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List of songs about the September 11 attacks

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

Artist/composer	Title	Album	Year	Description
	"By The Sword"		2001	url=	title=Emilie Autumn	author=Wilson, MacKenzie	website=Allmusic	access-date=August 11, 2010}}
Dan Bern	"NYC 911" (Unreleased)		2001
	"This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag"	Live! (bonus track)	2001
Cher	"Song for the Lonely"	Living Proof	2001
Curse	"Nichts Wird Mehr So Sein Wie Es War"	n/a, released as a free download	2001
	"Makeshift Patriot"	Released as a single	2001	Lyrics include "Don't waive your rights with your flags"
	"Little Did She Know (She'd Kissed a Hero)"	Released as a single	2001	url=http://www.littledidsheknow.com/	title=Little Did She Know...Song	author=Jackson, Kristy	access-date=September 11, 2012	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018211325/http://www.littledidsheknow.com/	archive-date=October 18, 2012	url-status=live}} Responses to the song were later turned into a book.
	"What More Can I Give"	n/a (never released)	2001	Quay	Damico	2010	p=218}}.
Srpski Talibani	"Gori Njujork"	Srpski Talibani Slusajte dok vas ne uhvate za	2001	Anti-American song from Republika Srpska.
	"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)"	Unleashed	2001	Toby Keith wrote this song in response to his father's death and the 9/11 attacks in 2001. At first, he was reluctant to record the song and decided to only play it live for military personnel. Later however, Marine Corps General James L. Jones convinced him to record it saying that it was his "duty as an American citizen to record the song."
Live	"Overcome"	V	2001
Lonestar	"I'm Already There"	I'm Already There	2001	It was released on April 16, 2001. The music video premiered to CMT on June 7, 2001 and was directed by Michael Salomon. On April 21, 2003, they released another version of the music video to recast the song as a tribute to the military.
	"Freedom"	Driving Rain	2001
	"Raise Up (USA Flag Remix)"		2001
Cary Pierce of Jackopierce	"I Believe in America"	I Believe in America	2001	Released 30 October 2001
Smash Mouth	"Out Of Sight"	Smash Mouth	2001	As they were in the process of creating their self titled album, the attacks occurred. The song was dedicated to the victims.
	"Didn't They?"	Unreleased	2001
	"Safe as Houses"	Released Online	2001
Wu-Tang Clan	"Rules"	Iron Flag	2001	Rapper Ghostface Killah speaks about the attacks in the first verse of the song, demanding to know who is responsible.
	"I Can't See New York"	Scarlet's Walk	2002	first1=Sara E.	last1=Quay	first2=Amy M.	last2=Damico	title=September 11 in Popular Culture: A Guide	publisher=ABC-CLIO	page=222	isbn=978-0-313-35505-9	year=2010}}.
William Basinski		The Disintegration Loops	2002
Bon Jovi	"Undivided"	Bounce	2002
Bon Jovi	"Another Reason To Believe"	Bounce	2002
	"America The Beautiful"		2002
Box Car Racer	"Elevator"	Box Car Racer	2002	This song was written from the perspective of a jumper from the towers and from the perspective of someone watching from below.
Box Car Racer	"Watch The World"	Box Car Racer	2002	Lyrics include "I watched the smoke, as it grew darker, and blew up through the roof. I watched the fed, saw them panic as the fire grew. I saw Virginia, get rid of Langley, and its secrets too."
Camel	"For Today"	A Nod and a Wink	2002
	"The Last Fallen Hero"	Redneck Fiddlin' Man	2002
Coldplay	"Politik"	A Rush of Blood to the Head	2002	Written the day of the attacks. Chris Martin told NME that it reflects his realization of mortality after 9/11.
The Cranberries	"New New York"	Stars: The Best of 1992–2002	2002	url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2011/09/ten_september_11_songs_by_artists_you_actually_like.php	title=Ten Best September 11 Songs by Artists You Actually Like	last=Rendon	first=Alex	date=11 September 2011	work=Country Grind	publisher=Broward-Palm Beach New Times	access-date=1 December 2011	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912044743/http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2011/09/ten_september_11_songs_by_artists_you_actually_like.php	archive-date=12 September 2012	url-status=live}}
	"Remember the Day"		2002	"Remember the day/The courage the valor/We ran to the towers/At such a great cost"
DC Talk	"Let's Roll"	Let's Roll: Together in Unity, Faith, and Hope	2002
	"We Ain't Scared of You" (a.k.a. "My Eagle Is Pissed")		2002
	"Self Evident"	So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter	2002	This spoken word performance uses the 9/11 attacks as a way to criticize the US government.
DJ Sammy	"Heaven" (9/11 Remix)		2002
	"If I Had My Way"	Gold	2002
Linda Eder	"If I Should Lose My Way"	Gold	2002
Eminem	"My Dad's Gone Crazy"	The Eminem Show	2002	Lyrics include: "More pain inside of my brain than the eyes of a little girl inside of a plane aimed at the World Trade"
Glassjaw	"Tip Your Bartender"	Worship and Tribute	2002
Gorillaz feat. D12 & Terry Hall	"911"	Bad Company (soundtrack)	2002
	"Ground Zero"	Vigil	2002	Released on a benefit album organized by Suzanne Vega, entirely of original songs about 9/11.
	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"	Drive	2002
Bert Jansch	"Bright Sunny Morning"	Edge Of A Dream	2002	Lyrics include "With both towers ablaze the world watches on TV / It's all there for the whole world to see / Yeah, it took twenty minutes to change history."
	"My List"	Pull My Chain	2002	Tells about a firefighter who decides to spend more time with his family after witnessing the 9/11 attacks on TV.
Killswitch Engage	"Life to Lifeless"	Alive or Just Breathing	2002
	"The Proud"	Quality	2002	Quay	Damico	2010	p=221}}.
L.A. Guns	"OK, Let's Roll"	Waking the Dead	2002
	"Firehouse"	Vigil	2002	Released on a benefit album organized by Suzanne Vega, entirely of original songs about 9/11.
Megaherz	"Glas Und Tränen"	Herzwerk II	2002	Literally "Glass And Tears" (and originally titled "Blut Und Tränen", "Blood And Tears"), contains an account of the violent atmosphere during and ideologies behind the attacks.
Megaherz	"I.M. Rumpelstilzchen"	Herzwerk II	2002	From the point of view of a double agent employed by a tyrannical government; about the paranoid global political climate after the attacks.
Moby	"Harbour"	18	2002
My Chemical Romance	"Skylines and Turnstiles"	I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love	2002	Gerard Way wrote this song after witnessing the 9/11 attacks while on his way to work. He formed My Chemical Romance after witnessing the Twin Towers fall and this was the first ever song written by the band. Lyrics detail the mundane lives of New Yorkers on their way to their jobs and the immediate change they faced after the attacks, describing the empty sky without the towers as a "broken city sky, stolen from [his] eyes" and the towers themselves as "steel corpses stretched out towards an ending sun."
Carrie Newcomer	"I Heard an Owl"	The Gathering of Spirits	2002	Written in response to the 9/11 attacks. Chorus starts "so don't tell me hate is ever right or god's will"
No Use for a Name	"Insecurity Alert"	Hard Rock Bottom	2002
Leslie Nuchow	"An Eye for an Eye (Will Leave the Whole World Blind)"	Balm for Gilead	2001	Written on September 12, 2001, the day after watching the Towers, it was first released as a single, then re-released in 2016 as part of the album Balm for Gilead
Lisa Otey	"I Can See the New View"	Hard Workin' Woman	2001	Talks about 9/11 through a historical context of seeing the same view over the centuries, from Henry Hudson's arrival, to the immigrants of the turn of the 20th century, to September 11, 2001
	"The Bravest"	Looking for the Moon	2002
Porcupine Tree	"Collapse the Light Into Earth"	In Absentia	2002
Renaud and Axelle Red	"Manhattan-Kaboul"	Boucan d'enfer (Renauld)	2002	"Deals with the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York"
Rush	"Peaceable Kingdom"	Vapor Trails	2002
Sleater-Kinney	"Far Away"	One Beat	2002	The song contrast's President George W. Bush's actions on September 11, when he was flown away to a secure location, with those of the emergency responders at the World Trade Center.
	"There She Stands"	Worship Again	2002	url=https://www.michaelwsmith.com/news.html?n_id=2842	access-date=February 18, 2014	title=Michael W. Smith :: News	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222023920/https://www.michaelwsmith.com/news.html?n_id=2842	archive-date=February 22, 2014	url-status=dead}}
	"Countin' on a Miracle"	The Rising	2002
"Empty Sky"	Told from the point of view of a person longing for one last moment with their spouse who was killed in the attacks.
"Into the Fire"	Told from the point of view of a spouse of a firefighter.
"Lonesome Day"
"Mary's Place"	Told from the point of view of a widow who lost their spouse in the attacks. A friend has invited this person to a party at "Mary's Place" to help with moving on.
"Paradise"
"The Fuse"	A smoldering blend of lust and loss, having sex as a means to feel anything after tragedy.
"The Rising"	title=Beastie Boys - An Open Letter to NYC Lyrics Lyrics.com	url=https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/15524338/Beastie+Boys/An+Open+Letter+to+NYC	access-date=2023-07-16	website=www.lyrics.com}}
"You're Missing"	About how a family must continue to function after the Father is killed in the attacks.
SR-71	"Truth"	Tomorrow	2002
W.A.S.P.	"Hallowed Ground"	Dying for the World	2002
	"Let's Roll"	Are You Passionate?	2002
Blue Man Group	"Exhibit 13"	The Complex	2003	This song was written in response to the attacks, as all three members of the original Blue Man Group were in Manhattan at the time.
50 Cent	"Patiently Waiting"	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	2003	Lyrics include: "Sit and politic with passengers from 9/11." and "Shady Records was eighty seconds away from the towers."
	"Grand Central Station"	Between Here and Gone	2003	This song is inspired by an interview with an iron worker who worked at Ground Zero that Carpenter watched. It is told from the point of view of the iron worker.
CunninLynguists	"Appreciation"	SouthernUnderground	2003
	"One Last Time"	Dusty Drake	2003
	"Truce"	The Dresden Dolls	2003	Lyrics include: "I am the ground zero ex-friend you ordered, disguised as a hero to get past your borders" and "I am the tower around which you orbited, I am not proud, I am just taking orders. I fall to the ground within hours of impact."
Eagles	"Hole in the World"	The Very Best Of	2003	Don Henley began writing this song on September 11.
Echo Helstrom	"Floor 104"	Echo Helstrom	2003	Bandleader Ross Seligman's stepbrother died in the attack; the song ends with the refrain "please don’t go / please don’t go / to work today / to work today".
Evanescence	"My Last Breath"	Fallen	2003
Everclear	"The New York Times"	Slow Motion Daydream	2003
Mary Fahl	"The Dawning of the Day"	The Other Side of Time	2003	Fahl's version of the traditional Irish tune "The Dawning of the Day" was featured in the film version of the Broadway play The Guys.
Fleetwood Mac	"Illume (9-11)"	Say You Will	2003
	"Grim Cathedral"	Skating Rink	2003	"Grim Cathedral" reflects the jingoism and Nationalism that arose following 9/11.
	"I Don't Know Why"	Simple Things	2003
Lagwagon	"Never Stops"	Blaze	2003	Commentary on the immediate aftermath and American response in the days following 9/11.
Living Colour	"Flying"	Collideøscope	2003	From the perspective of a man who gets the nerve to ask out a woman in the World Trade Center moments before the first plane hits, and the couple then jump from the burning building to their deaths.
	"My Neighbors In Delray"	Recognition	2003	A portrait of the hijackers, 13 of whom lived in Delray Beach, FL just prior to September 11, 2001.
	"Covered in Rain"	As/Is	2003
	"I'll Be Here"	Go Back Home (album)	2003	From the musical Ordinary Days
	"World on Fire"	Afterglow	2003	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319075655/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3860571	date=2017-03-19 }}, NPR.org
Bret Michaels	"One More Day"	Songs of Life	2003
Paris	"What Would You Do?"	Sonic Jihad	2003	About 9/11 conspiracy theories.
	"Let's Roll"	Logic Will Break Your Heart	2003
	"Ramshackle Day Parade"	Streetcore	2003
Sworn Enemy	"Sworn Enemy"	As Real as It Gets	2003
Thriving Ivory	"Angels on the Moon"	Thriving Ivory	2003
Rufus Wainwright	"11:11"	Want One	2003	The song lyrics reference waking up on the morning of 9/11, e.g., "Woke up this mornin' and somethin' was burnin' / Realized that everythin' really does happen in Manhattan."
	"Have You Forgotten?"	Have You Forgotten?	2003	The song is about the horror of the attacks, with lyrics including "Have you forgotten when those towers fell? / We had neighbors still inside going through a living hell."
Yellowcard	"Believe"	Ocean Avenue	2003	The song is about rescue workers, and integrates news reports.
	"My Blue Manhattan"	Love Is Hell	2004	Lyrics include: "Fire and rain on the streets."
Amps for Christ	"AFC Tower Song"	The People at Large	2004
Autopilot Off	"The 12th Day"	Make a Sound	2004
Beastie Boys	"An Open Letter to NYC"	To the 5 Boroughs	2004	A general song about New York City, includes the lyrics "since 9/11, we're still livin' and lovin', life we've been given." and "two towers down, but you're still in the game."
Black 47	"Mychal"	New York Town	2004
	"On That Day"	Dear Heather	2004
	"Tuesday Morning"	Lucky	2004	This song is dedicated to Mark Bingham, one of the four passengers of Flight 93 that wrestled the controls of the plane away from the hijackers.
Iced Earth	"When the Eagle Cries"	The Glorious Burden	2004
Jadakiss	"Why"	Kiss of Death	2004	Lyrics include "Why did Bush knock down the Towers?"
	"Land of the Living"	The Red Thread	2004
Manic Street Preachers	"Empty Souls"	Lifeblood	2004	Contains the line "Collapsing like the Twin Towers" (however, this was changed to "Collapsing like dying flowers" for the single release).
Misia feat. Erykah Badu	"Akai Inochi" (Red Destiny)	Mars & Roses	2004	url=http://ent2.excite.co.jp/music/feature/2004/misia/lis_rev.html	title=Excite エキサイト : ミュージック (音楽)特集・MISIA	access-date=2012-01-27	language=ja	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215054110/http://ent2.excite.co.jp/music/feature/2004/misia/lis_rev.html	archive-date=2012-02-15	url-status=live}}
Scarling.	"Alexander The Burn Victim"	Sweet Heart Dealer	2004
Tesla	"Heaven Nine Eleven"	Into the Now	2004
Twista feat. Faith Evans	"Hope"	Kamikaze	2004	"Wish God never gave the men power/To be able to hurt the people inside the Twin Towers"
Within Temptation	"Stand My Ground"	The Silent Force and also as additional tracks on some releases of The Heart of Everything	2004
Addek	"Way Down South/Religion of War"	Hip Hop 9/11	2005	This track includes samples from news stories about the actual attacks.
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead	"Worlds Apart"	Worlds Apart	2005	"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"
Dream Theater	"Sacrificed Sons"	Octavarium	2005	Opens with samples of 9/11 news broadcasts; the song itself is about the attack on the World Trade Center and its aftermath
Goldfinger feat. Mest & Good Charlotte	"The Innocent"	The Best of Goldfinger	2005
	"Hole in the Sky"	Made In China	2005	About the gap in the Manhattan skyline left by the destruction of the Twin Towers.
Immortal Technique	"Bin Laden"	Released as a single	2005	Quay	Damico	2010	p=223}}.
	"Smashed"	Elements of Persuasion	2005
feat. Mary J. Blige	"Tell Me Why"	Lost and Found	2005
	"Exodus Damage"	Pixel Revolt	2005	The second verse describes the narrator watching the second plane hitting the World Trade Center on television, as well as the lack of immediate military response to the attacks.
Wheatus	"Hometown"	TooSoonMonsoon	2005	A love song to the group's hometown, New York, which thinks wistfully back to a time when the twin towers completed the New York skyline.
and Emmylou Harris	"If This Is Goodbye"	All the Roadrunning	2006	Inspired by Ian McEwan's piece in The Guardian.
Ministry	"Lieslieslies"	Rio Grande Blood	2006
Delfín Quishpe	"Torres Gemelas"		2006
Sabaton	"In The Name of God"	Attero Dominatus	2006	Not only 9/11 but terrorism in general
Slayer	"Jihad"	Christ Illusion	2006
	"Jesse"	The Drift	2006	Presents the attack on the Twin Towers as a nightmare had by Elvis Presley and described to his own stillborn twin, Jesse Garon Presley.
Arcade Fire	"(Antichrist Television Blues)"	Neon Bible	2007	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."
Bloc Party	"Hunting for Witches"	A Weekend in the City	2007	This song is about frontman Kele Okereke's observations on the media response to terrorist attacks after the September 11 attacks
Dawnstar	"Don't Die A Martyr For Me"	Change the World	2007	Lyrics include: "I wanted to be a suicide bomber but she changed my life, I fell in love with her"
Serj Tankian	"Empty Walls"	Elect The Dead	2007
	"Angel's Doorway"	Beauty & Crime	2007	The song follows a police officer stationed at Ground Zero
"Anniversary"	last1=Lenz	first1=Ryan	title=BuzzCuts: New Music	url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/buzzcuts-new-music-17-07-2007/	website=CBS News	access-date=July 3, 2023	date=July 17, 2007}}
"Zephyr and I"	Refers to the "fireman’s monument, where all the fatherless teenagers go"
Velvet Revolver	"Messages"	Libertad (iTunes release)	2007
James	"Hey Ma"	Hey Ma	2008	Addresses the price paid for revenge
	"God Bless this Mess"	Detours	2008	Linked 9/11 with the Gulf War.
	"Out of Our Heads"	About the courage shown on 9/11; also criticizes Bush as giving a manipulative television address on that day.
Strung Out	“Blueprint of the fall”	Exile in Oblivion	2004	Written as a direct response to the aftermath of the attacks and delves into the 2001 war in Afghanistan.
Libera and Peter Skellern	"Rest in Peace"	New Dawn	2008	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.
Star Fucking Hipsters	"9/11 Was (An Inside Joke)"	Until We're Dead	2008
Testament	"The Evil Has Landed"	The Formation of Damnation	2008
Thrice	"Broken Lungs"	The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV	2008
	"Him"	It's Not Me, It's You	2009	Lyrics include "Ever since we can remember, people have died in his good name, long before that September, long before hijacking planes."
	"Ranaji"	Gulaal (movie)	2009	Gulaal Soundtrack album by Piyush Mishra
	"Choir of Angels"	Awaken	2009	Enoch "IXXI" Bog
Five for Fighting	"Tuesday"	Slice	2009	Five for Fighting's "Superman," released in late 2000, also became an unofficial anthem for the first responders in the days following the attacks
	"Ghosts of planes"	Thin Air	2009
Immortal Technique	"The Cause of Death"	Revolutionary Vol. 2	2009
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys	"Empire State of Mind"	The Blueprint 3	2009	The song is largely about New York City in general, but includes the line "Long live the World Trade."
Fear Factory	"Controlled Demolition"	Mechanize	2010
And One	"Seven"	Tanzomat	2011	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)
Beyoncé	"I Was Here"	4	2011	url=http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/news/beyonc%C3%A9-talks-star-born-and-i-was-here-reuters	title=Beyoncé Talks 'A Star Is Born' And 'I Was Here' With Reuters \| The Official Beyoncé Site	publisher=Beyoncé Knowles' Official Website	date=July 22, 2011	access-date=August 2, 2011	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807030414/http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/news/beyonc%C3%A9-talks-star-born-and-i-was-here-reuters	archive-date=August 7, 2011}}
Kate Bush feat. Elton John	"Snowed in at Wheeler Street"	50 Words for Snow	2011	"9/11 in New York, I took your photograph."
Childish Gambino	"Freaks and Geeks"	Camp	2011	Lyrics include "This beat is a disaster, 9/11 this track."
	"Words I Never Said"	Lasers	2011	Includes the lyrics: "I really think the War on Terror is a bunch of bullshit, just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets, how much money does it take to really make a full clip, 9/11, building 7, did they really pull it?"
	"When New York Had Her Heart Broke"	Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns	2011
Imagine Dragons	"America"	Night Visions	2011	Lyrics include "From farmers in the fields, to the tallest of the towers that fall and rise, 1-7-7-6, the names upon the list, for all the ones that gave until they died."
	"Boeing 737"	Smart Flesh	2011
	"Sacrifice...For Me"	It's Only Natural	2011
	"WTC 9/11"	WTC 9/11	2011
	"United 93"	Good Road (Album)	2011	Lyrics include "United 93, remember their names
Ween	"Love Come Down (09-11-01)"	The Caesar Demos	2011	Was recorded on the day of the attacks
	"Sirens"	Shake The Tree (album)	2012	This song was written by New York singer Nell Bryden and Patrick Mascall and was later covered by Cher on her Closer to the Truth album
Jackyl	"Open Invitation (I Hate You Bin Laden)"	Best in Show	2012
	"Tall Buildings (9/11)"	JeffPowers		2012
ミラクルミュージカル (Miracle Musical)	"Variations on a Cloud"	Released as a single; described as the "0th Track" of the album Hawaii: Part II	2012	The original music video, now taken down by Youtube, contained footage of the attacks. The song was released on 9/11 of 2012, its music video on 9/11 of 2015, and was brought back to streaming sites on 9/11 of 2021 after being taken down in August of that year.
Lily Kershaw	"Ashes Like Snow"	Midnight in the Garden	2013	Originally written as a poem, "Ashes Like Snow" is about the September 11 attacks. Lyrics include: "A strange dance from the towers in the sky", "Fire so hot at their backs, better to hit the ground".
MellowHype	"Decoy"	Mellowhypeweek	2013
The BibleCode Sundays	"The Boys of Queens"		2014	Song about a soldier who is a member of an Irish family from Queens. His family has a long firefighter tradition and lost most of its male members to 9/11. Furthermore, it deals with him suffering from the events and the aftermath and his own death in the Middle East.
Stephen Paul Taylor	"Everybody Knows Shit's Fucked"	People Tonight	2014	9/11 conspiracy themed song.
	"Newmyer's Roof"	Faith in the Future	2015	"I saw the towers go down from up on Newmyer's Roof."
Heems	"Flag Shopping"	Eat Pray Thug	2015	About backlash racism in the wake of 9/11
Cat System Corp.		News at 11	2016	A concept album exploring an alternate universe where the attacks never happened, released exactly 15 years after the event.
	"No History"	Instigator	2016
Irene Sankoff and David Hein	"Me and the Sky"	Come from Away (Broadway Musical)	2017	From the Broadway Musical Come from Away and tells the story of a pilot (Beverly Bass) diverted due to the September 11 attacks.
Imagine Dragons	"Real Life"	Origins	2018	Lyrics include "She prays on her knees as the towers fall to a god she does not know." Also includes references to the Boston Marathon bombing and mass shootings in America.
Alec Benjamin	“1994”	Narrated for You	2018	A song about Alec Benjamin realizing the harsh realities of life growing up. Bringing lyrics like “ And nobody's invincible
chris†††		deep dark trench	2018	A concept album exploring the events of 9/11 in three acts.
Skylar Grey
Polo G
Mozzy
Eminem		"Last One Standing"		Venom: Let There Be Carnage		2021		Towards the end of the song, Eminem raps the lines "So a lot of this pain isn't healing/ No escaping it, this anger is spilling/ Almost like recreating the feeling of 9/11 when the second plane hit the building" followed by the sound of a plane crashing into a building.
My Chemical Romance	"The Foundations of Decay"	Released as a single	2022	Lyrics include "He was there, the day the towers fell, And so he wandered down the road"
Randy Sparks & the Minstels	"Just Americans"	This Land Is Your Land - The Folk Years (Various Artists)	2002	Lyrics include "On September the eleventh, We became Just Americans, Other names were rendered obsolete, All I know about my neighbors,Is that they are Just Americans"

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