Australian Idol winner releases song of support after Sydney siege
Former Australian Idol winner Wes Carr says he's humbled by messages of support after he wrote and recorded a song about the Sydney siege.
The song, which Carr posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday, was shared over 12,000 times and received almost 10,000 likes.
Carr posted on his Facebook page again today to thank everyone for their support.
"Thank you all from the pit of my soul," he said. "Thank you for sharing the love. I am so deeply humbled my song 'I Pray' has resonated with so many."
The song was a rough, heartfelt exhibition of Carr's reponse to the events in Martin Place.
"Today I have so many questions, so much on my mind. I woke with a feeling of confusion, uneasiness," he said in his status.
"I had something bottled up inside of my heart, I couldn't ignore the feeling and then this song just poured out of me."
Carr wrote the song only an hour prior to posting it online. It reflects upon the experiences of those inside the Lindt cafe and his prayers for them, as well as the gunman.
The lyrics include:
For the 15 people that were locked in that cafe
For their families and for change
For that gunman who was lead astray
By his own fear, evil and hate
Carr spoke in his song of how he doesn’t believe this incident should focus on religion, but the human lives that were lost
This has nothing to do with religion
It's one mans madness and confusion
It doesn't matter if your Christian Buddhist Atheist or Muslim
We are all ONE type of human
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