Song Description
What starts as a simple acoutic guitar song ebbs and flows in many different directions as it follows the emotional turns of the narrator. He struggles with coming to terms with a long term enstrangement from a close brother who now seems a long way away.
| Song Length |
6:23 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Mixed Vocals |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Moving |
Subject |
Brother, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, The Crash Test Dummies |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
FLOWER TO ANOTHER
Flower to another one, says
Let's leave the garden to it's distant son
Leave our future for another time and place
This freedom's just a consequence of space
When the abstract was alive
Into the framework you were designed
A noisy little gift when future ears arrive
Waiting for my conscience to decide
But to compensate for dreams
That never did exist
Then I must believe in
What never did exist
Brother, where'd you go?
Torn to years
Such a long time
Not such a long time
In your time you would not speak
Of all the things you refuse to dream
I broke your heart like you specified, and still
Your love remains an accident of will
And nothing more now you're welcome home
And nothing more now you're on your own
And nothing more I'm the same as you in ways
The truth will never complicate
But to compensate for dreams
That never did exist
Then I must believe in
What never did exist
Brother, where'd you go?
Torn to years
Such a long time
Not such a long time
We pray with our hopes
We pray with our dreams
We pray with our hopes
We pray with our dreams
We pray with our hopes
And always for your peace