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OH FATHER WHAT FEAR SONGWRITER: MIGDALIA TORRES OH FATHER - OH FATHER WHAT FEAR - WHAT FEAR ON SEPTEMBER 11,2001 THE TERROR CAME NEAR AS I SAT AND WATCHED HELPLESS I SHED ALL THOSE TEARS, YOU SEE THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE CRYING WITH FEAR THE HELL OF THOSE TWO AIRPLANES FIRES HAD MADE THE TWO TWIN TOWERS DISAPPEAR ALL THOSE PEOPLE SCREAMING BROUGHT ABOUT ALL MY FEARS THE DUST COVERED MOST OF DOWNTOWN NEW YORK CITY WHAT LIES AHEAD WAS ONLY PANIC AND FEARS OH FATHER-OH FATHER I AM CALLING YOU TO SETTLE MY FEAR I SEE MY FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS BODIES AND BEGAN SCREAMING IN FEAR YOU SEE I KNEW MY LOVE ONES WE'RE WATCHING THE TWO TWIN TOWERS DISAPPEAR I REACHED FOR MY CELL PHONE TO HEAR FOR THE LAST TIME “I LOVE YOU” MY DEAR AS MY LOVE ONE WAS CRYING AND SAYING HANG ON MY DEAR, THERE WAS A LOUD RUMBLE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS HERE AFTER THE DUST HAD CLEARED AWAY I SAW JESUS APPROACHING WITH HIS BAND OF ANGLES TO SETTLE MY FEARS O'LORD - GIVE US YOUR BLESSING AND CALM DOWN MY FEARS FOR THIS IS WHAT I KNEW WHAT WAS TO HAPPEN FOR SO MANY YEARS AS I LAY HERE UNDERNEATH THIS CRUMPLING BUILDING PRAYING IN FEAR I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THOSE YEARS OF INSANITY, HATE, AND TERROR THAT HAS HAUNTED ME IN THE NEWS FOR SO MANY YEARS PLEASE LORD- OPEN THE GATES OF HEAVEN FOR AS IN DEATH, I SHALL WALK YOUR PATH SO DEAR OH FATHER- OH FATHER PLEASE SEND AN ANGEL TO MY FAMILY AND REMIND THEM I LOVE THEM ALL SO DEAR TO FINALLY MEET MY DESTINATION IN JESUS LOVING ARMS THAT’S THE PATH WHICH NOW APPEARS, BLESSED IS YOUR KINGDOM IN HEAVEN FOR I SEE A RAY OF LIGHT; ALONGSIDE A BED OF ROSES, WHICH TELLS ME DEATH IS FINALLY HERE I FEEL WARMTH AND COMFORT NOW, I AM NO LONGER IN FEAR, FAREWELL, TO ALL MY LOVE ONES GOD BLESS YOU FOR ALL THE COMING YEARS
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