In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Get your act together, please
Help your papa to gather leaves
Go and help your grandfather
He's seventy-seven and you are eleven
So rake the yard or clean the eaves troughs
It's one or the other, so go help your papa please
Oh, oh
Get your act together, please
Help your papa to gather leaves or
Go and help your grandfather, he's 77 & you are 11
So rake the yard or clean the eaves troughs
It's one or the other, so go help your papa please
You never ask sister to help with the chores that are physically straining
Sometimes I wish that I was a sole brother.
You never (you never) ask sister (ask sister)
To help with the chores that are physically straining
Sometimes (sometimes) I wish (I wish) that I was (i was)
a sole brother an only child
I know I fake it, I wish I was a soul brother
I know I fake it, I wish I was a soul brother
Raekwon, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother
Ghost Face, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother
Lil Wayne, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother
Big L, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother
I know I fake it, I wish I was a soul brother
Jessica, I love you but I wish I was a sole brother
Help your papa to gather leaves
Go and help your grandfather
He's seventy-seven and you are eleven
So rake the yard or clean the eaves troughs
It's one or the other, so go help your papa please
Oh, oh
Get your act together, please
Help your papa to gather leaves or
Go and help your grandfather, he's 77 & you are 11
So rake the yard or clean the eaves troughs
It's one or the other, so go help your papa please
You never ask sister to help with the chores that are physically straining
Sometimes I wish that I was a sole brother.
You never (you never) ask sister (ask sister)
To help with the chores that are physically straining
Sometimes (sometimes) I wish (I wish) that I was (i was)
a sole brother an only child
I know I fake it, I wish I was a soul brother
I know I fake it, I wish I was a soul brother
Raekwon, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother
Ghost Face, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother
Lil Wayne, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother
Big L, I love you. I wish you were my soul brother
I know I fake it, I wish I was a soul brother
Jessica, I love you but I wish I was a sole brother
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"Again a new song though this title will definitely stick. We were working on it in rehearsal and Steve had this melody in his head so I told him he should sing it. His words were all about wanting to be a soul brother, and many of his idols being rappers etc... My half of the song was about my mom nagging me to help my grandfather rake his leaves so I decided to have a transition from one into the other about how I'd like to be an only child and how I was bitter towards my sister because she never had to help do the hard chores. It only seemed logical to me to change soul to sole as a joke. Sole brother/only child."
from here: daytrotter.com/dt/born-ruffians-concert/20030346-3737679.html