On Sept 11, 2001, I woke up in my on-campus apartment to a message from my friend Emmarie saying “Turn on CNN.” I assumed a celebrity had done something celebrity-like and had barely woken up in time to make it to my Emergency Management class at Arkansas Tech University, so I just hustled across campus to class. When I walked into the classroom shortly after 9am, students were gathered around the TV. Just moments later, the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center-an image I’ll never forget. Later that day, my grandparents called me to say, “that Emergency Administration & Management degree you’re working on just got a lot more important." I first heard “Have You Forgotten" by Darryl Worley just a few weeks prior to graduating with my degree in 2003. It lit a fire in me, and I for one have never forgotten! I accepted a job with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management and eventually elevated from state to federal service for the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Department of Homeland Security. I got to travel the country and help folks in need following disasters. In 2013, I became a full time songwriter and artist and I’d like to think I’m still traveling the country helping folks... just in a different way! Darryl Worley and Wynn Varble did an amazing job writing this song and I’m so proud to release my acoustic version of a song that impacted my life in a very big way.
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LYRICS:
I hear people saying we don't need this war
I say there's some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground
We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down
They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in
Before you start your preaching
Let me ask you this my friend
Have you forgotten how it felt that day
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell
We had neighbors still inside
Going through a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten
They took all the footage off my TV
Said it's too disturbing for you and me
It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it everyday
Some say this country's just out looking for a fight
After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right
Have you forgotten how it felt that day
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell
We had neighbors still inside
Going through a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten
I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they're fighting for
Have you forgotten all the people killed
Some went down like heros in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon
All the loved ones that we lost
And those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry about Bin Laden
Have you forgotten
Have you forgotten
Have you forgotten
Songwriters: Wynn Varble / Darryl Worley
Have You Forgotten? lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Reservoir Media Management Inc
ABOUT LANCE CARPENTER:
Lance Carpenter is the big-hearted Arkansas farm kid with a voice to match. Amid the considerable stress and turmoil attending that job, he found that the music he loved was able to quiet his mind and focus his heart. Slowly and often unintentionally, the power of crafting lyrics and melody drew Lance in a new direction. Eventually, he realized he'd returned to the exact place he'd started - the place he was meant to be all along.
"Anyone Else," Lance Carpenter's debut release for Show Dog Nashville and duet with label mate Krystal Keith, is a tantalizing glimpse of the depth of creativity to come. Already a chart-topping songwriter (Kelsea Ballerini's "Love Me Like You Mean It"), Carpenter has continually earned the notice of fans and gatekeepers, even without meaning to. Now, he's poised to capture their attention on a much bigger scale.
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