Born in 1974 in Iran, openly gay singer Firouz saw both the Islamic revolution and the Iraqi invasion, giving him a first hand experience of war's destruction. After the invasion razed his small town, his family packed him up and sent him to Europe, where he found another escape in music.

His single, "Warchild" tells this tale, but, as he tells Arjan from Arjan Writes, it's a tale to which all can relate:

My story isn't an exception and not only about teenagers in some parts of the world where they die in senseless wars or lose their homes and family. Everybody has their own personal fights. The hardest battle is the one inside of yourself and in your own life. Everybody is a warchild.

Arjan informs us that the track has been remixed and is now available on iTunes.

We've gone ahead and posted the video after the jump. You know, so you can make an informed decision...