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23 My Brother Esau - 1985-06-24 - River Bend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH
Grateful Dead
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Brother Esau killed a hunter
Back in 1969
And before the killing was done
His inheritance was mine
But his birthright was a wand to wave
Before a weary band
Esau gave me sleeplessness
And a piece of moral land
My father favored Esau
Who was eager to obey
All the wild commandments
The Old Man shot his way
But all this favor ended when
My brother failed at war
He staggered home
Found me in the door
Esau skates on mirrors anymore
He meets his pale reflection at the door
Yet sometimes at night I dream
He's still that hairy man
Shadowboxing the Apocalypse
And wandering the land
Shadowboxing the Apocalypse
And wandering the land
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Esau holds a blessing
Brother Esau holds a curse
I would say that the blame is mine
But I suspect it's something worse
The more my brother looks like me
The more I understand
The silent war that bloodied both our hands
Sometimes at night, I think I understand
Well late at night
More feel that I understand
We're still fighting a war, nobody ever win
Never win, never, never win
Shadowboxing the apocalypse within, silent war within
Brother to brother, hand in hand
Brother to brother, hand in hand
Shadowboxing and war within
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
Wandering the land
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
And wandering the land
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
And wandering the land
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