At last I have my father's hands
And his eyes of faded blue
I've wandered through these wonderlands
To discover what is true

At last I have the mothers gift
That of joy and pain reborn
To feel compassion for all beings
Whether triumphant or forlorn

I've seen the wet eyed woman
And the newly orphaned child
Bodies broken on the battlefield
I've seen the wet eyed woman
And the rage of men run wild
And the passing of the years that never yields

At last I have my brothers will
The resolve and how to live
I've wandered through these forest hills
And I found we must forgive

For the sky is wide and radiant
The ocean mystic deep
Wrapped within the winds embrace
Is the grass along the hillside
And the innocence we keep
And a truth that knows not time nor space

The Story

A Transcendent Cross-Cultural Collaboration

The making of this track was, first, a story of survival. During its earliest recording sessions, severe coastal storms broke over the Kleinemond and left Aden Hinds and his young daughter marooned and flooded in for four days, the river raging and overflowing around their home. When the water finally dropped to a stubborn knee-deep crawl — road still ruined, still impassable — Aden shouldered his recording equipment and carried it across the river on foot, just to get off the property and begin the journey to Mdantsane, where the rest of the song was waiting.

That crossing mirrors the song's own history. It was born years earlier in a different kind of isolation, during a time Aden spent living mostly alone on a defunct game farm in the middle of the Karoo. There, in quiet exchanges with his late uncle Keith Erasmus, two piscean souls traded melodies drawn from a shared family lineage. What grew between them became true medicine music — woven to honour the heavy, beautiful histories carried in the family's blood.

Once the instrumental core was recorded, Aden travelled on to Mdantsane to capture the voices the song had been waiting for. Ntaba is a blind elder, oral storyteller and street busker who has spent decades searching Southern Africa for a universal "rainbow choir." Attwell Masupha is a master harmony vocalist known nationwide for his human rights advocacy and charity runs. Together the two have sung as Eternal Melodies for thirty-six years, their artistic alignment immediate and grounded in Dlomo's own guiding philosophy:We are not Eternal Melodies, we are simply the best instruments of Eternal Melodies.— Dlomo

By tracking their soulful harmonies, Aden embedded decades of shared history and resilience into the music — then stepped into their circle himself, not as a guest but as a full member of the band. From there, the track reached its world-class finish through an entire community of South African musical heavyweights who volunteered their time and talent, every one of them playing purely for the cause.

Recorded With
Dan Roberts
Co-producer & mix, Johannesburg — SAMA-winning producer and audio engineer
Dan Chiorboli
Studio percussion
Luke Woolfe Coote
Electric bass
Sez Adamson
Pedal steel guitar, at the musical prime of his life at 80 years old

In a major development for the campaign, the Association for Dementia and Alzheimer's of South Africa (ADASA) has now secured definitive national backing for the project and appointed Aden Hinds as an official National ADASA Ambassador. Through this network, the campaign will syndicate the story across national media, radio and television — educating communities, reducing stigma, and helping families find the support they need.

To protect the restorative spirit of the piece, the entire track was recorded at 432Hz — a natural tuning aligned with the golden ratio, chosen specifically to offer a healing frequency for body, mind and soul.

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