My Brother Esau Lyrics

My brother Esau killed a hunter
Back in 1969
And before the killing was done
His inheritance was mine
But his birthright was one to wave
Before a weary band
Esau gave me sleeplessness
And a piece of moral land

Our father favored Esau
Who was eager to obey
All the wild commandments
The old man shot his way
But on his failing hand and when
My brother failed at more
His staggered home found it in the door

Esau, he′s on roller skates today
Selling real estate to someone in L.A., hey
Sometimes at night I dream of
Stealing that hairy man
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
And watering the land
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
And watering the land

Esau holds a blessing
Esau holds a curse
I would say that the blame was mine
But I suspected something worse
The more my brother looks like me
The less I understand
The silent war that bloodied both our hands
Sometimes at night I think I understand
Way late at night, sometimes I, I think I grasp it

So I can rap brother to brother and man to man now
The silent war that rages within now
Neither one can win now
Shadowboxing the apocalypse within now
No one can win now
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
And watering the land
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
And watering the land
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
And watering the land