Goldenhorse

Wake Up Brother

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I wake up brother
The lights are out to sea
We sleep too much
And all around is green and yellow
It's far from here
So far from here

Woke up this morning
The trees had fallen down
You live somewhere
Where snow comes down around you brother
It's far from here
So far from here

I walk with you
You walk with me
This time he's coming home again
I walk with you
You walk with me
This time he's coming home again

You cool blue yellow
With lips and face like mine
We are like stone
Like stone we are, we stand together
It's far from here
So far from here

I walk with you
You walk with me
This time he's coming home again
I walk with you
You walk with me
This time he's coming home again
I walk with you
You walk with me
This time he's coming home again
I walk with you
You walk with me
This time he's coming home again

I caught you brother
Back out to sea
A photograph of home
A moment in time
It's far from here
It's far from here

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random_monkey On Jan 03, 2005

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2005-01-03 16:49:10

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by popjack

3y ago

I mean, at face value it sounds like a girl describing how much she loves her brother that she doesn't see much anymore, and what she feels when she gets news he's going to visit. She sees him in an old photo and is reminded, and sometimes in the media spotlight because of his work. He's either in a band, or a poet, something like that. I get that because of what looks like a reference to a lyric by Jim Morrison: We are like stone...

If you had a sister who thought of you like that, wouldn't your life be fantastic?

I like the way they've used these two lines, one describing a place, the other a kind of rhyming slang:

"And all around is green and yellow" "You cool blue yellow"

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