This song is about a young man lorenzo Odone who was diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy ALD at the age of 5. Adrenoleukodystrophy is a genetic disorder in which the myelin sheath the fat around nerve cells is destroyed causing severe disability and death usually within 2 years. Told by doctors that he wouldn't live past the age of 7, his parents Augusto and Michaela Odone wouldn't hear of it so they invented a therapee of sorts called lorenzo's Oil. The song tells about his life. lorenzo's story is also told in the 1992 movie Lorenzo's oil. Lorenzo died at age 30 due to complications of adrenoleukodystrophy.
This song is about a young man lorenzo Odone who was diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy ALD at the age of 5. Adrenoleukodystrophy is a genetic disorder in which the myelin sheath the fat around nerve cells is destroyed causing severe disability and death usually within 2 years. Told by doctors that he wouldn't live past the age of 7, his parents Augusto and Michaela Odone wouldn't hear of it so they invented a therapee of sorts called lorenzo's Oil. The song tells about his life. lorenzo's story is also told in the 1992 movie Lorenzo's oil. Lorenzo died at age 30 due to complications of adrenoleukodystrophy.