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New Lyric Video of a 2003 Album Track

Now that I’ve gotten adept at creating lyric videos, I felt today, 9.11.2022, was the right time to create and publish a lyric video for “Stand Tall, United,” a 9.11 remembrance song from my 2003 album “American Road.”

Here’s the video, which includes images of 9.11 memorials at Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, NJ and Echo Lake Park in Mountainside, NJ.

Here’s a TikTok video of me performing a verse and chorus of the song.

@jasondidner A tribute song to those whose lives were lost or changed by the terrorist attacks of 09.11.2001. I wrote this a week following that tragic day when I returned to New York City for work. #911rememberance #911song ♬ original sound – Jason Didner Music

Additionally, here’s a TikTok of me telling the story behind the song.

@jasondidner The story behind the 9.11 tribute song “Stand Tall, United” which was originally on my “American Road” album from 2003. I had written the song soon after the terrorist attack. #storybehindthesong #911songs #911tribute ♬ Stand Tall United (for 9/11) – Jason Didner

The song is on my 2003 album “American Road” which is on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music and all other streaming services.

Stand Tall, United
(c) 2001, Lyrics and Music by Jason Didner
All Rights Reserved

Lyrics: 

In the New York rain, I walk, uncovered
If my city's crying, I want to feel her tears 
Mingle with mine
For the freedom that I took for granted
For the loss of life
We'll never be the same again

It's gonna take time for sorrow
It's gonna take pain to feel
It's gonna take patience to come back
It's gonna take strength to heal

We gotta stand tall, united
We gotta stand tall, united
For Adonai and for Allah
For Jesus and for Brahma
We've gotta stand tall, united

When the human call is to run from danger
Just a few, the brave
Here the call to run the other way
They were the guardians of our loved ones
Now the roles are changing
Heroes leave their loved ones to us

We've gotta see them through the sorrow
It's gonna take pain to feel
It's gonna take patience to come back
It's gonna take strength to heal

We gotta stand tall, united
We gotta stand tall, united
For Adonai and for Allah
For Jesus and for Brahma
We've gotta stand tall, united

In the nation's storm, I walk, uncovered
If America's crying, I want to feel her tears
Mingle with mine

Back in 1995 I was 3 years into my post-college life, which meant working in cubicles – as a temp and then as a full-timer. I had graduated into a recession and considered myself lucky to be employed. I also heard the whispers of the downsizing rumors, which fueled my sense of “gallows humor.” All this experience (and a dash of imagination) made its way into my song “Cubicle.”

This is the original recording from 1996, set to a new lyric video created in July 2022.

I’m pleased to announce my new anthem “A Complicated Miracle,” which is both personal and universal – both intimate and grandiose. It tells the story of my wife’s miraculous transplants, but ones that revealed the aftermath of 46 years of diabetes once the fog of that chronic illness lifted.

The stunning landscape photos by my niece Diana Richards help the story along in brilliant fashion for this lyric video.

(c) 2021, Lyrics and music by Jason Didner

All vocals and instruments by Jason Didner: guitar, bass, keyboards, drums.

Music recorded and mixed by Jason Didner. Mastered with CloudBounce.

Video produced by Jason Didner with photos by Diana Richards.

Lyrics: 

Verse 1
We were in dire need of help
We couldn’t make it by ourselves 
So we put our faith in the brightest
And we counted on the best
As we lay down on their tables
And trusted we’d be blessed

Then we awoke
Safe and sound and somehow changed

Chorus:
It's a complicated miracle
That has come true
A complicated miracle
We're living through
But miracles don't come easy 
Miracles don't come free
This miracle’s been complicating you and me

Verse 2: 
Some days we spin out of control
We lose connection with our souls
And we barely sense our bodies
And we're swimming in our heads
Let's remember why we're in this
What we hoped for when we wed

From then to now
Safe and sound and somehow changed

Chorus

Bridge
We can take the complications
Of this ever twisting plot
Let this be our meditation
To rejoice in what we’ve got
We'll rejoice in what we’ve got

Chorus