anonymous July 20th, 2009 05:32AM  
the song? it's about a girl in that shooting duh when eric harris went into the library after shooting up the place eric harris herd someone praying allowed to her self. he recognized the voice went over their knelt down and asked her "do you believe in god? and she said "yes" and he shot her, she knew he was going to do it, but she stood up for what she believes in, and idk who wouldn't respect what she did? i do? do you?

BellaSwan17107 August 3rd, 2009 10:40PM  
From reading the other comments, I'm not gonna say it's not about the shooting, cause obviously it is. I'm just going to put what it made me think when I first heard the song. Well, the first time I heard it I was younger and I couldn't figure it out...but now I finally have an answer. The world we live in can be a cruel place to christians. People will make fun of, talk about, or in this case, shoot someone just because they believe in God. God gave us all free will, but some people uses that free will in the wrong way. It's sad that we have to deal with stuff like this, but we can't undo the past, we can only hope for a better future. Once we die and go to heaven, it's for sure that you will have that better future. Let me know what you think of my answer. (btw..this is my first time posting on this site)

greendayfreak90 August 6th, 2009 01:57PM  
The song relates to Cassie of the Columbine shooting. She was shot twice after the shooter asked her "do you believe in God" The line "All heads are bowed in silence, to remember her last sentence" relates to her family, and how she meant so much to them. "She answered him knowing what would happen" means that she believed in God, and she wasn't going to lie, even if it meant taking her life in the process. She stood up for what she believed in, and we can all learn from that

anonymous October 24th, 2009 02:04PM  
Kamokittie, not to be rude, but Cassie was not shot twice. I read the book written by her friends an family, and she was shot ONCE after being asked if she believed in God. The miraculous thing about Cassie was that before her family moved and she began attending Columbine, she was into a lot of bad things. Drugs, hanging out with the wrong people. etc. Her family moved her from her old town and that is when she started Columbine. She had recently made a good friend and became a Christian shortly before the shootings. Cassie is a real inspiration to everyone- to say YES that she believed in God knowing she was going to die for it was corageous and she is a true martyr. For her to only have been a Christian for a short period in her life, I know that God made a huge impression on her for her to die or Him.

anonymous November 1st, 2009 04:00PM  
I just realized what this song meant when i looked up the lyrics to it this is now my favorite song what i read is that this song is enforced by the Columbine high school shooting. two girls named Cassie and Rachel were both asked if they believed in God. Cassie was asked first she said yes. she was not killed by the first shot. they asked her again if she believed in God she replied yes again so they shot again. That shot killed her. Rachel was killed on the first shot. These girls died for the man that died on the cross for their rights!!! I would have done the same!!....

Birdboy029 November 16th, 2009 11:14AM  
While reports seem to show Cassie Bernall never had that exchange with one of the shooters, the exchange between a shooter and Rachael is not disputed at all. Rest in Peace to all the victims.

anonymous November 19th, 2009 06:25AM  
To be completely honest... I understand that this song was written to honor those people from Columbine who stood up for what they believe in... but when I first heard the song I had a completely different interpretation. At the time when I discovered Flyleaf and "Cassie," I was in a very dark depression due to three people from my school committing suicide, and one of which was a good friend of mine. I saw this song as more of the effect of people committing suicide, and how to learn from it. If you listen to the acoustic version of Cassie, it says "they didn't love their life so much as to shrink from death, inspired in their footsteps we will march ahead." And when I saw how much of an impact this made on the people around me... I was inspired in their choices, even if it was the wrong choice, and it helped me become less suicidal. I realize that this interpretation wasn't the same as when Lacey Mosley wrote it, but it is my interpretation. And any interpretation of this song is correct. Music is made to help, inspire, and to make you think. You don't have to have the same interpretation as someone else.

ParamoreFlyleafLove December 24th, 2009 11:08PM  
Okay, so I've read a lot of different paragraphs about this storie. Well, I just wanted to put something out there for all of you. Those two guys, Eric and someone else I forgot the name of where the killers, right? Well, Im 11 years old and I have a pretty dark spirit but I love God and I understand the consepts and everything. I may seem to young to be loving Flyleafs music but I act like Im 17. Haha, so basically, Eric and that other guy killed them selves for killing, what? 13 innocent kids? Well, now people are saying that they where bullied. I bealive it, but why would they go so insane and take their anger out on innocent people? God did not punish them. God loves all his children, evil or good. Jesus and God are the most powerful people none to man. I love them as much as the next person.

anonymous March 18th, 2010 10:27AM  
Columbine.....yes.

anonymous March 19th, 2010 08:00AM  
Why should we fear death if we are sure we are going to eternal happiness and there is so much sadness in the world and life...well this life is meant as a punishment from Adam and Eve so she shouldn't be thought of as brave, but lucky I'd say yes.....with a smile

anonymous April 14th, 2010 09:17PM  
It is about the Colombine thing, I really believe that. just because Cassie's best friend remembered it, and no one else, doesn't mean anything. It could have been too quiet for anyone to really make out the words. Then, they wouldn't remember it, because if you don't hear it, you don't remember it I am glad Cassie stood up for what she believed in, though i'm sad it got her killed :)

Darkjak April 24th, 2010 04:22AM  
I went to a concert, but knew what this song spoke of about before from my knowledge. The incident of Columbine, this was where two high school students of Columbine high school devised a plan to get back at the "in-crowd" that thought they were better than everyone else. Eric Harris, a manipulative antisocial convinced Dylan Klebold, a social outcast teased by those preps who pushed their views as the only way to think. Dylan agreed to setup bombs and hold guns against the school to avenge himself of this bullying. Two of these girls were caught in the crossfire of the moral question and deadly shooters. They were not cowards, they stuck to their beliefs. Cassie and Rachael were Christians who held strong. They were to decide whether to say they did not believe and live, or profess their belief and be shot, multiple times. "Do you believe in God?", they threatened to these girls to see if they were going to die by their word. Their last words before the pains of dying were, "Yes". The word hanging in the air for all others around them to remember. How many of you would say yes and die(to pull the trigger) Lacey asks her listeners(She says she would).

anonymous April 24th, 2010 08:13PM  
I read that the shooter heard Cassie praying aloud and then the rest was stated by the dude who quoted wiki.

anonymous May 29th, 2010 11:21PM  
Cassie is about the Columbine shooting...but I'm pretty sure that's been established. Lacey actually went to my school, which I think is pretty cool. Had to share that :)

MissFlyleaf June 16th, 2010 08:15AM  
I know that the last time anyone submitted an interpretation was in 2006, but I just felt like adding to it, if you will. A few of these comments said that Cassie didn't pull the trigger, and that's what they didn't understand about the song. What it's saying by "Cassie pulled the trigger" is that she said yes. If she would've said no, he wouldn't have shot her, but she sealed her fate by saying yes. At the end of the song, it says how many will die? How many of you would have said yes if you knew you were going to be shot? We should all follow Cassie's example.