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. This list contains musical works which were inspired by or contain lyrics referring to the September 11 attacks.
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