ORPHANED LAND - Brother (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Photographers - Ami Bornstein, Matan Peer, Derya Engin
Editing - Ami Bornstein

Lyrics:
BROTHER
(A plea of Itzhak to Ishmael)
This story began before I was born
A childless woman cried sadly at home
Her maid gave birth to a child of her own
My father felt joy yet he was torn
A conflict began one day at dawn
The maid took your hand and you were gone
To the desert you left, towards the unknown
I reckon you were so alone
God will hear you oh, my blood
For the years you roamed in dirt and mud
Forsaken like a nomad, deserted in the flood
Forgive me, brother
You did nothing wrong and took all the shame
I suffered myself, yet I am to blame
The lord blessed us both, but we still fight and claim
That kid on the mountain, - what was his name?
Brother hear my plea tonight
I grew tired from these endless years of (Our) fight
From a tiny corner stone we may build our realm of light
Please hear me, brother

Tour Dates 2024
Orphaned Land EU Tour PT1:
Wed, SEP 11 Siegburg, Germany
Thu, SEP 12 Hannover, Germany
Fri, SEP 13 Leipzig/engelsdorf, Germany
Sat, SEP 14 Kraków, Poland
Sun, SEP 15 Warszawa, Poland
Tue, SEP 17 Sofia, Bulgaria
Wed, SEP 18 București, România
Fri, SEP 20 Hradec Králové, Czechia
Sat, SEP 21 Košice , Slovakia
Sun, SEP 22 Bratislava , Slovakia
Mon, SEP 23 Munich, Germany
Tue, SEP 24 Trier, Germany
Wed, SEP 25 Hamburg, Germany
Thu, SEP 26 Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Fri, SEP 27 Osnabrück, Germany
Sat, SEP 28 Cologne, Germany
Sun, SEP 29 Weinheim, Germany

[mcpmcpmcpmcp]

Make Orphaned Land HUGE again, they deserve stage at the greatest festivals!

[avucundakikelebek]

"From a tiny corner stone we may build our realm of light
, please hear me, brother..."

[docdandy]

May 2024, I'm just listening this song and all I can do is crying. May your message be heard in those dark times

[NelsonSantos-le]

Listening to this these days makes even more sense now. Go find some peace, brothers from all borders. Have a drink together, enjoy life and let go the stupidity of war. Greetings from Portugal! \m/

[AriaMohtadiHaghighi]

This is a beautiful song, both musically and lyrically. Sending love and respect to you guys from Iran.

[uhakimtube]

This story began before I was born
A childless woman cried sadly at home
Her maid gave birth to a child of her own
My father felt joy yet he was torn
A conflict began one day at dawn
The maid took your hand and you were gone
To the desert you left, towards the unknown
I reckon you were so alone
God will hear you oh, my blood
For the years you roamed in dirt and mud
Forsaken like a nomad, deserted in the flood
Forgive me, brother
You did nothing wrong and took all the shame
I suffered myself, yet I am to blame
The lord blessed us both, but we still fight and claim
That kid on the mountain, - what was his name?
Brother hear my plea tonight
I grew tired from these endless years of (Our) fight
From a tiny corner stone we may build our realm of light
Please hear me, brother...

[feannag]

i just discovered this band and read the comments and im so freking amazed about the love and the respect between you all, be it syriah, israel, turkey indonesia or whatever. this commentsection alone gives me a little hope for humanity...love, peace and respect from an agnostic german

[kenandawa]

Orphaned Land don't make Songs they make Art that speaks all languages
... Respect from Syria

[JenWilliamson]

I'm a Jew, and this song speaks to the very thing that you'll hear me and my Muslim friends say all the time: we ARE family. We do so much the same, and there's a reason for that. There's no excuse for us to not behave as family. Being descendants of Yitzchak and Ishmael, BROTHERS, goes way beyond "religion". Our connection as two blessed nations, as HUMANS, is in our blood. It's intense and beautiful, and it's in our true selves to be together. אהבה ו'שלום from NYC!!! \m/

[ardaaygun]

love & peace From Turkey....
All is the one,
We are the one :)))

[thor]

Sad to know that the realm of light has descended into darkness now days, one day with gods will, we will return to our fields and homes as brothers and sisters, we all descend from the one great being that was always there, before people lived and named it, before the first seeds sprouted. One day our children will play together, one day we will work together. One day.

[ezzoshani]

If it's my decision to solve this whole I forgive you cousins, , ,

Love and respect from Mecca....

[urilevy]

I’ve listened to this album on my way to the battlefield. Tzuk Eitan operation, 2014.
I wish for the wars to end already.

[pollomago]

This song is as relevant today as its gonna be always...

[RubenP]

It's amazing how a band can do more about peace than political and religious groups. Amazing song, Sublime band !

[alarabi]

To people who don't know, this song is about Ishmael and Isaac.

[fabiocanalonga]

It's very sad that many brothers and sisters have never heard of forgiveness and love.. This song is wonderful !!!

[morshem]

שיר מרגש בטירוף. לא חושב שאי פעם הרגשתי כמו שאני מרגיש לגבי השיר הזה. מדהים.

[alessandromariotti]

I'm not a religious person, but the biblical reference of Isaac and Ishmael is really great in this song, a simbolism of modern times. I hope one day the children of Yitzhak and those of Ismāʿīl can walk together on this Earth in peace.

[nidhalhamrit]

The amount of love and compassion in this song is just humongous and makes me all choked up and totally hooked in it.
Listening to the song compels you to forget everything, at least for a while. It restores your faith in humanity.
This reminds me how much we do miss our cousins and how much we want to be cousins again.

I miss my cousins, and there's nothing more heart-warming than hearing that your cousins do miss you as much.
Is it really gonna happen? Will this family reunion really be possible, one day? Can we actually redeem each other?
So many questions, so many dreams, so many bitter and painful facts, so much dispair, so much hope, so much tired, so much enthousiastic, feeling guilty, feeling persecuted, feeling red-handed with my own blood...
That's me right now, this whole bitter-sweet blend is all vivid and going back and forth between my heart and mind !!!