Furthermore, it deals with him suffering from the events and the aftermath and his own death in the Middle East. His family has a long firefighter tradition and lost most of its male members to 9/11.
Song about a soldier who is a member of an Irish family from Queens. Lyrics include: "I don't want to work in a building downtown I don't know what I'm going to do, 'cause the planes keep crashing, always two by two." "How they laugh as we shovelled the ashes of the Twin Towers / Blood and death, we will pay back the debt of this candy store of ours" And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Lyrics include: "Grey smoke hit the ground Seven came down without a sound Rich man company WTC mystery" (a reference to the September 11 attacks and the mystery third white plane which has caused some speculation) The song describes the experience of an airplane passenger on September 11, 2001, circling over New York City and unable to see the World Trade Center. Lyrics include "Ever since we can remember, people have died in his good name, long before that September, long before hijacking planes." The lyrics acknowledge the deaths of many in the name of god during 9/11 due to the attacks. Lyrics include: "Sit and politic with passengers from 9/11." and "Shady Records was eighty seconds away from the towers." Written by Peter Skellern to honor those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks, as well as those who died in WWI and WWII. Lyrics include: "In terrible days and horrible shocks Always remember that America rocks When the Enemy aims and the trigger cocks Always remember that America rocks. This list contains songs which were inspired by or contain lyrics referring to the September 11 attacks. JSTOR ( June 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "List of songs about the September 11 attacks" – news
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