Golden Time Lover

Golden Time Lover is the third opening theme in the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime. It debut during episode 27, replacing Hologram, and would later be replaced by Period in episode 39. It is performed by Sukima Switch.

Japanese Rōmaji
Shūchū dekite nai na mada karada ga mayotte iru 'n da

furuete ita 'n ja CONTROL shitatte bure 'n da

taiyō mo tsuki mo nan mo kanzen ni kocchi muite inai ga

yaru shika nai 'n da iikikaseru yō ni sō tsubuyaita

Jōkyō wa warui ga tada nigedasu 'n ja konjō nai na

tenbō wa nai ga dokyō de KURIA suru shika nai ya

shōdō wa osaeta mama TARGET to no kankaku sagure

hitsuyō na mono wa katsu PRIDE wo

ajiwau no wa shōri no bishu ka sore tomo haiboku no kujū ka

sono subete wa futatsu ni hitotsu ayatsuritai unmei no ito

Zekkou no GOLDEN TIME kono te de tsukame

konshin no POKER FACE kimete shikakeru yo

ILLUSION no sekai e hikizuri konde

Saigen nai PRESSURE GAME sururito nukete

eikou no BORDERLINE tobikoeru tame ni

HOW MANY? dore kurai no daishō ga iru?

tebanashitaku nai no wa dore?

English Translation
I can't keep focused, my body's still wavering

Trembling like I am, my control is shaky

Both the sun and my luck have turned the other way,

but I whispered "I've gotta do it," to convince myself

The situation is bad, but I've got no guts if I run away

Nothing to look forward to, but I gotta have the grit to get past this

Gotta control my impulses and judge the distance to the target

What I need is the pride to win

Will I taste sweet victory, or bitter defeat?

Yeah, it's all one or the other

Wish I could control the threads of fate

Take this perfect golden time tightly in hand

I'll go at this with the best poker face I can muster

Dragged into a world of illusion,

slipping out of a boundless pressure game,

what does it take to leap across the glorious borderline?

How much will it cost me?

What is it I don't want to let go of?

Trivia

 * This opening actually contains a few scenes that were cut from the anime's version of the Ishvalan flashback. Such scenes include Marcoh struggling to overcome Knox's words after making a stone, Envy watching on in delight after Kimblee slaughters a few soldiers, Scar making the vow to himself for revenge, and every shot is of an omitted scene from the manga. They're all in the same part of the opening, as well.