My Brother's Keeper
My brother lives in fear
Of the hidden cries he seems to hear
Somewhere ahead the King of Hell
Somewhere below a kitten in a well
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Am I my brother’s keeper?
My brother lives a lie
When his laughter splits the summer sky
Somewhere inside he skips a breath
Somewhere in there he dies the little death
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Every second morning now for years
My brother has put on my brawn and brain
To wander through the universe in pain
And my happiness of yesterday
Is walked and scorned away
Before he returns to me in tears
My brother lives a life
In the narrow shadow of the knife
Somewhere behind a hill of skulls
Somewhere below a beach of dying gulls
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Of the hidden cries he seems to hear
Somewhere ahead the King of Hell
Somewhere below a kitten in a well
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Am I my brother’s keeper?
My brother lives a lie
When his laughter splits the summer sky
Somewhere inside he skips a breath
Somewhere in there he dies the little death
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Every second morning now for years
My brother has put on my brawn and brain
To wander through the universe in pain
And my happiness of yesterday
Is walked and scorned away
Before he returns to me in tears
My brother lives a life
In the narrow shadow of the knife
Somewhere behind a hill of skulls
Somewhere below a beach of dying gulls
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Am I my brother’s keeper?