(Hurricane Katrina Remix)
“Hurricane Katrina roared toward the Gulf Coast”
“This deteriorating situation in the city of New Orleans”
“Some people in Mississippi got out, tragically many others stayed put, surviving against all odds”
“The house just filled up with water, it forced me into the attic, and then I ended up kicking out the wall and climbing out into a tree ‘cause the houses around me were just disappearing”
“We don’t know where we’re going to go, or really what we’re going to do at this point”
I know there’s something in the wake of your smile
I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah
You’ve built a love
But that love falls apart
The little piece of Heaven turns to dark
Listen to your heart
When he’s calling for you
Listen to your heart
There’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
And I don’t know why
But listen to your heart
Before you tell him goodbye
“We were sitting there in the storm, and we did not even know, or have any idea of the destruction going on around us. When we got out and saw destruction, we just feel so blessed and thank God we’re alive”
“At least we are alive, that’s the important thing”
Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile
The precious moments are lost in the tide, yeah
They’re swept away, and nothing is what it seems
The feeling of your loving to your dream
“It’s actually… it’s just heartbreaking”
Listen to your heart
When he’s calling for you
Listen to your heart
There’s nothing you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
And I don’t know why
But listen to your heart
Before you tell him goodbye
“And I can hear the wind going around the trailer, and it was horrible sounding, I mean, it didn’t sound like that where we were at, but it was horrible sounding, and it just… [crying] It was… [crying] And my kids told him that they loved him and they wanted him to come home with us”
And there were voices that want to be heard
“I hold hands, as tight as I could, and she told me, she came home, and she said ‘Take care of the kids, and the grandkid’”
“Crobars and pickaxes floating through neighborhoods, smashing through roofs, looking for survivors. The advice to them from authorities was ‘Ignore the bodies, we want the living’”
Listen to your heart
When he’s calling for you
Listen to your heart
There’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
And I don’t know why
Listen to your heart
Before you tell him goodbye
Listen to your heart
I don’t know where you’re going
And I don’t know why
But listen to your heart
Before… (you tell him goodbye)
“But, you know, I don’t know if your cameraman can see, but behind us we have a beautiful sunrise, and that is gonna be what I am gonna miss the most, sitting on the porch, watching those”
“What I saw today is equivalent to what I saw flying over the tsunami in Indonesia; there are places that are no longer there” [echoes]
