Brother's Blood Lyrics - Brother's Blood - Kevin Devine

My brother's blood boils in my arms 

It balls my fingers into fists 

It bubbles blisters burns my palms 

It floods with fury, fights, and fits 

It's got the good guy in me hiding 

It kicks my humble heart around 

It's got me fiendin' for the fire 

That could finish off this town 

It's got me good 

It's my brother's blood on a cherry tree 

It stains the bark from branch to root 

It puddles thick with pits and leaves 

It strains the sweetness from the fruit 

It's got me lookin' for communion 

A hidin' spot off underground 

An open plot I could climb in to 

A lighting promise in my mouth 

A blackout oath I swore and meant, but couldn't conjure up again 

I don't know one thing about my brother's blood 

No,I don't know one thing about my brother's blood 

It's my brother's blood 

In my dirty lungs 

In my crooked mouth 

On my swollen tongue 

On my father's gun 

On each stranger's face 

Across the bluebird sky 

On every hand I shake 

Night after night 

With each chuckled prayer 

Such sweet relief 

My fists full of hair 

With each desperate drive for elusive peace 

With every endless night 

With each wasted week 

All that dialogue doublin' back on me 

All that tangled talk 

All my growling need 

It's my brother's back 

It's my father's arms 

It's every twisted fact 

In my sorry heart 

My sorry heart, my sorry heart