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FOUR WORD LETTER (PT. II) (mewithoutYou Cover)

by Brother, Oh Brother

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Here's a slowed-down, folkification cover of one of my favorite bands and lyricists of all time! My brother, Jonathan, and I have danced to this song at many a show over the past decade, and it's passion brought us together despite our differences. Christmas this past year was a particularly hard time for our family as we continued to grieve the loss of our sister's baby boy, Josiah, so when I recorded this cover for Jonathan as a Christmas present, it felt appropriate to taylor the names in the final chorus to our family.

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I wrote a four word letter... with post-script in crooked lines,
"Though I'd lived I'd never been alive."
And you know who I am... you held my hem as I traveled blind,
Listening to the whispering in my ear, soft but getting stronger,
Telling me the only purpose of my being here is to stay a bit longer.
Stealing a bicycle chain as the handlebars crashed to the ground,
And the back wheel detached from the frame, it kept rolling, yeah,
But aimlessly drifting around.

Oh, doubters, let's go down... let's go down, won't you come on down?
Oh, doubters, let's go down... down to the river to pray.
"Oh, but I'm so small I can barely be seen... how can this great love be inside of me?"
Look at your eyes.... they're small in size, but they see enormous things.

Wearing black canvas slippers in our frog-on-a-lily-pad pose,
We sewed buttons and zippers to Chinese pink silk and olive night clothes.
If you could someday stop by somehow we'll show you the pictures and fix you some tea...
See, my dad's getting a bit older now, and just unimaginably lonely!

Oh, pretenders, let's go down... let's go down, won't you come on down?
Oh, pretenders, let's go down... down to the river to pray.
"Oh, but I'm so afraid" or "I'm set in my ways"
But He'll make the rabbits and rocks sing His praise.
"Oh, but I'm too tired, I won't last long."
No, He'll use the weak to overcome the strong!
Oh, Amanda [Josiah], let's go down... let's go down, won't you come on down?
Mama [Lala], Nana, let's go down... down in the dirt by the river to pray.

(A wick to fit the wax... wood to fit the wire)

You strike the match... why not be utterly changed to fire?
To sacrifice the shadow and the mist of a brief life you never much liked?
So if you'd care to come along, we're gonna curb all our never-ending, clever complaining,
As who's ever heard of a singer criticized by his song?
Though we hunger, though all that we eat brings us little relief,
We don't know quite what else to do;
We have all our beliefs, but we don't want our beliefs...
God of Peace, we want You.

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released May 16, 2017
Michael Guido: vocals, banjo, MIDI keys, MIDI bass, MIDI drums
Aaron Weiss: lyrics

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Brother, Oh Brother Franklin, Tennessee

Brother, Oh Brother is the name under which Michael Guido records his music. He is an independent artist based out of Columbia, TN.

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