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She knows I’m not that brave
and cry when Frodo leaves.
She’s why I got this flat
that’s way too big for the two of us
However, now she’s gone
but you smile at everything.
You’ve seen them come and go before.
It’s quiet for awhile.
You light a cigarette.
Even from afar
you know my thoughts by their silhouettes,
so we don’t have to talk.
For now a beer’s enough
to make the rain seem far away.
The brother of my heart
lives in you, I know
as long as they beat
I will always have a safe retreat.
‘Cause brotherhood’s an art
and we paint when we fall
and on this canvas
colors are painted on once and for all.
You say I’ve put on weight.
I say you’ve lost some hair
since nineteen-ninty-eight
when we dreamt of France in the summer air
Suddenly I’m back to when
I smiled at everything
and got my first can of paint and learned
(that) the brother of my heart
lives in you, and I know
as long as they beat
I will always have a safe retreat.
‘Cause brotherhood’s an art
and we paint when we fall
and on this canvas
colors are painted on once and for all.
I build these castles made of sand
again and again and think that they will do,
but start anew
with less sand than I had before,
and one more time I loose it to the shore.
It’s a state of war.
Lyrics written by Erlend.