Brother of My Heart

She knows I’m not that brave

And cry when Frodo leaves

She's why I got this flat

That’s way too big for the two of us

However, now she’s gone

But you smile at everything

You’ve seen them come and go before

It’s quiet for awhile

You light a cigarette

Even from afar

You know my thoughts by their silhouettes

So we don’t have to talk

For now a beer’s enough

To make the rain seem far away

The brother of my heart

Lives in you, I know

As long as they beat I will always have a

Safe retreat

‘Cause brotherhood’s an art

And we paint when we fall

And on this canvas colors are painted on

Once and for all

You say I’ve put on weight

I say you’ve lost some hair

Since nineteen-ninty-eight

When we dreamt of france in the summer air

Suddenly I’m back to when

I smiled at everything

And got my first can of paint and learned

The brother of my heart

Lives in you, I know

As long as they beat I will always have a

Safe retreat

‘Cause brotherhood’s an art

And we paint when we fall

And on this canvas colors are painted on

Once and for all

I build these castles made of sand

Again and again and think that they will do

But start anew

With less sand than I had before

And one more time I loose it to the shore

It’s a state of war