Curses & Spit

Battered and bit
Carried home by the wind
I trace your journey back every evening

Dirges and hymns
Unsung, how they ring
A song to shake the mist in the morning

Joe, I can hear us, laughing about
We were two kids just running around

Man, I love you to bits
Little brother, I wish
I could hold you like I did

Because the days, they can sting
When all your curses and spit
Fall short

Tonight we'll crack, tonight we'll split
Tonight we'll shatter
All we've built
But the doves will sing again
Come the morning, my friend

Battered and bit
All nails to the quick
The child remains to stifle the screaming

Howled at the rift
At the nuclear drift
A cry to shake the rosy fingers of dawn

Joe, I can hear us, laughing about
We were two kids just running around

Yeah, I love you to bits
Little brother, I wish
I could hold you like I once did

Because the fear and the guilt
Make the words that I pick
Feel worn

Tonight we'll crack, tonight we'll split
Tonight we'll shatter
All we've built
But the doves will sing again
Come the morning, my friend

I know I should have been home
But I was long gone
Playing rock and roll
When, mate, for you I'd throw it all away