Brand New - Brothers (Untitled 03)

So the air is getting colder and the news keeps us scared.
I still wrestle this summer in the bones of our tired and blistered hands.
Cause tonight we got drinks and just a couple of friends.
And the girl that my brother likes is finally talking to him.
And his chest is all swelled like he's proud and happy.
Like he's got a great idea, like he's making a memory.

Wake up and come out to the car.
There's an east swell coming and it's howling off shore,
And we'll be lying like lions out in the sands.
But I'll be dead before you put a gun in my brothers hand.

So we make jokes back home, and we lighten the mood.
But growing up, my parents saw what sending a kid to fight could really do.
And now with the war I tell their a little shook up.
Because just a few mothers sons will never really be enough.
Not till half of our names are etched out on the wall
And the other half ruined from the things we saw.

Wake up and come out to the car.
There's an east swell coming and it's howling off shore,
And we'll be lying like lions out in the sands.
But I'll be dead before you put a gun in my brothers hand.

Wake up and come out to the car.
There's an east swell coming and it's howling off shore,
And we'll be lying like lions out in the sands.
But I'll be dead before you put a gun in my brothers hand.

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[elliottsmith10]

"So we make jokes back home, and we lighten the mood.

But growing up, my parents saw what sending a kid to fight could really do.

And now with the war I tell their a little shook up.

Because just a few mothers sons will never really be enough.

Not till half of our names are etched out on the wall

And the other half ruined from the things we saw."

simply amazing.

[DevalII]

This song is anti-war. It's not glorifying it.

[ItsAlwaysRainingInWa]

@Kerin1993 Yeah I sort of agree with Kunkle. Maybe he means that he would do anything to stop it(the gun being put in his brothers hand), even if it kills him.

[kunkle493]

@Kerin1993 it might mean that he would give up his own life at home to go fight so his brother doesn't have to go

[Kerin1993]

What does he mean by the, "But I'll be dead before you put a gun in my brothers hand"?

[tarashorter80]

where can we buy these untitled tracks?

[adoreux3]

I definitely prefer Brothers over aloC-acoC

[scrumpyJ5]

@JustJessicaah You remind so much of my friend. so then, you're pretty great.

[rowaneloise]

This song has been on replay for the past 2 days. Jesse is such a musical genius. I can relate to all his songs, the lyrics are amazingly perfect. This song is one of the rare few that can reduce me to tears in 3 minutes. Amennnnn.

[lucaspukas182]

@shelbyymb spot on. ha

[spencaluva]

This song is simply gorgeous, along with every song they produce.

[shelbyymb]

@lucaspukas182 crazy people?