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STAND UNITED



- Just as many remember that tragic December of nineteen forty-one

So very well as innocence fell to the Rising of the Sun

So shall we allow us to reflect how we felt and thought and mourned

As each clock's ticks rang 8:46 - the time that terror was born -



STAND UNITED

(T. Beechey)



The loss we felt was cruelly dealt as if each had been our own

And they were indeed in the land where freedom rings a single tone

They were us and we were they,in every way their pain was ours

And within us all,upon each heart's wall,we'll forever bear the scars

The image is stained,forever ingrained,on the windows of our minds

The words to express are either too less or impossible to find

Each teardrop shed clearly said what couldn't,by mouth,be told

Upon each cheek,each voice to speak was as one --- young and old:



"We will stand united under candlelighted glow

"Looking straight into the eyes of any uprising foe

"Till each wrong is righted,the candlelighted glow remains

"As a beacon for salvation for a Nation which sustains"



They spoke of a Nation whose Declaration declared now and then

Equality and the right to be free for all women and men

When the smoke cleared,what perservered were strengths within us all

To become as one,second to none,shoulder-to-shoulder,standing tall

From city streets across fields of wheat,the call goes far and wide

If we're to endure,we must ensure our stances side-by-side

And from ocean shores up to the doors where you and I both stay

Arm-in-arm,we'll turn back harm in coming nights and days



And,as we move on,they shall live on in every thought and prayer

Each father,mother,sister,and brother and,unto each,I swear

There exists bonds that reach bryond,no boundaries anywhere lie

Reaching onward towards tomorrow,past the sorrow by and by

You shall forever be a part of America's heart and soul

As winds of change rearrange and the tides of time do roll

And,though we can't replace the faces,still your places shall exist

Each twinkling flame shall bear each name,not one will be missed



"We shall stand united,undivided,in our quest

"Finding strength from one another and,to the end,we shall not rest

"We must stand together and weather every storm

"Then we'll hail the unveiling of the rainbow as it forms"



- Just as many remember that fateful November of nineteen sixty-three

In vivid accounts as it was announced that Camelot ceased to be

So shall we recall everything and all we did,were doing,and had done

When terror was born that Tuesday morn,September eleventh two-thousand one -