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Story behind the song
"Elevator's Gone"
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I, like many was watching TV
on 9-11, with one major difference,
I was aboard the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) watching FOX
news from our ship's satellite feed. I knew my life was
about to change
in major way as we were on a major deployment and had just passed
by
India. By nightfall the carrier was sitting off the coast
of Pakistan and we
were told by our Captain that we suspected OBL and to stand by
for being
a part of history. It was a sombering moment, but yet there
was great satisfaction
in knowing we would be able to actually do something about it,
to make a difference.
We were a part of "First
Strike" in Operation Enduring Freedom!
Reflecting back, I can clearly
remember not getting much sleep on September
11th and I had images of the towers collapsing as I was trying
to fall asleep.
The next day I thought about the lobby of the WTC and how people
were milling
about waiting to ride up the elevators to their jobs and so on.
Then it dawned on
me that everyone who went to work that day expected the elevators
to still be there
when their work days were finished and yet that day, sadly that
was not to be.
Thus, Elevator's Gone was born and
I sat down and wrote the music and most of
the lyrics in a matter of a couple of hours on 9-12. I related
it to our ever present chance
of salvation through Christ and how that chance is always present
while we're alive. That chance can be taken suddenly as it was for many on 9-11 when the elevator was unexpectedly gone.
Additionally, rising up to Heaven by giving our lives solely to
Jesus Christ is implied
with the Elevator concept.
Songwriters write their best
music when the song is personal, I credit His Spirit
and pray that we reach the eternal
heights through His salvation.
Paul Gentry on CVN 70 in 2001
(I am now retired)
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