Brother Esau

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My Bother Esau killed the hunter back in nineteen sixty-nine,

And before the killing was done his inheritance was mine.

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But my birthright was a wand to wave before a weary band

Esau gave me sleeplessness and a piece of moral land.

Verse 2 Our father favored Esau who was eager to obey,

All the bloody wild commandments, the old man shot his way.

But all this favor ended when my brother failed at war.

He staggered home and found me in the door.

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Esau's on roller skates today, selling real estate to someone in L.A.

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But sometimes at night I dream he's still that hairy man.

Shadowbox and the apocalypse and wandering the land.

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Verse 4 Esau holds the blessing, Brother Esau holds the curse

I would say the flame is mine, but I suspected something worse.

The more my brother looks like me, the less I understand.

The silent war that bloodied both our hand.

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Sometimes at night I think I understand, Way late at night oh I feel I understand

It's brother to brother and it's man to man And it's face to face and it's hand to hand

The Shadow dance the silent war within.

The shadow dance never ends, never ends, never ends.

Shadowbox and the apocalypse yet again, yet again

Shadowbox and the apocalypse and wandering the land..............

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