Quite some time ago I was tumbling over an article about violence against children and what it does to them, how it affected them during their whole life.

It was not until the composing of our new album HOME that I thought about using these impressions for one of our songs. This special song was created during a jamming session in our rehearsal room. We right away started to play this incredible chorus with this kicking-ass melody, which came to my mind � and a clear word on my lips: "shine".

I directly knew that this had to be a song about the fragility of childhood, about the things that people are capable to do to these defenseless beings and about the hope that, out of the dark, they still have the strength to carry on � and "shine". It fitted so wonderfully into the concept of our new album HOME.

I soon realized that SHINE meant so much more to me. It actually evokes some questions that were turning in my head: "What if it happened to my own child?"

When we shot the video for SHINE I played some scenes with my son � and it was just right � as a father that I am �