My Brother Esau - Single B-Side

My brother Esau killed a hunter
 Back in 1969
 And before the killing was done
 His inheritance was mine
 But his birthright was a wand to wave
 Before a weary band
 Esau gave me sleeplessness
 And a piece of moral land
 My father favoured Esau
 Who was eager to obey
 All the bloody wild commandments
 The old man shot his way
 But all this favour ended when
 My brother failed at war
 He staggered home
 And found me in the door
 Esau skates on mirrors any more
 Meets his pale reflection at the door
 Yet sometimes at night I dream
 He's still that hairy man
 Shadowboxing the apocalypse
 Wandering the land
 Shadowboxing the apocalypse
 And wandering the land
 Esau holds a blessing
 Brother Esau holds a curse
 I would say that the blame was mine
 But I suspect it's something worse
 More my brother looks like me
 The less I understand
 The silent war that bloodied both our hands
 Sometimes at night, I think I understand
 Way late at night, more I feel I understand
 It's brother to brother and it's man to man
 And it's face to face and it's hand to hand
 We shadowdance the silent war within
 The shadowdance, it never ends
 Never ends, never ends
 Shadowboxing the apocalypse, yet again
 Yet again
 Shadowboxing the apocalypse
 And wandering the land