A) Instead of "never calling, unanswered letters" in the first line, it should be:
"Never calling, or answering letters"
B) Instead of "You're not healing; just conceding",
it should be "You're not healing; just concealing".
Why?
1) People with emotional damage often try to cover up by employing a front or overcompensating.
2) It actually rhymes with "healing"
and
3) in one of the pre-choruses, it says "You see you're losing, yet you still try".
If he had conceded, he would have given up, and hence not be trying anymore.
C) Also, I am not sure, but when listening to the song along with reading the lyrics, it just doesn't sound like he is singing "Oh brother to brother all the blood runs red"
My best guess would be:
"Oh brother, little brother, oh, the cut runs red" (and add "ruby" in the repeated line). You could use "lil' brother" equally well.
Criminally underrated song by the Loafster in my humble opinion.
And from an interesting album too. General online commentary seems to suggest that fans were disappointed by the album (Midnight at the Lost and Found), but, as a big fan of his first 2 albums (and later ones too), I found this a refreshingly different change, that really showcased his voice and passion (this song in particular). Some songs with tongue firmly removed from cheek, that you could actually really get into seriously :)
Not that I'm in anyway denigrating his original two albums, which were great too, just in a rather different way!
Having said that, in it's original format, it was a vinyl album (or cassette) of two sides - although I only heard the CD version, and noted that tracks 1 - 5 (from side 1) ranged from good ("Keep Driving", "Promised land", "Midnight At The Lost And Found") to 'right up there with his best material' (Razor's Edge", "The Wolf At Your Door") and side 2 was mostly execrable. Mind you, perhaps I haven't listened to it enough, and obviously everyone will have different views on that :)
A) Instead of "never calling, unanswered letters" in the first line, it should be: "Never calling, or answering letters"
B) Instead of "You're not healing; just conceding", it should be "You're not healing; just concealing". Why? 1) People with emotional damage often try to cover up by employing a front or overcompensating.
2) It actually rhymes with "healing"
and
3) in one of the pre-choruses, it says "You see you're losing, yet you still try". If he had conceded, he would have given up, and hence not be trying anymore.
C) Also, I am not sure, but when listening to the song along with reading the lyrics, it just doesn't sound like he is singing "Oh brother to brother all the blood runs red"
My best guess would be: "Oh brother, little brother, oh, the cut runs red" (and add "ruby" in the repeated line). You could use "lil' brother" equally well.
Criminally underrated song by the Loafster in my humble opinion. And from an interesting album too. General online commentary seems to suggest that fans were disappointed by the album (Midnight at the Lost and Found), but, as a big fan of his first 2 albums (and later ones too), I found this a refreshingly different change, that really showcased his voice and passion (this song in particular). Some songs with tongue firmly removed from cheek, that you could actually really get into seriously :) Not that I'm in anyway denigrating his original two albums, which were great too, just in a rather different way!
Having said that, in it's original format, it was a vinyl album (or cassette) of two sides - although I only heard the CD version, and noted that tracks 1 - 5 (from side 1) ranged from good ("Keep Driving", "Promised land", "Midnight At The Lost And Found") to 'right up there with his best material' (Razor's Edge", "The Wolf At Your Door") and side 2 was mostly execrable. Mind you, perhaps I haven't listened to it enough, and obviously everyone will have different views on that :)