What do you think Cassie means?

Flyleaf: Cassie Meaning

Album cover for Cassie album cover

Cassie Lyrics

The question asked in order
To save her life or take it
The answer "No" to avoid death
The answer "Yes" would make it
Make it

"Do you believe in God?"
Written on the bullet
Say "Yes" to pull the trigger
"Do you believe in God?"
Written...

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  1. anonymous
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     Dec 23rd 2008 !⃝

    This song is about the Columbine High School shooting. There was a girl named Cassie Bernall who attended school there. On the day of the shotting, Cassie was in the library. She was asked "Do you believe in God?" and was shot when she said yes. This song is about her and how she stood up for what she believed even though she knew it would cost her life. (there is some debate over whether or not it was Cassie who was asked the question or surviving student Valeen Schnurr)

  2. LiveForAcoustic
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     Oct 28th 2008 !⃝

    I watched a concert and Lacey said the following: "It's about 2 girls who where singled out by the government for being Christian and they had a gun put to there heads and asked a single question "do you believe in god" they both answered yes they where shot killed, but this song is about living for what you believe in and not matter how hard things get to always be yourself and stand for you believe.

  3. kaelia2697
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     Sep 12th 2008 !⃝

    Actually, it is about the first first victim and Columbine but her name wasn't Cassie. It was Rachel Scott.

  4. xuh4983
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     Aug 25th 2008 !⃝

    This song really jumped out at me. I was watching some music videos of this particular song on you tube and it said in memory of Cassie one of the 15 shot on the day of the massacre. I was surprised and overwhelmed by the experience these kids must have gone through. They stood up for themselves saying yes they believed in god. They got killed for their religious rights which was unreasonable. They went down the hard way but stood up for what they believed in.

  5. anonymous
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     Aug 5th 2008 !⃝

    This song is inspired by Cassie Bernall. She was one of the Columbine Massacre victims. Eric Harris walked over to the table she was hiding under slapped the top twice with his hand,knelt down, and said peek-a-boo. He then asked her if she believed in God and she said yes, that is when he killed her.
    Cassie Bernall-R.I.P.

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  6. anonymous
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     Jul 24th 2008 !⃝

    Whether or not Cassie was asked the question she was killed for being a Christian.
    That's why those boys killed the people they did.
    Because they were Christians.
    Look it up.

    This song is very powerful.

  7. anonymous
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     Jul 13th 2008 !⃝

    Okay. For all those taking pity on Eric and Dylan..yes they were killed....after they killed other people. Anyway the song says Do you believe in God written on the bullet say yes to pull the trigger DO you believe in God, Cassie pull the trigger. It's saying by standing up for her beliefs she shot herself, but it's not saying that's a bad thing

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  8. anonymous
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     Jul 11th 2008 !⃝

    The song Cassie is about the columbine high school shooting in 1999.Cassie Bernall was one of the students who was killed. Lacey Mosley the lead singer of Flyleaf was expressing that Cassie was killed because she believed in god, and as you know the band Flyleaf is a Christian band. The columbine shooters asked her if she believed in God. She said yes, and they shot her. She was still alive, the shooters asked her if she still believed in God....and she replied you know I do. The killers committed suicide right after they killed over 10 people. Rachel was also killed for believing in God.

  9. anonymous
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     Jun 29th 2008 !⃝

    Okay what happened was that a girls named Cassie and a girl named Rachel were both shot after saying yes to believing in god..

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  10. johnnn
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     Jun 15th 2008 !⃝

    There were several accounts as to what happened in the grassy null where
    Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were eating lunch and also the library.

    "Do you believe in God?" it seems, was asked to Rachel Scott when Dylan and Eric approached her. They shot her three times and then went to shoot other kids outside and came back as her and Richard were trying to crawl away-- and one of the Shooters grabbed Rachel by the hair and asked her if she still believed in God..She looked her killers straight in the eyes and said 'you know I do' and they put the gun to her head and pulled the trigger.

    In the library, Cassie was hiding under a table with Emily Wyant who accounted that the exchange of words was never made, but others said it was..

    It will probably remain unknown as maybe Emily didn't want to relive the horror, you know.....imagine Cassie dying like that.

    I do believe that the killers made that exchange with Cassie....i mean just two years before her death she was headed down a path similar to her killers but changed. She lived completely lived for God.

  11. anonymous
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     Jun 3rd 2008 !⃝

    I LOVE THIS SONG!!!
    SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!
    its about the columbine massacre. as like probably every1 knows..very sad.
    umm buttt apparetly it wasn't cassie that was asked if she believed in god. She was christian and all but I don't think she was asked.. I know rachel was though..it says it in this book written by like her parents or someone close. called "RACHELS TEARS" AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING book! read it it helped so much in restoring my faith (i'm christian). Rachel was asked by 1 of the shooters Dylan or Eric "Do You Believe In God?" And she replied "You Know I Do." And he shot her.....i think she was amazingly brave and we should all follow her example.

    i love the part in the song where it says "How Many Will Die?"
    its sortta asking how many will be brave enough to stand up even if it gets them killed.
    It is just a song really about how much you believe in it and if you would stand there at gun point, knowing what will happen if you say yes.....and saying it anyway.

  12. anonymous
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     May 18th 2008 !⃝

    I believe that it's about saying that you belive in god and that you'll die for your belifes and also I do belive in god

  13. anonymous
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     May 17th 2008 !⃝

    The only thing I am wondering is, why did he ask the question "do you believe in God?"?

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  14. Meghan
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     May 12th 2008 !⃝

    Rachel was actually the target for Dylan and Eric because Rachel talked to Eric about God in school. The other story I've heard was that Eric and Dylan lined up students on the wall and said, "whoever loves Jesus raise your hand" and whoever did, they got shot...

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  15. 0420899
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     Apr 26th 2008 !⃝

    Even though it is called "Cassie", the song is also about Rachel, she's in it too. Cassie was proven to be a false statement on the question, but she did believe in god and admitted it on camera two days before her death saying basically she'd drop everything for him. While Rachel was never proven false or true to replying "You know I do" To the question, but there is a possibility she did. The only witness around her said at first they shot her then asked her something he can't remember then mocked her for her faith before shooting her in the head, then later he said he couldn't remember what they said after he was shot. So it could be true. But both girls were both big for their beliefs, and I bet if Cassie was asked she would of said yes.

    By the way Dylan and Eric were only victums to everything. Eric went crazy do to bullieing and his meds, the meds were proven to give him anger issues. While Dylan is a bit unknown, he had friends and such, but he was slightly picked on to. (Just so you all know. And no I don't think they were still right for what they did but no one deserves hate or death like that.)

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