Brand New - Brother's Song (Demo 2006) lyrics

[Verse 1] Now the air's getting colder And the news keeps us scared They'll have to wrestle this summer From the bones of our tired, blistered hands Cause tonight we got drinks And just a couple of friends And the girl that my brother likes is finally talking to him And his chest is all swelled like he's proud and happy Like he's got a great idea Like he's making a memory [Chorus] Wake up and come out to the car There's an east swell coming The wind is howling off shore And we'll be lying like lions out in the sand But I'll be dead before you put a gun in my brother's hands [Verse 2] So we make jokes back home And we lighten the mood But growing up my parents saw What sending a kid to fight can really really do And now with the war I can tell they're a little shook up Cause just a few mothers' sons, it's cliche, but it's never gonna be enough Not 'til half of our names are etched out in the wall And the other half ruined from the things we saw [Chorus x2] Wake up and come out to the car There's an east swell coming And it's howling off shore And we'll be lying like lions out in the sand But I'll be dead before you put a gun in my brother's hands