I cant understand how this song was not played in the past years and on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.It should accompany every news story about this tragic event much like Elton johns tribute to lady Diana.Could there be a better tribute song than this-so poignant, haunting and well written.I am Canadian and cant understand how this incredible song could be basically ignored on radio and by the general public in the US.The story behind it and the talent of MCC should never ever be forgotten.
@gorfitz Part of me agrees with you (about how perfect the song is and how wonderful MCC is). Another part of me is glad that the song was not overplayed and threatened with becoming a cliche. It is so sincere and heartfelt and, above all, PERSONAL, and it deserves to be discovered in that way. If it takes a little longer for it to spread around that way, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
This song is my husband's story... It blew me away how she captured the spirit of the men - my husband in particular- who worked the pile and dealt with the aftermath...
thank you Mary for giving the world an insight into their being... it is the only music about the event that comes close being there with them...
Such a simple yet haunting melody that carries the words gently and with incredible impact. Songwriters like MCC use a line to tell a story - and they get inside our hearts and minds to touch us, and to provoke us into feelings of strength and depth. A fitting tribute to all those who were lost, and all those who tried to save and serve.
This song never fails to break my heart. I actually bought the CD because I love this song so much. I was in NYC in April of 2002. I'll never forget the feeling I had at "Ground O" in spite of what the native called it.
This is a songwriting masterpiece. Mary Chapin Carpenter shows her writing genius in this one. So much feeling and yet everything so understated that many people take ages to realise that she is singing from the point of view of a rescue worker on the ruins of the World Trade Centre. Love that girl!
Oh my God... I just realized what the lyric "An' all these voices keep on askin' me to take them," meant.... so sad. Those lost souls just want to go home. From now on, THAT'S the part of the song that will get me to start crying.
Wow I was just reading what ARIAMNE97 wrote...that really touched me - I lived along the LIRR and a lot of businessmen would take our route to the city. I didn't see the lot after 9/11, my gosh it must have been full as well.
I can't go the GCT and not hear this song and see the images of this video in my head, it is so touching and beautiful.
@ChattyV - It still haunts me..also the sound of bagpipes. So many firemen lived out here in the suburbs and many weekends that fall, especially October, we would here the bagpipes from their funerals. To this day I can't listen to bagpipe music without thinking of those funerals and all those fireman. I just cannot understand people who think we should just forget those poor people and forgive the monsters who killed them. This song just guts me, but it is so well written and so beautiful.
I always end up in tears at the end..I can still see all the cars that were tagged at the train station parking lot in my home town so they wouldn't get towed..people who commuted in to WTC on the Hudson line that day and were waiting to see if they were coming back..around October 2001 they finally took them away. I guess they realized no one was coming home by then.
@ariamne97 me too, this song brings so many tears and i am only thinking to the victims of 9/11. Remembering the sound of the firetrucks sirens going at WTC complex...than the dusty faces of FDNY survivors trying to search for their friends in that cloud of dust. NEVER FORGET,NEVER. This is a duty of all Americans.
You make a good point as sometime less is more and there is always a risk of over exposure -just like to see MCC get her due
gorfitz 4 months ago
I cant understand how this song was not played in the past years and on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.It should accompany every news story about this tragic event much like Elton johns tribute to lady Diana.Could there be a better tribute song than this-so poignant, haunting and well written.I am Canadian and cant understand how this incredible song could be basically ignored on radio and by the general public in the US.The story behind it and the talent of MCC should never ever be forgotten.
gorfitz 4 months ago
@gorfitz Part of me agrees with you (about how perfect the song is and how wonderful MCC is). Another part of me is glad that the song was not overplayed and threatened with becoming a cliche. It is so sincere and heartfelt and, above all, PERSONAL, and it deserves to be discovered in that way. If it takes a little longer for it to spread around that way, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Seasass 4 months ago
Just heard this for the first time. Never cried about the events of that day--until now.
Seasass 4 months ago
that was perfect
SuperGscot 4 months ago
Ten years after, the song that is still my favorite "September 11 Tribute". 09/13/2011
071949 5 months ago 3
Wow!
mboy45 5 months ago
thank you for such a beautiful video to go with such a beautiful song. the pics you selected were moving ..
unsureowl 5 months ago
This song is my husband's story... It blew me away how she captured the spirit of the men - my husband in particular- who worked the pile and dealt with the aftermath...
thank you Mary for giving the world an insight into their being... it is the only music about the event that comes close being there with them...
terrierific 5 months ago
one of my all time favorite songs, and an amazing tribute to the people who lost their lives on 9/11. God bless her:)
GeorgiaGrier28 5 months ago
I imagine that was heartbreaking. It made me cry even now.
fauxgypsy 6 months ago
This, among other examples, is why I trust my soul to the songwriters. We're getting to a decade out, and this is utterly fresh.
RudigerVT 10 months ago
Such a simple yet haunting melody that carries the words gently and with incredible impact. Songwriters like MCC use a line to tell a story - and they get inside our hearts and minds to touch us, and to provoke us into feelings of strength and depth. A fitting tribute to all those who were lost, and all those who tried to save and serve.
eddields 1 year ago
She is the best... what else to say???
12tonto13 1 year ago
This song never fails to break my heart. I actually bought the CD because I love this song so much. I was in NYC in April of 2002. I'll never forget the feeling I had at "Ground O" in spite of what the native called it.
maryelk 1 year ago
This song allowed me to finally mourn.
crh9258 1 year ago
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aelwyd57 1 year ago
This is a songwriting masterpiece. Mary Chapin Carpenter shows her writing genius in this one. So much feeling and yet everything so understated that many people take ages to realise that she is singing from the point of view of a rescue worker on the ruins of the World Trade Centre. Love that girl!
Restlessjohn 1 year ago 11
Oh my God... I just realized what the lyric "An' all these voices keep on askin' me to take them," meant.... so sad. Those lost souls just want to go home. From now on, THAT'S the part of the song that will get me to start crying.
Esprit6 1 year ago 2
Wow I was just reading what ARIAMNE97 wrote...that really touched me - I lived along the LIRR and a lot of businessmen would take our route to the city. I didn't see the lot after 9/11, my gosh it must have been full as well.
I can't go the GCT and not hear this song and see the images of this video in my head, it is so touching and beautiful.
ChattyV 1 year ago 2
@ChattyV - It still haunts me..also the sound of bagpipes. So many firemen lived out here in the suburbs and many weekends that fall, especially October, we would here the bagpipes from their funerals. To this day I can't listen to bagpipe music without thinking of those funerals and all those fireman. I just cannot understand people who think we should just forget those poor people and forgive the monsters who killed them. This song just guts me, but it is so well written and so beautiful.
ariamne97 1 year ago 2
I love this song. Another song that tells a story, albeit a sad one. Moving and Beautiful
crydun2004 2 years ago
To FF Nicholas Rossomando, FDNY Rescue 5 and of the rest. I love you!
reikibutterfly 2 years ago
I always end up in tears at the end..I can still see all the cars that were tagged at the train station parking lot in my home town so they wouldn't get towed..people who commuted in to WTC on the Hudson line that day and were waiting to see if they were coming back..around October 2001 they finally took them away. I guess they realized no one was coming home by then.
ariamne97 3 years ago 9
@ariamne97 me too, this song brings so many tears and i am only thinking to the victims of 9/11. Remembering the sound of the firetrucks sirens going at WTC complex...than the dusty faces of FDNY survivors trying to search for their friends in that cloud of dust. NEVER FORGET,NEVER. This is a duty of all Americans.
TheBogdan33 5 months ago