[Verse 1]
The morning broke without a sound
Just quiet streets and people bound
To daily life, with dreams in hand
Not knowing fire would scorch this land
A plane came low, then flames took flight
And turned our blue to darkest night
We watched the towers break and fall
And felt the fear that gripped us all
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[Chorus]
🎤 That was the day the world cried
Hearts fell in silence, side by side
Smoke filled the sky and time stood still
But through the pain, we found the will
We held our hands and raised our flags
From broken stone and body bags
A wounded land still stood with pride
On the day…the world cried
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[Verse 2]
The laws all changed, the lines were drawn
What we called peace was mostly gone
We learned to fight with eyes wide open
And trust became a fragile token
We questioned strangers, locked our doors
Sent soldiers off to distant wars
But in that time, we found a thread
Of love and light for all our dead
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[Chorus]
🎤 That was the day the world cried
We saw the fear, but didn’t hide
From ashes came a common voice
That said we’d stand—we had no choice
We gave our blood, we gave our best
And held our pain inside our chests
But still our spirit never died
On the day…the world cried
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[Bridge – Half-Time Feel, Then Build]
We lit the candles, said the names
Built up the walls, and played no games
We mourned the loss, but swore to rise
With fire burning in our eyes
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[Final Chorus – Full Power, Extended Outro]
🎤 That was the day the world cried
But also when we unified
We hugged our kids and called our friends
And prayed the pain would someday end
From Ground Zero to every town
We felt the weight, we all broke down
But from that wreckage, we defied
On the day…the world cried
🎤 Yeah, on that day... the world cried
But America... still survived
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