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For My Brother Lyrics
It would simply say everything if you would
take a pen and write my name on a friend
who never cared to let me in.
Then take a fast ravine that for
three years swimming straight upstream and the wind,
the wind will drag me down in the end.
You live inside my wall and I,
I reach back, hit your harder than God falls
Christ, Amen, Amen, Amen.
You're such a line to break and I'm,
I'm so scared to make another mistake in the end
But I just want to be happy again.
Until it all falls down,
and where does that leave me?
With things, things, I've got so many things to say
with a broken heart and a straight face
I'm saying, "brother, help me"
It's just a natural phase that I,
I go through and then it's taken away and then bam, bam, I'm fixed.
(fixed, fixed, fixed..)
And I'm in another place to be where I,
I can't sleep without the thought of me being so, so damn sick.
(I'm sick, I'm sick, I'm sick)
But take this song, take this song away
until it all falls down,
and where does that leave me?
With things, things, I've got so many things to say
with a broken heart and a straight face
And he says "reach for the girl,
reach for the girl and hold her close.
Believe you can shine when you're silver,
and I promise you gold. I promise you gold.
And whenever you're dark inside,
don't let go. No, don't let go.
Remember there's rain and there's candy and Christmasy winter snow.
And remember I love you the same and I'll strangle you're pain"
And he tells me to sing, and I sing,
and I sing for my brother who keeps me sane
and tells me everything will be ok.
I'm so alone
God, I'm so alone
I'm so alone
I'm alone
take a pen and write my name on a friend
who never cared to let me in.
three years swimming straight upstream and the wind,
the wind will drag me down in the end.
I reach back, hit your harder than God falls
Christ, Amen, Amen, Amen.
You're such a line to break and I'm,
I'm so scared to make another mistake in the end
But I just want to be happy again.
and where does that leave me?
With things, things, I've got so many things to say
with a broken heart and a straight face
I'm saying, "brother, help me"
I go through and then it's taken away and then bam, bam, I'm fixed.
(fixed, fixed, fixed..)
And I'm in another place to be where I,
I can't sleep without the thought of me being so, so damn sick.
(I'm sick, I'm sick, I'm sick)
until it all falls down,
and where does that leave me?
With things, things, I've got so many things to say
with a broken heart and a straight face
reach for the girl and hold her close.
Believe you can shine when you're silver,
and I promise you gold. I promise you gold.
And whenever you're dark inside,
don't let go. No, don't let go.
Remember there's rain and there's candy and Christmasy winter snow.
And remember I love you the same and I'll strangle you're pain"
and I sing for my brother who keeps me sane
and tells me everything will be ok.
God, I'm so alone
I'm so alone
I'm alone
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I think the first person who had commented on this is WAY off. This song is about a guy who simply cant get his life together. He has so many problems he has delt with and its hard for him to cope in this life. But one thing that has always been a constant in his life is his brother. His brother held him together when he just wanted to fall apart. He reminds him the good things on life "Remember there's rain and there's candy and Christmasy winter snow" That no matter how bad it gets that he will always have his brother right at his side and is willing to do anything to help. This song is just about a guy who has someone he can always count on no matter what.
i don't know if the first person was kidding, but this song is not about someone who hates their brother. Its about someone who turns to his brother when he is down. He feels guilty for bringing his brother down with him by burdening him with his problems. This is like a thank you to his brother slash I'm in a really dark place right now and i need to write it out.
His writing blows me away. What does anyone know about him?
YES he is Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October. In my opinion, the greatest writer on earth. And his brother is his best friend-who helped him through sooo much of his shit.
first guy was way off! and raggedrug you got it wrong too(but not as much as the first guy) its about him going through so much stuff and asking his brother for help and his brother helps him through it all and then his brother tells him to sing and he sings for his brother like a thank you(now that I think about it you werent that wrond raggedrug)
Just as an interesting fact, his brother is Jeremy Furstenfeld, the drummer for Blue October.
Well, this song is obviously about his brother. But~ I think that it's about Justin having a bad time in life and is depending on his brother. But- I also think that this is about his brother dying and him remembering or something..? I could be interpreting that wrong. But either way, its a beautiful piece.
No no. I take back my comment about his brother dying. ._. I didn't pay close enough attention to the song.
I actually get a little choked up on the live AWAT version at the "tells me to sing, so I sing, for my brother who keeps me sane..."part. If it weren't for Jeremy, we wouldn't all get to experience Justin's art.
DISCLAIMER I have just obtained a copy of Justin Furstenfeld's book Crazy Making. It's not very detailed, but it contains all the lyrics to all current (The Answers - Approaching Normal) Blue October songs, and his inspiration behind them. As I said, it's not very detailed, but it's his words on every Blue October song that is in the book. I know everyone interprets a song differently from everyone else, but having the original intent behind the song will be helpful to people who don't fully understand a song. Also, any grammatical errors are not made by me, I'm putting down Justin's words exactly how he writes them. So yea... enjoy :)
For My Brother: "My rock, My brother left for college. I wrote it for him the left it on his dorm messages"