Brother are you here to heal
The package I received is gone
Are you a phantom detective
Can you read my soul backwards
I will glide with you
If you are a backwards ghost I will hire you
Brother are you real and whole
Holy as a blessed worm
A paradise ambasssador
Bring me to your room
I will throw you rocks today
Watch them pass right through
You say this is not a game or test
We both have done some grieving
Brother with your vast reward
A treasury you can afford
Surgeries and innocence abounds
And I have read in paper books
My eyes are glands on twisted hooks
Never have I felt or looked so sorry for you now
Brother are you trained to spy
One eye open
One eye dry
When I die will you be my neighbor
Tell me things I like to know
Dressing up from head to toe
Let them go to and fro
From here and tomorrow
Brother are you here to heal
The message I received is gone
Are you a phantom detective
Can you read my soul backwards
I will glide with you
If you are a backwards ghost I will hire you
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NOTES:
Originally recorded with Tom and Rob for what Beck intended to be the follow-up to "Mellow Gold", a somber, acoustic based record. Obviously, Beck had a change of heart and kept this song in the vault until 1997, when he released it on the "Jack-Ass" single.
APPEARS ON:
Odelay
Jack-Ass
Sissyneck
Stray Blues: A Collection Of B-Sides
PUBLISHED BY:
Cyanide Breathmint Music
YEAR RELEASED:
1997
DATE RECORDED:
January 1995
LENGTH:
4:48
WRITTEN BY:
Beck Hansen
PRODUCED BY:
Tom Rothrock
Rob Schnapf
STUDIO:
Sunset Sound Studios
PERFORMERS:
Beck Hansen
Guitar, Bass, Piano, Vocals
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