Brother's Keeper - Tony Levin, Magellan

of this thing at work called cynicism

And I’m tired of hearing twisted thoughts

with bent expressions

I see no reason to be brother’s keeper

'cause at this point

all I need is something more

In fact, this could be hard for me

it could take everything my spirit,

mind and body can endure

The cynic in me tried to cheat

A pathetic excuse that deceived me

can’t let it lead me

Just a lie —

the biggest ever.

I saw that man

on the street with empty eyes

Not a soul stopped

and said a word to him

My thoughts: 'Don't get involved,

its not safe, I’m late for work, he’ll just ask for money'

Brother’s Keeper

Brother’s Keeper

How much proof do I need?

How much evidence will it take

to shake me down to the core?

But when its my life at stake?

See, that’s different now-

Its priority -now I care.

Brother’s Keeper

Just act now brother’s keeper

Don’t complain — mama’s sleeper

Be a father — not a weeper

Get off my soap box

Don’t want to be a creeper

brother’s keeper.

Just look around me brother’s keeper

standing still 'til we meet the reaper?

No chance of boredom mama’s sleeper

way too much work to do brother’s keeper

The brutal cold from Yugoslavia

cools the mist of death in Macedonia

while the hunger pains in Africa

I just plant my flag in 'absentia'

(repeat chorus)

I need something to do

something real

It might pay me back a hundred times

and it might not

My cynic inside screams

I know pay back’s a bitch

My thought respond with just a whisper

'Can't listen to my cynic — least of all my cynic'.

I need something to do

something real

It might pay me back a hundred times

and it might not

I sure as hell am my brother’s keeper

might as well be my brother’s keeper

At least I figured out that much

'can't listen to my cynic — least of all my cynic'.