Brothers: English Version, As sung by Vic (Ed's dub) Options

[Senefen]

*edit, took out link, sorry*, Thanks for helping with the lyrics I fixed the mistakes. Also sorry for not crediting tobu ishi. I didnt know who wrote it, I typed out the lyrics myself while listening to the song. So gomen. I'm really glad someone made an english version of this, I love this song. Though whenevere I hear Vic's chorus I still hear the russian Al singing with him in my head O.o.
Tobu is very good.
I'm very happy Tobu did this and sorry for not crediting her.
I also hope Tobu keeps up the good work.

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Vic M (last name I cant remember), did an english version of "brothers" ^^ he's pretty good. Pitty Al isnt singing it too.
Anyway as far as I can make out these are the lyrics. The whole song is sung by Vic but I put whose verse is whose.

(Ed's verse)
How can I repay you brother mine?
How can I expect you to forgive?
Clinging to the past I shed our blood,
and shattered your chance to live.

Though I knew the laws I paid no heed.
How can I return your wasted breath?
What I did not know has cost you dear,
For there is no cure for death.

(Ed's chorus)
Beautiful mother, soft and sweet
Once you were gone we were not complete.
Back through the years we reached for you.
Alas, twas not ment to be.
And how can I make amends,
for all that I took from you?
I lead you with hopeless dreams.
My brother I was a fool.

(Al's verse)
Don't cry for the past now brother mine,
Neither you nor I are free from blame.
Nothing can erase the things we did,
For the path we took was the same.

(Al's chorus)
Beautiful mother, soft and sweet
Once you were gone we were not complete.
Back through the years we reached for you.
Alas, twas not ment to be.
My dreams made me blind and mute,
I longed to return to that time,
I followed without a word.
My brother the fault is mine.

(both)
So where do we go from here?
And how to forget and forgive?
What's gone is forever lost.
Now all we can do is live.
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Also Al's line - "My dreams made me blind and mute" it sounds like he's singing muu rather than mute so I'm guessing he ment mute, esp since its added "I followed without a word."
I cant do song grammar >.>
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Enjoy!

[hagane_no_tokage]

those lyrics are tobu ishi's, please don't re-post them without crediting her. she gave him permission to sing them, but nobody seems to care that SHE WROTE them.

ah, and it's "Alas, 'twas not meant to be." not alast.

i have also contacted the website to let them know vic doesn't want the file distributed...thanks for the link.

[Elderberry]

Wow, those are Tobu-san's lyrics? They're quite nicely written...

[Guest_Guest_*]

aren't they lovely? i wish people would start crediting her for them...

ack! why can't i log in?? and edit my post?? wtf???

*tokagespaz*

[Tobu Ishi]

Yup, I wrote them...let's see, how did the chain of events go?

-Tobu is baking cookies in her dorm kitchen with Bratja stuck in her head after reading an English translation and decides to do singable lyrics to it.

-Tobu shares said lyrics with online friends, who like them, and one of whom is a friend of Vic's.

-Tobu's friend shows the lyrics to Vic, who likes them too and asks permission to sing them.

-Vic and Tobu's friend sing the lyrics beautifully at a convention, making Tobu very happy, but forget to mention Tobu's name.

-Tobu's lyrics pop up everywhere, uncredited to Tobu.

-Tobu feels somewhat sad. ;_;

Thanks for the heads-up, Tokage, and thanks for the compliments, everyone! I have no objection to posting the lyrics anywhere you like, as long as the adaptation is credited to Tobu Ishi at arijanian@yahoo.com (this is important to me since I want to be a translator someday, and the more people know who did this translation, the better for my future employment ;; ).

[Radical Alchemis...]

Aw... sorry Tobu. But those still are great lyrics...

[Odysseus]

Wow great lyrics! Excellent job Tobu Ishi! Too bad I can't listen to them....

[StrawberryShampo...]

Those lyrics are very nicely written Tobu-sama! I'm sad I don't get to hear the actual song

[AlchemistCookie]

Wow, excellent job Tobu ishi *Applauds* I attempted to sing it, and it turned out quite well. I want to sing it again. ^^;

[Reika]

huh,......

are you telling me that "Brat'ja" is sang by Ed and Al????????? (The Russian version, I mean)

[Elderberry]

@Reika-san: The original version is sung in Russian by "BEPA" (which I think is a duo of Russian ladies, but am not completely sure), but the lyrics are from Ed/Aru's point of view.

@Tobu-san: I tried singing it too! It flows so smoothly~ *applauds again* E~to, do you suppose it would be alright if I put up an attempt of it in the Karaoke thread sometime? (provided I include proper credit, etc...)

[FMAlover^]

I hope Tobu agrees cuz I want to hear it~

[Yukina_Raven]

Well, actually, Tobu... All I was told was that they were "fan made lyrics!!11one" but there was never a name. So... that's better than nothing? ^^;;

But really, they are beautiful. You deserve a million bucks for 'em! Sue, SUE! XDDD (Just kidding. .....Maybe ten thousand. ^_~)

[Guest_Guest_*]

Aw man! Now I wanna hear it! *sniff*

[albino_pancake]

So, there's really no way to get this song? it sounds like it would be really good.