2019-10-06

Fighting over Brother Stuff

Christian Burrows    
I was watching reruns of The X Factor UK and there was a young man named Christian Burrows who came in and started singing his personal spin on an old standard Take Me Home Country Roads when Simon stopped him and inquired regarding the song then requesting another. Afterwards he sang a song that he wrote in tribute to his younger brother who had passed a few years back.

While I was listening he mentioned various aspects of family life an talked about fighting over "brother stuff" and it occured to me that even though I have two brothers I never had a clue regarding 'brother stuff' and to this day I have no idea of it's meaning or implications.

The profound performance was not lost on the judges who thanked him for sharing this personal music with them and all the comments were glowingly positive throughout the judging. I feel this is a sad thing in the context of my childhood whereby I was never really close to any of my siblings and indeed we were always fighting and in retrospect things could have been a lot better between us.

Christian Burrows
Two Again

I would do anything just to be two years old again,
Imagine what we could’ve done,
Imagine what we could’ve been,
Making paper planes ’til the sun goes down,
I’d be holding your hand as you’re squeezing onto mine,
Hold on tight we shall never let go,
Remember building castles out of old lego,
Just to knock ’em down,
See it’s changed, now you’re not around,
I’m not the same but I hope you’re proud,
I wish your little face was still around,
With that cheesy smile, and them little chubby cheeks,
Imagine all the mischief we’d get up to,
Imagine us, tag team, one plus two,
Imagine all the good, bad, sad, and happy times,
Imagine all the time out, naughty step crimes,
Stay up late, watch TV we couldn’t watch,
We’d go to school, break the rules, play hopscotch,
And climb trees, chase bees, just to act tough,
And fight, fight, fight, fight over brother stuff,
And sneak out late, play football, ’til the sun goes,
My thunder buddy, I will keep you safe as you dose,
Off to sleep, bed bugs, and counting sheep,
Off to sleep, night, night, baby brother sleep,
Until we meet again, Stay safe, my friend,
And I will keep you in my thoughts ’till the very end,
My little teletubby, in the sky, with his smile,
My little thunder buddy, I will see you in a while,
I’m missing you,
Like the sun on a rainy day,
When the stars come out to play, Oh, Oh,
I miss you,
And I’m missing you,
And I want to be with you, my friend,
I just wish we could be two again.

Lyrics by Christian Burrows