Brother Hen

Brother Hen comes to wake me again

With his coffee and cream

It sure is nice and I'm much obliged

But it's half of what it seems

'Cause he's been dishing the dirt again

Like some broken machine

Too out of date to operate

Half of what it seems

So now I go, I go

But I'll see you in your dreams

Just another bird in a half-lit world

Half of what it seems

See Brother Hen, now they've got you again

It's the same old routine

They're selling lies like pizza pies

And it's half of what it seems

So now I go, I go

But I'll see you in your dreams

Just another bird in a half-lit world

Half of what it seems

Were you an ally or a crutch?

Was I hard of hearing or out of touch?

And were we really up to much back then?

Brother Hen?

And nature tells of the danger below

The power of the extreme

We never learn what we've always known

And it's half of what it seems

So Brother Hen, when you wake me again

With your coffee and cream

Well, don't be scared if I'm not there

It's just half of what it seems

So now I go, I go

But I'll see you in your dreams

Just another bird in a half-lit world

Half of what it seems