mama caught the flu
in 1982
it was then i think she knew
that i could be named and you would be Sadie, and we'd share apartments
and always be waiting
for breaks in the science
our old self reliance
and you'd form addictions to novels and pictures
and more
more
mama caught the flu
in 2002
it was then i think she knew
she would be passing us all of her lastings
at first she was asking about our reactions
and then we turned silent
and said it the violence
towards deities we'd laughed at in secular mindsets
and more
more
i think we keep it close,
in traffic lights and sign posts
yeah we glue our inhibitions like a warning to ourselves
and the words are forming slowly as warning to my health and
if you will stay a while i will make us both some tea
and we'll have a conversation with the, whole family
and brothers will appear from beneath the floor boards
our parents arrive as foreigners at our door
and, i will make you cry make you leave make you think
no i won't make you cry make you leave
credits
from Brothers/Idioms,
released February 13, 2012
Jesse Aicher - Vocals, Guitar
Josh Meer - Vocals, Organ, Bells
Judy Butterfield - Vocals
Andrew Campbell - Drums
Alex da Silva - Bass
Jacob Blumberg - Mandolin
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