Lyrics
Brother's Keeper
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Verse 1
[Verse 1]
My mother bore me first, with the helping of the Lord
My brother came up after, a keeper of the fold
I broke the black earth open, I gave it all my years
And I brought the ground its firstfruits, salted with my fears
[Verse 2]
He brought the fat and firstling, and the smoke rose up like silk
And mine lay low and smoldered, would not lift up off the ground
The Lord looked on my brother, turned His face away from me
And I felt the cold thing enter, come and sit down next to me
[Refrain]
And the door stood open wide, and I would not turn
Oh the ground, the ground remembers what it heard
There's a beast that lies in waiting, and it calls you by your name
And I would not, no I would not, master it
[Verse 3]
He said, why has your face fallen, why do you walk so low?
Do well and be uplifted, do ill and meet the foe
For sin is crouched and breathing at the threshold of your heart
Its desire is to have you — but you must rule its part
[Verse 4]
I said come now, my brother, come and walk the field with me
Where the barley bends in silence and there's no one left to see
I will not say what I did there, only that it was done
And the evening took his breathing, and the field lay still as stone
[Refrain]
And the door stood open wide, and I would not turn
Oh the ground, the ground remembers what it heard
There's a beast that lies in waiting, and it calls you by your name
And I would not, no I would not, master it
[Verse 5]
Where is your brother, He asked me, and I said I cannot say
Am I the one who keeps him? Am I his keeper now?
But the blood was crying upward from the mouth of the torn ground
And He set a mark upon me, sent me wandering on down
[Refrain]
And the door stood open wide, and I would not turn
Oh the ground, the ground remembers what it heard
There's a beast that lies in waiting, and it calls you by your name
And I would not, no I would not, master it
[Outro]
East of Eden, east of Eden, where the morning will not come
And I would not, no I would not, master it