Lyrics for Little Brother as interpreted by north dakota

Little Brother Lyrics
Wide eyed and up in arms, my little brother was a solemn one. He always had his quiet corner. Pride of my countrymen, my little brother will be born again. Just give us back our quiet corner. Now go back to the other side of my bed. I'll go back to the place where you get started. And I'll sleep, just put the pillows under my head.

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savingupspend
05-13-2007

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This is a gem of a song, I'm a bit cloudy of its meaning, which is ok, but little bro is just dying to speak their mind but is so introverted that they need their older brother to get things rolling, but the older brother needs help with what the younger can provide.

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Acidmother
05-20-2007

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I think what he's saying that his little brother was really one of the prevalent minds of the country, but was quite reclusive. Now the older brother, who was the more gregarious and social, now wants the quiet and solitude which the little brother had all along.

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theOcutl
06-13-2007

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This song is about Little Bother being baptized. Big Brother wishes the countrymen would stop with the nonsense and let him and his little brother go back to sleep.

In other words, the song is against baptism and the such.

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OliverCarle
08-01-2007

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no, YOU are against baptism and such. i assume your name was meant to be 'theOccult'? the single reference to being born again is just a reference to a life changing experience. he is saying his little brother will do great things.

i think the idea of the song is he is almost being sarcastic, like "okay little brother, i have heard your new manifesto many times, i know your gonna change the world, but its three am and i want to get some sleep"

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Yelirrosco
09-13-2007

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does any one have the lyrics for the "electric" version or the daytrotter version. I think the lines "my God thats not the way" and toward the end,"...coming out of the water" shed some light on the baptism theme

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accraze
09-17-2007

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stupid....any of you ever seen the movie "City of Lost Children"? this completely outlines the theme of the central story.

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circle_w
12-25-2007

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I had no idea a reworked version of the original Little Brother could ever sound so beautiful and unreal, as Little Brother (Electric) does.


I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the baptism idea.. it seems quite plausible. .

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wheresthedamnCAPO?
03-08-2008

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The (electric) Daytrotter version might clarify a bit on the baptism issue. The first lines, in that other version, differ from those listed above: "My God, that's not the way, My God, that's not the way, My God, that's not the way, My God, that's not the way'....

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namedujour
03-17-2008

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Wow. I hear something totally different from everyone else. The little brother is "up in arms" - a soldier, no doubt, who is "pride of my countrymen". References to the little brother are all past tense, so he's evidently killed, will be born again (a hope that they'll see each other again?? Next life, perhaps?) and the singer wishes for things to go back to where they were, "quiet", and crawls into bed to escape the grief.

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whatchamacallme
05-04-2008

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I see it way more like namedujour.
Even with the baptism themes, I don't think it directly has anything to do with the traditional meaning concept of baptism.

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Carrera911xc
07-24-2008

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I always felt like the song was about the return of totalitarianism. With big brother asking for less scrutiny and oversight, anticipating the return of a time when people kept quiet and didn't question their big brother.

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dbkmd
10-28-2008

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i view this song as portrait of how hes changed in life, he used to be bright and social, now hes not quite the same as he was and has become more inclusive, a bipolar sort of thing, just saying im the same person but i need space

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nmh123
07-25-2009

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I think this song is rather symbolic. The" little Brother" actually represents a tree. When he says pride of my country men he is actually referring to the tree that Paul revere stood on to announce "one if by land and two if by sea". When he says now ill sleep he is simply tired from a long day.
Baptism HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. this is just a young boys cry to get attention form his older brother.

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Red Laughter
09-23-2009

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i think the singer feels for his younger brother
"just give us back our quiet corner",
how his brother remembers him.
"countrymen, my little brother will be born again"
and his little bra definitely turned into a religious marine joke



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