Verse 1
April 20th, ’99, a quiet Colorado town,
Students laughing in the halls, books and backpacks on the ground.
Then the fire rained inside the school, chaos in the air,
“We thought it was a prank at first… then the screaming everywhere.”
Pre-Chorus
The doors were locked, the clocks stood still,
Sirens wailing down the hill.
Reporters cried, “a nation shocked,
Another innocence was killed.”
Chorus
Never again in April, never again this pain,
Names carved into memory, tears fall like rain.
The classroom walls remember, the silence holds their breath,
Columbine was broken by violence and by death.
Verse 2
They hid beneath the tables, whispers in the dark,
Prayers written in trembling hands, a spark within the heart.
“Some of us made it out alive, but pieces stayed behind,
Seventeen years, I still can’t sleep, it replays in my mind.”
Pre-Chorus
The flowers lined the parking lot,
Crosses on the hilltop plot.
The world was watching, wide awake,
And asking how much more we’ll take.
Chorus
Never again in April, never again this pain,
Names carved into memory, tears fall like rain.
The classroom walls remember, the silence holds their breath,
Columbine was broken by violence and by death.
Bridge (spoken / whispered, chant-like)
Rachel Scott… Daniel Rohrbough…
Dave Sanders… Kyle Velasquez…
Steven Curnow… Cassie Bernall…
Isaiah Shoels… Matthew Kechter…
Lauren Townsend… John Tomlin…
Kelly Fleming… Daniel Mauser…
Corey DePooter…
We remember your names…
We carry your flame…
The world won’t forget you…
You did not die in vain.
Final Chorus
Never again in April, never again this pain,
A nation still remembers, through every loss, through every name.
The echoes haunt the schoolyard, the scars that still remain,
Columbine was broken—
But love outlives the pain.
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