My Brother Esau

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[Verse 1]
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My brother Esau killed a hunter
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Back in 1969
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And before the killing was done
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His inheritance was mine
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But his birthright was a wand to wave
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Before a weary band
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Esau gave me sleeplessness
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And a piece of moral land
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My father favored Esau
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Who was eager to obey
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All the bloody wild commandments
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The Old Man shot his way
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But all this favor ended
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When my brother failed at war
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He staggered home
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And found me in the door


[Chorus]
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Esau skates on mirrors anymore
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He meets his pale reflection at the door
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Yet sometimes at night I dream
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He's still that hairy man
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Shadowboxing the Apocalypse
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And wandering the land
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Shadowboxing the Apocalypse
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And wandering the land


[Verse 2]
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Esau holds a blessing
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Brother Esau holds a curse
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I would say that the blame is mine
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But I suspect it's something worse
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The more my brother looks like me
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The less I understand
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The silent war that bloodied both our hands
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Sometimes at night, I think I understand


[Chorus]
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It's brother to brother and it's man to man
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And it's face to face and it's hand to hand
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The shadow dance, it never ends
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Never ends, never ends
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Shadowboxing the Apocalypse, yet again
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Yet again
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Shadowboxing the Apocalypse
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And wandering the land