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• Member: jubjub2
• Studio: Divine Illusion Productions
• Title: Behind the Illusion
• Premiered: 2007-05-25
• Categories:
  • Action
  • Character Profile
  • Drama
  • Other
  • Sentimental
  • Serious
• Song:
  • Kansas Carry On My Wayward Son
• Anime:
  • Fullmetal Alchemist (TV)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie - Conqueror of Shambala
• Participation:
  • Otaku Omaha, Otaku Omaha 2007 AMV Contest (2007-06-09)
  • Anime Banzai, Anime Banzai 2007 AMV Contest (2007-09-01)
  • Anime Weekend Atlanta 13, AWA 13 Expo Contest (2007-09-21)
  • A-Kon 19, A-Kon 19 Video Events (2008-05-30)
• Comments: This started with a visit to my son's anime club. After showing some videos to the kids, I asked them for suggestions, and said that I would make a video from the combinations on the list. As I read through it, this one really struck me.
  
  I mean, what 13/14 year old listens to Kansas?
  
  Since I knew the song, and the lyric match to the Elric brothers was SO perfect, I took this one on.
  
  Thanks, Evan for the idea!
  
  The music has been cut from almost 6:00 to just over 3:00. I cut a verse as well as lengthy (and repetitive) guitar solos. I almost wish I had left some of them in now.
  
  Here are the lyrics for those of you born after the song was popular. I'm guessing that's most of you. ;)
  
  {Refrain
  Carry on my wayward son
  There'll be peace when you are done
  Lay your weary head to rest
  Don't you cry no more
  
  Once I rose above the noise and confusion
  Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
  I was soaring ever higher
  But I flew too high
  
  Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
  Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
  I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
  I can hear them say
  
  {Refrain
  
  On a stormy sea of moving emotion
  Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
  I set a course for winds of fortune
  But I hear the voices say
  
  {Refrain
  
  No!
  
  Carry on, you will always remember
  Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
  The center lights around your vanity
  But surely heaven waits for you
  
  Carry on my wayward son
  There'll be peace when you are done
  Lay your weary head to rest
  Don't you cry (don't you cry no more)
  
  Thanks to Scob, Batto and Judge for beta testing. And a big thanks to Scob for making me an honorary member of his studio about a year or so ago. I wanted to put an honorary video together, and just combined the two projects.
  
  IF YOU CAN'T PLAY MP4 or H264 ON YOUR COMPUTER, PLEASE GET THE DIRECT DOWNLOAD XVID
  
  Awards
  ================
  Best Character Profile - AWA Expo 2007
  Best Drama - Otaku Omaha 2007
  2nd Place Overall - Kawaii Kon 2008
  Best Drama/Romance - A-Kon 2008
• Comment History: date (words) 2008-06-01 (393), 2008-04-26 (388), 2007-09-23 (382), 2007-06-11 (375), 2007-05-25 (367), 2007-05-25 (364)