HOW COULD WE LET THIS HAPPEN, RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES?
WERE WE SO APATHETIC THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE,
A CANCER THAT WAS GROWING SO CLOSE TO THOSE WE LOVE,
WOULD TAKE THE LIVES OF MANY FROM ANGRY SKIES ABOVE.

HOW COULD WE LET THIS HAPPEN, DID WE TURN OUR EYES AWAY?
WAS THE "WRITING ON THE WALL", THAT SEPTEMBER DAY?
SENSELESS ACTS OF VIOLENCE CAST US EACH INTO A HELL,
AND OUR NATION WATCHED IN HORROR WHEN THOSE MIGHTY TOWERS FELL!

HOW COULD WE LET THIS HAPPEN? WHERE DO WE LAY THE BLAME?
FOR THE LIVES OF MANY FAMILIES, THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!
OUR EYES ARE OPEN WIDE NOW, AND SOME OF US HAVE GROWN,
HOW DIFFERENTLY WE'D BEGUN THAT DAY, IF ONLY WE HAD KNOWN....