Keep the faith

Today -- October 12 -- marks the seventh anniversary of the first Bali bombings. We've all heard, and seen, how the world changed after 9/11 but I think in Australia, it wasn't until the 2002 Bali bombings that people started to develop a fear of terrorism. That's obviously due to Indonesia's close proximity to Australia, and the fact that Bali is such a popular tourist spot for Aussies and 88 Australians were killed.

I was thinking about what song/video to blog and eventually settled on a performance from 10 years before the bombings. So this is "Keep the Faith" from An Evening With Bon Jovi, which has unfortunately never been released on DVD (the VHS is probably still floating around somewhere though).

Undivided

The world changed on September 11, 2001 but the truth is, from the island nation of Australia, New York and America seemed so far away. What truly brought the reality of the "outside world" home to people here were the 2002 Bali Bombings (October 12) in which 202 people were killed. Here's a song for them. The bombers are currently on death row but I'm not interested in hate or vengeance.



A million prayers to God above
A million tears make an ocean of
One for love, one for truth
One for me, one for you
I found spirit, they couldn't ruin it
I found courage in the smoke and dust
I found faith in the songs you silenced
Deep down it's ringing out in each of us

Rest in peace.