Brother's Keeper - Glen Hansard

First of October

The summers over

The leaves are falling

All around my door

The midnight walking

Early morning talking

Can’t you hear us whispering?

Walking walks your floor

Walking on your floor

Well, I’m going deeper

My brother’s keeper

I’m looking out for him

The best I can

He’s getting older

The year is colder

Got to lean a little closer now

And hear what he’s saying

Hear what he’s saying

We’ll go out rambling

All through the brambling

Long shadows falling

Far out ahead

The rose hips have grown now

The year is in slowdown

Your long hair and long dress

Let them fall for me

Let them fall for me

And will you wait for me to come home?

Will you wait for me?

Brother, put that weight on me

Brother, put that weight on me

Great works don’t lie there

Grind up and dry there

They wait for impatiently

Your hands to find

Leaf through the pages

Can’t you feel the ages

Rise up like dust now

In the sunlight there?

In the sunlight

And will you wait for me to come home?

Will you wait for me?

Brother, put that weight on me

Brother, put that weight on me

Sister, put that weight on me

Sister, put that weight on me

I’m going deeper

My brother’s keeper

I’m looking out for him

The best I can