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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

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

 
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
And I will throw you rocks today
And 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'd like to know
Dress me from head to toe
Let me go to and fro
From here and tomorrow

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

NOTES:
Unreleased demo version. More up-tempo than the final version.

APPEARS ON:
Unreleased Material

DATE RECORDED:
1994

LENGTH:
3:07

WRITTEN BY:
Beck Hansen

RECORDED BY:
Beck Hansen

PERFORMERS:
Beck Hansen
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar






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