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oday 5 years ago, Wauz lost his fight against cancer. Wauz was the singer of a German band called Red Tape Parade. I have seen him a few times live, and as I noticed this morning they even played my city Ghent (with Pennywise). At the time he was working on this beautiful song called “Leap Year Of Faith“. The text and video follow below.
(picture of Wauz at MTC in Cologne when Red Tape Parade played there with The New Recruits in August 2011; the picture on top of this post is from their Ghent show)
On a demo tape
from kids almost half my age
somewhere in Missouri
I have found
what I´ve been looking for, for weeks
while unlearning to hope
while unlearning to sleep
I´ve never seen a miracle
in my whole life
I don´t believe in God
but I but I…
I know some magic works.
When life hits you or a loved one hard, I hope you too can find some kind of magic to help you deal with it. Because I too know some magic works! May this be an inspiration for you and a living memory of Wauz!