Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song My Brother Esau, artist - Grateful Dead. Album song 30 Days of Dead 2015, in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 14.03.2016
Record label: Grateful Dead, Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
My Brother Esau |
My brother Esau killed a hunter |
Back in 1969 |
And before the killing was done |
His inheritance was mine |
But his birthright was a wand to wave |
Before a weary band |
Esau gave me sleeplessness |
And a piece of moral land |
My father favored Esau |
Who was eager to obey |
All the bloody wild commandments |
The Old Man shot his way |
But all this favor ended |
When my brother failed at war |
He staggered home |
And found me in the door |
Esau skates on mirrors anymore |
He meets his pale reflection at the door |
Yet sometimes at night I dream |
He’s still that hairy man |
Shadowboxing the Apocalypse |
And wandering the land |
Shadowboxing the Apocalypse |
And wandering the land |
Esau holds a blessing |
Brother Esau bears a curse |
I would say that the blame is mine |
But I suspect it’s something worse |
The more my brother looks like me |
The less I understand |
The silent war that bloodied both our hands |
Sometimes at night, I think I understand |
It’s brother to brother and it’s man to man |
And it’s face to face and it’s hand to hand |
We shadow dance the silent war within |
The shadow dance, it never ends |
Never ends, never ends |
Shadowboxing the Apocalypse, yet again |
Yet again |
Shadowboxing the Apocalypse |
And wandering the land |