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Switchfoot - “Dark Horses”
“Our first single, “Dark Horses,” is heavily inspired by the homeless kids in our hometown of San Diego. We do an event every year called the Bro-Am. It’s a surf contest and concert on the beach. And it benefits Stand Up For Kids, which is an organization that works with these homeless kids. They are the true dark horses. In [nearby] Seattle there’s a huge culture of homelessness amongst kids on the streets. These aren’t kids who chose homelessness. They’ve been thrust into an adult world as children – from broken homes, from being kicked out of homes, from dysfunctional parents, a variety of situations. They’re the dark horses this society has written off. And you can’t count them out.”
Tim Foreman
“ The new record really wrestles with the already-but-not-yet concept. As a believer, I think we’re really cognizant of the idea that we live in a broken, hurting world, yet there’s a bright and shining light of hope that’s transcending everything that we do. And we’re all trying to come to terms with that. I think hope is not simply looking around and saying that everything’s great – that’s just ridiculous. For hope to have substance, it has to acknowledge the pain. But hope is saying that’s not the final story. It’s not saying pain doesn’t exist, but it’s saying there’s not a period at the end of that sentence. It’s still being written. ”
Tim Foreman, on Vice Verses {x}