according to christian, the lead singer, it sort of leads up to yamkela. here's what he said:
This song was an attempt to tie together what I saw in South Africa, where young men & women are dying of AIDS and other diseases and what we have seen in Europe and America, where young men and women are also dying but from a different cause – depression and a loss of hope. The fight for life is with different enemies.
This was based on 2 different people – Yamkela a young boy we met in South Africa & friend in States. One fighting a battle with AIDS and the other fighting depression – in both continents people are dying unnecessarily young. When we wrote this there was a real fight for both their lives. But as I write this today both of them are doing much better and have been able to see that even in these desperate situations there is hope for life.
according to christian, the lead singer, it sort of leads up to yamkela. here's what he said:
This song was an attempt to tie together what I saw in South Africa, where young men & women are dying of AIDS and other diseases and what we have seen in Europe and America, where young men and women are also dying but from a different cause – depression and a loss of hope. The fight for life is with different enemies.
This was based on 2 different people – Yamkela a young boy we met in South Africa & friend in States. One fighting a battle with AIDS and the other fighting depression – in both continents people are dying unnecessarily young. When we wrote this there was a real fight for both their lives. But as I write this today both of them are doing much better and have been able to see that even in these desperate situations there is hope for life.