Dream Brother – English Lyrics

• By: Zedd, Jeff Buckley
• Album: TELOS

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

There's a child sleeping near his twin

The pictures go wild in a rush of wind

That dark angel, he is shuffling in

Watching over them with his black feather wings unfurled

The love you lost with her skin so fair

Is free with the wind in her butterscotch hair

Her green eyes blew goodbyes with her head in her hands

And your kiss on the lips of another, dream, brother

With your tears scattered 'round the world

Don't be like the one who made me so old

Don't be like the one who left behind his name

'Cause they're waiting for you like I've waited for mine

And nobody ever came

Don't be like the one who made me so old

Don't be like the one who left behind his name

'Cause they're waiting for you like I've waited for mine

And nobody ever came

Dream, brother

I feel afraid and I call your name

I love your voice and your dance insane

I, I hear your words and I know your pain

With your head in your hands and her kiss on the lips of another

Your eyes to the ground and the world spinning 'round forever

Asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over

Don't be like the one who made me so old

Don't be like the one who left behind his name

'Cause they're waiting for you like I've waited for mine

And nobody ever came

Don't be like the one who made me so old

Don't be like the one who left behind his name

'Cause they're waiting for you like I've waited for mine

And nobody ever came

Dream, brother

Don't be like the one who made me so old

Don't be like the one who left behind his name

'Cause they're waiting for you like I've waited for mine

And nobody ever came

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Key Grammar Structures

• There's a child sleeping near his twin

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The sentence uses "is sleeping" to describe an action happening now, emphasizing the ongoing nature of the child's sleep.

• The love you lost with her skin so fair

  ➔ Relative clause

  ➔ The phrase "with her skin so fair" is a relative clause modifying "her," providing additional information about the person.

• Her green eyes blew goodbyes with her head in her hands

  ➔ Past simple tense with figurative language

  ➔ The verb "blew" is in the past simple tense, and "blew goodbyes" is a figurative expression meaning she expressed farewell through her eyes.

• Don't be like the one who made me so old

  ➔ Negative imperative

  ➔ The sentence uses "Don't be" to give a negative command, advising against behaving like someone else.

• With your head in your hands and her kiss on the lips of another

  ➔ Prepositional phrases

  ➔ The phrases "with your head in your hands" and "on the lips of another" are prepositional phrases providing details about the situation.

• 'Cause they're waiting for you like I've waited for mine

  ➔ Contraction and present perfect tense

  ➔ The contraction "'Cause" stands for "because," and "I've waited" is the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continues to the present.