Brother, Sister

by Joey Meinert

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And I saw the door was closed
Blocked up by books of stone
And you are not welcome now
All your roots have been cut out
For a weed can't be allowed
To consume this sacred house

So I did what I was told
My eyes open, my mouth closed
While you walked away from home
I stayed pious and alone
I filled my mouth with dirt
Which I spat upon your words

I walked the straight and true
But it walked me straight from you
With my eyes upon the cross
I hadn't realized what I'd lost
Hadn't seen my brothers face
Hadn't felt my sister's pain

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Cold faces to the bride
Smiling pictures telling lies
of a family stuck in time
of a family fighting lines
of a family yours and mine
who refused to share the wine

To my sister what do I say
They hid children from your face
Thought your love would do them in
It would lead them to the sin
You were born in from the start
Which you grew in your bleeding heart

Oh my, sister please forgive
From my brother ask the same
I have chosen to be absent
from this old familial game
From this ancient fight for pride
How can you ask me to decide
Which of all your truths are true
Come from father, come from you

To my mother and my dad
You must think that I've gone bad
But I can't live like this
Living lies and a clenched fist
Tell me how can I believe
In what broke this family
So I turned my back on faith
So I could look them in the face

To say brother
To say sister

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released September 23, 2014

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