I've never come across anyone who has the same idea about this song that I do, so I'll assume I'm hearing things that aren't really there. But here goes anyway. I loved this song long before I knew it was about the twin towers attack but from the very first time I heard it the part that begins at around 2:58 made me picture jets taking off. I don't mean the music sounds like jets, I just mean that I would get an image in my mind of jets taking off. I never really thought much of it until I did find out the song has a lot to do with the attack. Once I realized that, the rest kind of came together. Starting around 3:27 it sounds like the two guitars playing off each other are two planes coming from different directions but heading toward the same point in space at approx 3:38. The rest I think is pretty clear. From 4:15 to 4:43 the fires get hotter and hotter, the steel gets weaker and weaker as a horrific day comes to it's horrific climax. Then, collapse. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that this part lasts right around 20 secs which is the total time the two towers took to collapse. So yeah, that's what I hear, maybe I'm crazy but give it a listen and see what you think.
I've never come across anyone who has the same idea about this song that I do, so I'll assume I'm hearing things that aren't really there. But here goes anyway. I loved this song long before I knew it was about the twin towers attack but from the very first time I heard it the part that begins at around 2:58 made me picture jets taking off. I don't mean the music sounds like jets, I just mean that I would get an image in my mind of jets taking off. I never really thought much of it until I did find out the song has a lot to do with the attack. Once I realized that, the rest kind of came together. Starting around 3:27 it sounds like the two guitars playing off each other are two planes coming from different directions but heading toward the same point in space at approx 3:38. The rest I think is pretty clear. From 4:15 to 4:43 the fires get hotter and hotter, the steel gets weaker and weaker as a horrific day comes to it's horrific climax. Then, collapse. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that this part lasts right around 20 secs which is the total time the two towers took to collapse. So yeah, that's what I hear, maybe I'm crazy but give it a listen and see what you think.