Dedicated to Sammy for her b-day. She loves Ed Elric, so I decided to write this for her birthday. Happy B-day Sammy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or any of the songs mentioned. The two songs with lyrics written out are Nothing I Won't Give AKA I Promise You Al English Verson by Vic Mignona and Brothers English verson also by Vic Mignona. I do own The Colonel with a God-complex though. A great example of my horrible song writing skills. Not even a song really. But noting else is mine. Nothing!
Al and I had gotten invited to the party Colonel Mustang was having for his birthday. I felt so out of place. I bet Al did too. Hell we were going to be doing karaoke, I can't sing though Al wasn't too bad.
Colonel Mustang was on stage singing Snap Yo Fingers he wasn't rapping or anything, just singing.
Every clapped when the Colonel was finished, including Al and myself as we slipped in the door late. Thankfully no one noticed as Roy began singing another song.
"This is why I'm hot, this is why I'm hot, this is why, this is why, this is why I'm hot!" he sang causing mini explosions by snapping his fingers. Man he had a god-complex.
Roy finished the song causing a large yet controlled explosion. "Now everyone in the house we're going to do the Chicken Dance!" he said. Was he trying to act like an idiot? I sat that one out but laughed watching everyone else be forced into it.
"Fullmetal! Come dance with me!" Colonel Mustang said dragging me onto the dance floor. I had no choice. He'd already drug me away from my seat. Everyone was staring and whispering. It was the most embarrassing moment of my life. It's a good thing Roy didn't pick a slow sing. But still Daddy's Little Girl is an embarrassing song to dance to with a guy you can't stand. The song ending and I walked back to my seat, my face getting hot under all the stares.
'Riza! Do you want to dance?" Now he was asking Hawkeye to dance. Much better than dancing with me. She's a girl. Neither of them was that bad at dancing, though judging by how Roy took me to the dance floor he was drunk already. "She's the Blade and you're just paper." I saw him mouthing and he laughing like he said something funny. They were obviously a couple. Or she was drunk too. Which one I could not tell.
But then once the song was over she turned on him.
"He's a tramp but they love him, breaks a new heart everyday. Roy's a tramp but Ed loves him. We all know that it'll stay that way." I did not love Roy… she was drunk that's for sure. Who would have the delusion that I could ever love the Colonel with a god-complex?
"My Turn!" I said jumping on stage after she was finished and snatching the mic. The song came out a little something like this.
Long, long ago there was an annoying perverted Colonel with a god complex.
His name was Roy Mustang and he loves dogs.
He has the biggest god-complex in all the land
And can only live under the delusion that the handsome and talented
Ed Elric would ever ever eeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvveeeeeer love him.
One day the Colonel decided to tell said handsome and talented young man
Ed simply took the Roy's gloves and blasted him into oblivion.
Theeeee Ennnnnd!!!!
The song that shall eternally be known as The Colonel With a God-complex was first sung by me at his birthday party. Out of a rage at a drunken Hawkeye. Not the best way to lose my temper right?
"Edward… You didn't really mean that you'll blow me up right?" Roy asked as I sat down in my seat. I simply smiled. "Really?" I kept smiling. Sure I hated the guy, but I couldn't blow him up… when he was drunk.
It was Al's turn next. I was eager to see what he'd think up to sing. He is my little brother after all. The tune was unfamiliar to me but the lyrics seemed to be perfect, like it was meant for me to sing to Al.
Haunted by a past, a nightmare that seemed so unreal
I wish I could turn back time and spare the pain we both feel
And now we've changed
Things will never be the same
(Things will never be the same)
We were foolish then but our trials served to make us strong
The burdens are not yours alone we sought the answers for so long
But they're not free
They cost you more than they cost me
(My brother…)
I promise you, there is nothing I won't give
To see this through
Return the soul to where it lives
I promise you, I'd go everywhere I've been
To find a was to make atonement for my sin and see
See your smiling face again
When we've paid the price at last
And we are whole once more
Life will be the way it was
The way it was before the day
The day she slipped away
Together we'll redeem that day
And I promise you, there is nothing I won't give.
To see this through
Return the soul to where it lives
promise you, I'd go everywhere I've been
To find a was to make atonement for my sin and see
See your smiling face
I promise you, there is nothing I won't give
To see this through
Return the soul to where it lives
I promise you, I'd go everywhere I've been
To find a was to make atonement for my sin and see
See your smiling face again
When Al finished every clapped rather loudly, Roy even stood up. Al had put so much thought into his song. I felt embarrassed that my little brother had sung something with so much meaning and I just made fun of Roy.
I decided that I too wanting to sing something with meaning to Al and I. So I spent the next half an hour or so scribbling a song on a scrap of paper. Hughes and Havoc both sang during this time and so did Roy, twice. But I did not pay attention to whatever the drunk military might be signing. I was writing for my brother.
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.
Beautiful mother, soft and sweet,
Once you were gone we were not complete.
Back through the years we reached for you,
Alas 'twas not meant to be.
And how can I make amends?
For all that I took from you?
I led you with hopeless dreams,
My brother, I was a fool.
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.
Beautiful mother, soft and sweet,
Once you were gone we were not complete.
Back through the years we reached for you,
Alas 'twas not meant to be.
My dreams made me blind and mute.
I long to return to that time.
I followed without a word,
My brother the fault is mine.
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.
I wanted to sing something with as much meaning as Al did. I sat down next to him and he smiled. "You wrote that? Just now?" he asked. I nodded in reply, "Yes, I wanted something with as much meaning as yours." He smiled. "Ed… that was great. Though really it's not your fault."
The rest of the party went by rather quickly. Everyone sang a lot more. Roy passed out he was so drunk. Hawkeye ending up slapping him several times. Havoc ending up flirting with all the girls. Same old same old. But it seemed that Al and I became even closer than ever. All it took was a karaoke night and a thoughtful song.