My Brother Esau (Live at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, March 31, 1986)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] My brother Esau killed a hunter Back in 1969 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 [Verse 2] My 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 [Chorus] Esau skates on mirrors anymore Meets his pale rеflection in the door Yet somеtimes at night I dream He's still that hairy man Shadowboxing the Apocalypse And wandering the land Shadowboxing the Apocalypse And wandering the land [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Esau holds a blessing Brother Esau holds a curse Would say the blame was 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 Way late at night, more feel they understand [Outro] Brother to brother, man to man Face to face and let's hand to hand Fight a war that never ends Maybe up again Shadowboxing the Apocalypse within Silent war within Shadowboxing the Apocalypse, yet again, and again Shadowboxing the Apocalypse And wandering the land, hey Shadowboxing the Apocalypse And wandering the land Shadowboxing the Apocalypse And wandering the land