Failure Games Flobots

[Intro: Brer Rabbit]
My brother, we lost you to the waters that have always lied to us
I lost you thought my hands were quick but they were never quick enough
I lost you to demons that have grown up in the crib with us
And I wasn't in your corner when those lies came to fisticuffs

[Verse 1: Brer Rabbit]
My other we're all born with a dragon branded on our shoulder blades
Scars are invisible
But my spine knows the weight
All of us in the struggle don't need a diagnosis
When depression is a constant
We all know but do not notice
The diplomacy of monsters
Those we hold up
Are we lifting them up
Or are we tying them down to the altars
We anoint our leaders young
But if I had been there in the lobby
Would you have made it to the balcony
And how many hands do we need
To do right by the mouths you feed
The position of an ugly sun
Has heat to kill the shade away
Dead songs of unwilling servants
Laid still but still lay awake
No candles on the deathday cake
Couldn't fit it on the schedule
Couldn't pull the strings to get it going
Cause I'm all out of Geppetto moves
Handcuffs and statutes
Strange fruit makes bad juice
State house and don't shoot
The solutions of Medusa
Trying to turn us into statues
If I could only make these hands loose
Your mother's voice is the only one that names you
It claims you