Brotherhood
By Tweaklab on December 4, 2022 11:59 pm
So I started writing this tune at the start of 2022, but ideas started forming as far back as 2020.
I've always been really close to my youngest, older brother. There is a 14 year gap between us. Let's just say we took COVID/Vaccines/Lockdowns differently. After waking up to countless drunken texts, insults, threats, I made the tough call to cease all contact with him... twice... we talked again briefly late 2021 till early 2022 but again the same pattern presented itself again. I've spent a few years working on me. Getting back to me. And anyway, this tune is written from the darkest point in our Brotherhood.
Sorry to OrangeDrink for this being a "Part 1" after waiting so long to hear it xD - there's a good reason to that... my brother came down for a visit (after 7 years!!!) and we caught up in person, knowing it'd be the best/only way to realize who is at the receiving end of these exchanges (I said things in return, don't get me wrong, I'm no saint either) but we quickly hugged it out and feels like the past weekend was a good bookend to a crazy time in our lives. One hopefully NONE of us WeeklyBeaters, our friends, families, have to see again any time soon.
****UPDATE 12/12/2022****
Nope. Sorry, it's back to being just Brotherhood, Part 1 removed from title. He went nuts again last night and verbally insulted myself and my home. He made it to a week? lol. Therapy came from standing my ground and confronting his nonsense via phone call rather than the usual tirade of messages. So the lyrics stand more true than ever, he tried to credit "His God" for us re-uniting... I pointed out the only person who opened the door and welcomed him into My Home, was me. 3 years into this pandemic and he's still acting crazy, people "like me" need people "like him", we need to wake up... I don't care if you are vaxxed, unvaxxed, wear a mask, don't wear a mask, just don't be a crazy person handing out stickers to people like my brother.
Now! The vocals:
(Intro)
You used to be my idol... I guess not for awhile...
I've been in denial... your hatreds running viral...
You used to be my idol. Guess not for awhile.
I've been in denial. But now this shit is final.
[My brother's dead x4]
How could someone so woke... be so clinically broke?
Who'd have though the lobotomy... would reveal your personality?
[Chorus/Hook]
So raise your glass... to the late brotherhood...
I'll light the match... burning down what once stood!
[Breakdown]
So misplaced in your deity, you overlook any dignity.
I'll dispel the anxiety before you could spell sobriety.
I can't believe I fell for your shit, so many years I've dealt with it.
There's only so much venom I can take, before the snake has to lose it's head.
Ding dong my brother's dead. (x2)
[Chorus/Hook]
So raise your glass... to the late brotherhood...
I'll light the match... burning down what once stood!
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