Rain

"Rain" (レイン, Rein) is the fifth and final opening theme for the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series. It is performed by SID and replaces "Period" in episode 51.

Video

Fullmetal_Alchemist_Brotherhood_Opening_5_HD — Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Opening 5 HD

Appearances

Lyrics


Original	Romanization	English Translation
やっと見つけた新しい朝は月日が邪魔をする向かう先は「次」じゃなくて「過」ばかり追いかけた	Yatto mitsuketa atarashii asa wa Tsukihi ga jama wo suru Mukau saki wa tsugi ja nakute Sugi bakari oikaketa	The days going by are getting in the way of the new morning I'd found at last It wasn't "next" that I was headed toward, But "bygone" that I was always chasing after.
鳴り止まない　容赦ない思いだたちは許してくれそうにもないそろそろかな　手探り　疲れた颊を葛藤がこぼれ落ちる	Nariyamanai yōsha nai omoi de tachi wa Yurushite kuresō nimonai Sorosoro kana tesaguri tsukareta hoho wo Kattō ga koboreochiru	My incessant, merciless memories Don't seem likely to forgive me It may not be long before my turmoil spills out Down cheeks wearied by my fumbling about. Will the rain ever stop?
雨は　いつか止むのでしょうかずいぶん長い間　冷たい雨は　どうして僕を選ぶの包まれ　いいかも雨は　止むことを知らずに今日も　降り続くけれどそっと　差し出した傘の中で温もりに　寄り添いながら	Ame wa itsuka yamunodeshōka Zuibun nagai aida tsumetai Ame wa dōshite boku wo erabuno Tsutsumarete ii kana Ame wa yamu koto wo shirazuni Kyō mo furitsuzuku keredo Sotto sashidashita kasa no naka de Nukumori ni yorisoi nagara	I've been cold for such a long time Why does this rain choose me? Can I wrap myself up in it? The rain is unrelenting, and it's still coming down today, But tenderly under an extended umbrella, We share our warmth as we huddle close.


English Translation 2	English Translation 3	English Translation (Full)
The new dawn that we finally found is being cut off by time. The place we're headed for isn't the "future," But it's the "past" we've been chasing this whole time. These merciless memories that keep ringing don't seem like they're going to forgive us. Soon, the rain of conflict will begin to roll down my tired cheeks. Will the rain stop someday? It's been freezing me for a long time. Why does the rain choose me? I wonder if it would envelop me. The rain never stops; it keeps falling even today. But underneath your gently outstretched umbrella, We nestle together in warmth.	The new morning we've finally found Is being hampered by the past. What we chased after wasn't the future, but the past so full of remorse The ruthless memories won't stop playing, They won't be forgiving us for a long time. It's about now that a teardrop Begins to roll down my fatigued cheeks. Will this rain ever stop? I've been freezing for a long time. Why does the rain continue to fix on me? I wonder if it could embrace me. Today, the rain falls again, endlessly, it falls knowing no end. We nestle closer to each other to share the warmth, Under this umbrella, you gently held out to me.	Though this untainted morning, That I had finally reached to, Is entangled by the past I knew Instead of moving on, towards my own future, I was stuck in my own remorseful past. All these memories, Ringing endlessly inside my mind, Have no intentions of forgiving me yet Walking around blindly, I think it's time for my own teardrops, To fall down my, conflicted cheeks The rain falls, I wonder if it will ever end It's so cold, straining my body for quite some time The rain falls, and though I have no escape, May it embrace me tightly, hide all my pain? The rain falls, I wonder if it knows how to stop? But today, it falls without resolution. You held out your hand holding an umbrella over my head. You nestled with me, warming me with all your hope.

Trivia

This is one of the three themes in the series to also be used as an insert song. The others that were used in this way were the second ending theme, Let it Out and the fifth, RAY OF LIGHT.
It is also the only opening to also be used as an ending theme (episode 63 though showing scenes and portions of previous openings of Van Hohenheim), with the one exception of Hologram, used in the final episode.
The very ending foreshadows that Ed and Winry confess their feelings to each other.
Mustang being in a dark void is a foreshadowing of Lost Light, where he loses his sight to the Truth after being forced to open the gate by Pride.
- His being the fifth Human Sacrifice is foreshadowed when Father's eye shows him and the others.