Why are you thinking again little brother
When you know there's a story for every wrong
Well I won't be around in the morning
Can only pray there's no harm in me moving on
To the trials in your unknown

Now there's a legion of wolves in the forest
And what might have been lost it is there I know
Where the crazy young flames loved an older
I feel useless when I have to face alone
All the trials in my unknown

If you could just walk on by
With signs just flying around
And if this storm was just emotion
Of your kid just trying out
If you could only lose these lies

Now there's a terrible light on the ceiling
Where you drew your insanity's sum upon
Well I can see where the dark hits the sun
I said I believe you forever where you sit down
It's a trial for all that grows

If you could just walk on by
With signs just flying around
And if this storm was just emotion
Of your kid just trying out
If you could only lose these lies

Why are you drinking again little brother
When your ramblings the hard part of loving you
You say the creek and the fogs wanna drown you
But there are deeper wells where we're going to
There's no drought in this unknown/drowning this unknown

If you could just walk on by
With signs just flying around
And if this storm was just emotion
Of your kid just trying out
If you could only lose these lies

And when your memory's lost on a hillside
And a wind takes you further forward now
And your world is a kite in the weather
Gently tied to your hand that is pointing out
There's a sky in this unknown

If you could just walk on by
With signs just flying around
And if this storm was just emotion
Of your kid just trying out
If you could only lose these lies



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Track duration: 03:57

"Little Brother" as written by Kristian Matsson

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    General Comment:I saw in an interview where they asked Kristian if he had a little brother and he answered, "No..... but I am a little brother."

    Food for thought.
    Flag TheNamingOfThingson February 09, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Few mistakes in above lyrics, correct below with one unknown sentence:

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    Why are you thinking again little brother
    When you know there's a story for every wrong
    Well I won't be around in the morning
    Can only pray there's no harm in me moving on
    To the trials in your unknown

    Now there's a legion of wolves in the forest
    And what might have been lost it is there I know
    Where the crazy (old names loving ??)
    I'll feel useless when I have to face alone
    All the trials in my unknown

    If you could just walk on by
    With signs just flying around
    And if this storm was just emotion
    Of your kid just trying out
    If you could only lose these miles

    Now there's a terrible light on the shading
    Where you threw your insanity's sum upon
    Well I can see where the dark hits the summer
    I said I believe you forever but you said don't
    It's a trial for all that grows

    If you could just walk on by
    With signs just flying around
    And if this storm was just emotion
    Of your kid just trying out
    If you could only lose these miles

    Why are you drinking again little brother
    When your ramblings the hard part of loving you
    You say the creek and the fogs wanna drown you
    But there are deeper wells where we're going to
    There's no drowning this unknown

    If you could just walk on by
    With signs just flying around
    And if this storm was just emotion
    Of your kid just trying out
    If you could only lose these miles

    And when your memory's lost on a hillside
    And a wind takes you further and forward now
    And your world is a kite in the weather
    Gently tied to your hand that is pointing out
    There's a sky in this unknown

    If you could just walk on by
    With signs just flying around
    And if this storm was just emotion
    Of your kid just trying out
    If you could only lose these lies
    Flag poshboyon August 03, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Oh. Major, major mistake here as I did not mention that the child is more so metaphor for the narrator seeing the man as a child. Obviously children are never left and exiled...it's a hurtful jab to the subject meaning that "I'm sorry, I can no longer hold your hand and baby step you" for you must do it yourself.
    Flag driftingdreameron June 08, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Oh. Major, major mistake here as I did not mention that the child is more so metaphor for the narrator seeing the man as a child. Obviously children are never left and exiled...it's a hurtful jab to the subject meaning that "I'm sorry, I can no longer hold your hand and baby step you" for you must do it yourself.
    Flag driftingdreameron June 08, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I like how in this song "an older" insinuates "another" which is genuine and true. It's about not having patience enough to guide someone (a child, mainly) through their fantasies and realizing it is better to leave than stay when you realize the child will never become a man. The illustration paints the portrait of a man who never grows up and how though we wish to transcend those boundaries, we know we never will and must leave him to his own world where he will learn that the kite can fly much farther if we can let it go with the hand that grasps the string so tight and to open it for the one who wants to hold it instead.

    And about a man who never grows up. Like peter pan in never never land. I like how never is double entendre (or however that word is spelled).

    Of course.
    Flag driftingdreameron June 08, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I like how in this song "an older" insinuates "another" which is genuine and true. It's about not having patience enough to guide someone (a child, mainly) through their fantasies and realizing it is better to leave than stay when you realize the child will never become a man. The illustration paints the portrait of a man who never grows up and how though we wish to transcend those boundaries, we know we never will and must leave him to his own world where he will learn that the kite can fly much farther if we can let it go with the hand that grasps the string so tight and to open it for the one who wants to hold it instead.

    And about a man who never grows up. Like peter pan in never never land. I like how never is double entendre (or however that word is spelled).
    Flag driftingdreameron June 08, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:"I said I believe you but you SAID DONE" not "..but you sit down"
    Flag Francisqueon June 08, 2012   Link

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