She knows I’m not that brave
And cry when Frodo leaves
She's why I got this flat
That’s way too big for the two of us
However, now she’s gone
But you smile at everything
You’ve seen them come and go before
( A E Riff 1 )
It’s quiet for awhile
You light a cigarette
Even from afar
You know my thoughts by their silhouettes
So we don’t have to talk
For now a beer’s enough
To make the rain seem far away
The brother of my heart
Lives in you, I know
As long as they beat I will always have a
Safe retreat
‘Cause brotherhood’s an art
And we paint when we fall
And on this canvas colors are painted on
Once and for all
You say I’ve put on weight
I say you’ve lost some hair
Since nineteen-ninty-eight
When we dreamt of france in the summer air
Suddenly I’m back to when
I smiled at everything
And got my first can of paint and learned
The brother of my heart
Lives in you, I know
As long as they beat I will always have a
Safe retreat
‘Cause brotherhood’s an art
And we paint when we fall
And on this canvas colors are painted on
Once and for all
(Riff 1)
Riff 2
I build these castles made of sand
Again and again and think that they will do
But start anew
With less sand than I had before
And one more time I loose it to the shore
It’s a state of war
I build these castles made of sand
Again and again and think that they will do
But start anew
With less sand than I had before
And one more time I loose it to the shore
It’s a state of war
I build these castles made of sand
Again and again and think that they will do
But start anew
With less sand than I had before
And one more time I loose it to the shore