Neil Young: Let's Roll Meaning
Let's Roll Lyrics
With the lorries rolling by,
Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load
And the building scrape the sky,
Cold wind ripping down the allay at dawn
And the morning paper flies,
Dead man lying by the...
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I think Neil jumped the gun on this one. It was written almost immediately after 9/11. It's about the men on a flight to Boston that subdued hijackers who may have been aiming at the White House on that fateful morning.
One of the men called his wife to say goodbye and that he was going to land the plane after attacking the terrorists. Before he hung up, he was heard saying to the other heroes, "Lets Roll!"
The men crashed the plain in Pennsylvania sacrificing their own lives to save those of others.
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