Lyrics for Brother as interpreted by nevermind_03__

Brother Lyrics
here we go
they’re back again
look alive , warn your friends
we are warm and we are safe
enjoy it while you can before
things change

we have got to take cover,
brother
we have got to take cover,
brother

lie down in a field if you can
look at the night sky
oh, where does it end?
sometimes it hurts when you
care about me
but it’s going to hurt more when
they take you away from me
we have go to take cover, brother
we have got to take cover, brother

here we go again
oh midnight knocks!
oh explosions!
maybe it’s all made up in our heads
this happens to me when i’m bored
or depressed

here is the best part of the song
where i admit that i might be wrong
because if they are good and if
they are right
then they’ll have their rapture one
of these nights
but if they are wrong...

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belleautumn
01-13-2005

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I adore this song. ..So much.

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thestrokes_chika227
07-07-2005

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me too!

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mcscumbag
12-22-2005

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shit I cant believe the organ is on here.

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sinking_heart
02-04-2006

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me neither! I LOVE them.
brother is one of my favourites, I don`t understand the meaning but the song is amazing!

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precipitate
02-19-2006

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this song is so good.

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precipitate
02-23-2006

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but oh, I think it's "No midnight knocks/ or explosions"

(at least that's what it sounds like to me)

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heckled
03-18-2006

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I heard this song on the L Word a year ago and I love it so much

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Edi
03-19-2006

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This is my current favourite song. That intro, the
rhytm! It knocks you out! Well, I think the song
questions the possibility of forbidden love and
its consequences : brother can have a reference
to any object of affection not part of society's norms, such as a homosexual love. Their love bring great
joym, but also sorrow and uncertainty. The singer
cannot decide whether to love that which exists
totally objectively or whether she yearns for both.
The singer is confused whether it is real or just
fantasy (made up in our heads...) The song ends
with the possibility of the continuation of emotion...
just always, despite what others think. He/She realises that their love means more than ostracization or hatred. And "night sky, where does it end?" can refer to their relationship, people's hatred, their uncertainty, or a single act or emotion. Anyway, please respond guys!

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acrisius3
04-06-2006

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um..i think this song refers to the war?!?

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Moontouched
04-06-2006

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Acrisius is right. This song is about a soldier.

here we go into the fight
they’re back again the enemy
look alive, watch out or actually look like you're alive, so people can help you

brother could refer to a brother at arms, a fellow soldier, or a real brother. Taking cover is done when you're in danger i.e. under fire

lie down in a field if you can they're on a field op
look at the night sky searching for planes
oh, where does it end?
sometimes it hurts when you
care about me saying he shouldn't care about the narrator because...
but it’s going to hurt more when
they take you away from me they're going to die.

I think that's enough evidence. Although the beauty of songs is that they can be interpreted in any way. I quite like the idea of a forbidden love.

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mrcat1990
04-10-2006

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reminds of a forest by the cure this song i love it soo much

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kfwoo
04-11-2006

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edi, you have interpreted the song exactly how i have, i couldn't have put it more beautifully if i tried. the song is just so beautiful and means so much to me, it stirs up so many emotions in me, i have been in a relationship so similar to the one described... your friends think its bad; you never know where you stand and that (maybe) it is bad for you in the long run, but that's the point, you just don't know what will / could happen, so you just have to see, even if it involves remaining in a position of uncertainty, when you're with them it's incredible ie 'oh explosions', and 'midnight knocks' - it's always that bit more dangerous and that bit more exciting and bit more wonderful in the dark... so much takes place at night that it is almost surreal, and when you think things over and try to make sense of them you sometimes slip from reality...'maybe it's all made up in our heads, this happens to me when i'm bored or depressed'. it's too amazing, i love this song.

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kfwoo
04-11-2006

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ps and the cure - esque base and fabulous joy divison - esque vocals make this song perfect!

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JonR
04-19-2006

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It's about bigotry and persecution by fundamentalist christians. She begins by warning that just because the current political situation is fairly tolerant, that doesn't mean it'll stay that way forever. She forsees being on the run and struggling against an intolerant state. The "Brother" part is interesting. It could, as others have suggested, be a deliberately non-sexual/romantic term meaning "brother in arms", e.g. her allies in this political struggle, or it could be a reference to "big brother", e.g. the oppressive state which is persecuting her. "Midnight knocks!" brings to mind secret police, knocking on people's doors in the middle of the night and making them "disappear", and "explosions!" as people resist them.

She then admits that maybe this is all just a bleak fantasy that occupies her more pessimistic moments. She says that perhaps instead the Christians are right and the "Rapture" will occur. This is a reference to the belief amongst some Christians that at some point God will take up all the truly faithful into Heaven, leaving only non-Christians left on the Earth. However, if it doesn't happen, she fears that her dark daydream will come true...

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precipitate
05-10-2006

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oh Edi I never thought about it that way, I was just thinking about what the song could be about other than just some clever battle type lines. it totally fits, I wish someone would ask katie sketch if that's what this was about!

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Bayou
10-08-2006

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I love this song, Katie rocks!

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xilanyx
12-26-2006

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LOved teh song :)

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PlaysPrettyforMe
09-03-2007

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I absolutely love her voice

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deltasunlight
11-16-2007

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love it so much

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risajojo
11-26-2007

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Thank you so much JonR - very helpful explanation. Very 1984 - very 2007...

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zachattack457
02-18-2008

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this song is about the rapture

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linkact
05-27-2008

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thzt where i hear off of the l word lol its go thou

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skimthefat
06-13-2008

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defs. their best song

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eikinkloster
08-27-2008

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I'm for the two possibilities for "brother": brother in arms, and big brother. The war is a metaphor for the confrontations she has with self righteous Christians in her life, possibly relatives. it begins with

here we go
they’re back again

A family gathering comes to mind, but could be any group of self righteous people with whom she has to cross paths, the simple societal pressure (ostracism) against her love or the family of her femme lover, either way she fears they will

take you away from me

enjoy it while you can before
things change

I think it's less of a fear that society becomes less tolerant, and more a fear that the extant intolerance ends up spoiling her love.

Then comes the actual best part of the song, when the tune get's it's climax she muses that she might be wrong,

because if they are good and if
they are right
then they’ll have their rapture one
of these nights
but if they are wrong..

Well, if they are wrong then they are sucking the life out of her *for nothing*, and she'll be very very pissed.

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