging into one, an ouroboros

I’m dreaming again

The fool on the hill

I left him behind

That’s my sacrifice

Suspended in the air, we had

Coiled and united, we surrendered there

Oh Lord, if the answer were to make its way to me before

I lie down in that dirt bed again

Oh Lord, I swear that I would kneel before you day and night

And dress him up in fire