Hinweise zur Musikgruppe:

Orphaned Land (engl. ‚verwaistes Land‘) ist eine Metal-Band aus Israel, welche die Elemente des Metal (hauptsächlich Death- und Doom-Metal-Elemente, aber auch Einflüsse anderer Genres) mit orientalischen Folk-Klängen vermischt. So ist es keine Seltenheit, dass orientalische Instrumente wie Oud, Darbuka, Kanun oder dementsprechende Perkussion, sowie Gesänge oder Chöre aus dem Nahen Osten zu hören sind. In den Texten werden die drei abrahamitischen Religionen behandelt: das Judentum, das Christentum und der Islam. Die Band setzt sich seit Anbeginn für ein friedliches Miteinander der drei Religionen ein.
(Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphaned_Land)

Musiktext:

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...

Über den Musiktext:

Kobi Farhi (Sänger):
"This is a song that Itshak is singing to his brother Ishmael. According to the bible, they were both the sons of Abraham from two different mothers. Today, Itshak is known as the father of the Israeli nation while Ishmael is known as the father of the Arab nation. Historically, that means of course that it's a historical fact that Israelis and Arabs are brothers and we believe that the deepest source for our actual conflict still lies there, between the two brothers.

Both sides today are so focused on being right in the conflict and fill themselves with hate. Every side is so busy with being the victim, and today it doesn't make sense to either one of the sides that we are historically brothers. People forgot it, forgot that our language is alike, as well as our names and history.

An interesting thing is that in the Jewish bible, there is a story where Abraham took Itshak to the mountain to sacrifice him to God. Muslims have the same exact story, but in their version it was Ishmael on the mountain. Everyone shapes history according to his own version, and we have conflicts about even the oldest stories, just as if we were two kids in a fight. And therefore, there is a line in the song that says: 'The lord blessed us both, but we still fight and claim, that kid on the mountain - what was his name'.

'Brother' is a love song for a forgotten beloved brother who turned into a blood enemy. And before people go and start with politic comments, this has nothing to do with politics, or being left or right wing, Jew, Muslim or anything else. We are not taking any sides as musicians, we just tell a story, and we decided to be the first grown-up brother in this story and ask: 'Forgive me, brother'. Mainly because being mature and grown-up sometimes means that you have to say you're sorry, even if it's not only your fault.

We dedicate this song with much love, hope and belief to our beloved Israeli & Arab brothers."

(Quelle: https://blabbermouth.net/news/orphaned-land-brother-video-released)