I Live today in the shadow of that horrible yesterday
When the city filled with smoke and fear
Just an autumn New York day
Rushing and hurrying to get nowhere.

That moment etched in my very soul as death loomed in the air
When all around me exploded and nothing would ever be normal again
The chaos, the noise and the fear, yes the stench of fear
Glass and flames falling like rain.

I live and many died and yet each day it remains with me
That feeling of mortality of fearing the worst and more
I fought to survive to live and once again be with my family
Life so precious, much more to me now than ever before

In that symphony of fear and dread amongst the twisted steel
The stench of the flames, the chaos, the utter confusion
As resuers gave their all to save as many in a situation so unreal
so unimaginable, so beyond comprehension

In dreams I relive that day, in waking hours the memory is ever near
I lived and others did not. It saddens me to my very core
It saddens me the cruelty of man against man, how could they not care
The horror they did unleash when they carried out this act of war

In the shadow of 9 11, I and many others survived that storm of hate
and each breath I take is with thanks for my today and tomorrows
We lived to mourn the dead, to remember that by some stroke of fate
We are here amongst the living to remember the day of many sorrows.

Sit with me and listen as I tell you of that terrible day
of hate and ignorance of the rights of humanity
Bond with me and let us make a vow. Stand with me and say
Never again will this be tolerated. Never again. It starts with me and you

A whisper in the corner of the world will grow to a roar
as humanity declares war on terrorsim and hate
No more, killing no more bombs, never, no more
I live to remember and to mourn but not to hate.