My best unbeaten brother, this isn't all I see.

Jon was home yesterday and we started messing around on the guitar and learning a few new songs to sing together. One of them was Down By The Water (Decemberists), which was awesome and amazing, but one of us needs to learn to play the harmonica. We also played I See A Darkness (Johnny Cash, who both of us have been listening to this week... our music moods keep matching up unknowingly. Funny). Anyway. The lyrics are pretty much the best ever. It makes me incredibly depressed and comforted at the same time. That's the best kind of song, in my opinion anyway.

Well, you're my friend, and can you see?
Many times, we've been out drinking,
Many times we shared our thoughts.
But did you ever, ever notice, the kind of thoughts I got?
Well, you know I have a love, a love for everyone I know.
And you know I have a drive to live: I won't let go.
But can you see its opposition, comes rising up sometimes?
That its dreadful imposition, comes blacking in my mind?

And then I see a darkness,
And then I see a darkness,
And then I see a darkness,
And then I see a darkness.
Did you know how much I love you?
Here's a hope that somehow you
Can save me from this darkness.

Well, I hope that someday, buddy,
We have peace in our lives,
Together or apart,
Alone or with our wives.
And we can stop our whoring,
And pull the smiles inside,
And light it up forever,
And never go to sleep.
My best unbeaten brother,
This isn't all I see.

Oh no, I see a darkness.
Oh no, I see a darkness.
Oh no, I see a darkness.
Oh no, I see a darkness.
Did you know how much I love you?
Here's a hope that somehow you,
Can save me from this darkness.