Stories Behind the Songs: “We Can Love”
The entire guitar part for “We Can Love” came to me in August 2004, when writing a rock opera was just an idea I was playing around with. Despite that, I always thought that it would end up being an opera song. The words came quite a bit later. At my request, John wrote the lovely harmonized flute lines, which were subsequently recorded by his future wife Inge in January 2007.
Given that the subject matter stresses the importance of community, especially to outsiders, I have performed this song several times at church. On a couple of occasions, John, Inge and I performed it together in a rendition close to the recorded version (with rhythmic accompaniment, once by Pen, and once by Anna).