This song reflects my thoughts and feelings during the days following 9/11, 2001

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Thanks to Ross McDermott for his help with drum programing and to my 12 year old daughter, Becky, for her backing vocals

V1
Helpless in my grief I watched
insanity unfold around me
as the darkness gripped my soul
I reached out for a hand

I closed my eyes to make it go away
but in my heart it planted
seeds of evil, weeds of hate
I couldn't understand

V2
I watched the giants tumble down
Castrated city screams in fear
but not the concrete, not the steel
that caused my soul to bleed

innocence was lost forever
taken like the rape of children
taken in this vileness
obscenity indeed

(refrain)
Too much crying
too much dying
too much crying
too much dying


V3
For all the sadness, all the grief
something shines so bright you know
compassion, love and kindness
have dulled the sword of fear

a global nightmare takes it's toll
can we awake, and let it not
consume us in it's ugliness,
assume it's stark veneer.

V4
I know I'm not alone in feeling
that the world has lost it's way
we stand poised at a crossroad
which way will we turn

revenge, some say, would be so sweet
let's nuke the bastards, get it over
fear breeds fear, hate breeds hate
will we ever learn?

(refrain)
Too much crying
too much dying
too much crying
too much dying