Brothers, Fishing

He's gotta go fish someplace else
Now that Tara got the job
In Soronina

His brother shows up at eight
With two packs
And a ham sandwich

They toss it around
Dad, Mom, their sister
And then Tara
And the job

What are you gonna do in Soronina?
The fuck if I know
Yeah
Yeah

His brother's been clean six months
Six months clean, unsteady
A shaky six months

Got an apartment now
Got a job
Paying rent
Paying bills
Doing good

And he's proud of him
Tells everybody
How good his brother's doing

But now he's gotta move
And Tara won't hear any different

We're not going to stay in this shit town because your brother's a fuckin' loser.
Tara, you know, don't with that.
What?  I'm supposed to throw my life away because your family is nothin' but drunks and junkies?
He's my brother, Tara.
He's gotta do it on his own.  That's what they all say.  Do it on his own.  How's he going to do it if you're up his ass all the time, huh?
Maybe I could stay behind until you're--
You're coming with me, or you can kiss my ass good-bye.  You wanna hang out here fishing with your brother while you stare at him hoping he doesn't knock you out again so he can steal your wallet or steal your car?  That's up to you.  But I'm leaving.  And Danny's coming with me.

That was her ace card
Danny

How's my nephew doing?
Straight A's.
Shut the fuck up.
Yeah, I know.  Little genius, that kid.
He's a good kid.
The best.

He remembers sitting with him in a car
In front of the police station
Crying more than his brother was
Because he didn't know what they were going to do
And he was sober, and his brother wasn't
And he had to get turned in
For stealing a car that didn't belong
To somebody he was related to
So there was no getting out of this

This'll get you clean, you know?
Mmm
It's for the best, you know?
Sure
I'll be here no matter what, right?  Because we're family.
Yeah
We're family.
Yeah

And now he was going
And so what did that make him?

A liar

But his brother wouldn't say it
His brother would just take it
And see what happened

That's how he always was

Take a drink, see what happens
Take a pill, see what happens
Take a walk into a police station
And hope for the best

Throw a line in the water and wait

Sometimes you get lucky
Sometimes you pull up nothing

They sit and they fish
And he worries about his brother

He'd call everyday
He'd come visit on days when Tara worked late
Maybe bring Danny to see him

He looks at his brother
And tries to imagine a bubble around him
Protecting him from everything that could happen

But what was worse
Was what was inside him
All that things
That could come out

You can't put a bubble
Within somebody

There was only so much he could do
From that far away
But he could hope

That's all he could do