Songs that remind you of Columbine.

Whoa. That kid is like, 12.

Sure does look 12, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. Could you imagine a kid in their 20s named "lil mouse"? I giggle at the thought LOL.

i really think that kmfdm's "today" fits so well. like its actually kind of scary given that it wasn't written about them at a later date and that its album "adios" came out on 4/20/1999. the lyrics are:

Isolation
When you leave it's like I disappear
Desolation
Everytime you go it feels like
Seconds slowly turn to minutes
A month of Sundays coming up
Time again it pulls me under
Wonder if I'll ever rise above
It's too much but not enough

Misery loves company
For a little bit of sympathy

It's here today
but it's gone tomorrow
It's hear today
and today will never come again

Desperation
Sinking into somewhere dark and cold
Deviation
A place I knew I did not want to go
To forget is all I know

Minutes slowly turn to hours
Another moment passes by
Seconds of eternity
I wonder if it' time to say goodbye...

like it talks about the minutes and hours slowing down which i know it must have felt like. then it says "a month of sundays coming up" so the whole idea of all the funerals, grieving and praying for the victims. and i think that the line "misery loves company for a little bit of sympathy" could go with the whole topic of there being two shooters and how both of their personalities combined was quite a deadly mix or something. "desperation, sinking into somewhere dark and cold" could be talking about their state of mind, and the fact that it refers to "deviation" is interesting because the whole event is a kind of deviation from the norm. the whole "time to say goodbye" ending is very eerie as well. the title could obviously refer to the columine massacre and the repetition of "its gone tomorrow" and "today will never come again" really emphasises the finality of eric and dylan's actions, and how the naivety of all the students lives is forever gone.

i know that this, of course cannot be real, because the song was released on the day of the shooting, but it fits so well and will always remind me of columbine.

PORTWAVE – MY EMOTION
Bones - Temp
Bones - Klebold
Bones - Cafeteria

Scarletmoon wrote:

Sure does look 12, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. Could you imagine a kid in their 20s named "lil mouse"? I giggle at the thought LOL.  

Good point. I think even Lil' Bow Wow changed his name to just Bow Wow once his balls dropped.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] lmao "once his balls dropped" you're fuckin hilarious

Rammstein's Du Hast

Bones- Teenwitch (The entire album is based on columbine so every song on that album)

KMFDM-Meglomaniac

Avril Lavigne- I Miss You/Slipped Away (One of my absolute favorite tribute videos features this song with all the victims, its so touching and the song always reminds me of columbine due to that plus the lyrics are very fitting as well)

Foster The People- Pumped Up Kicks

Deftones- Change

Billy Talent- Nothing To Lose

Nine Inch Nails- A Warm Place

Simple Plan- Perfect

Marilyn Manson- The Nobodies

Eminem- I'm Back (Not really the whole song, but the one particular line about standing them all in line, add an AK-47..it was censored back in 99 due to obvious reasons

Tyler The Creator- Pigs

Nicole Dollanganger- Rampage

Nicole Dollanganger- Creek Blues

Teeza-Berlin (No lyrics in the song, however there was a fan edit/vine whatever you want to call it with the song in the background and it just fit so well with memories flashing through your head)

The song ALL I WANT by Kodaline reminds me of Eric Harris
May his soul rest in peace.

Great track from Doom 2, pretty foreboding atmosphere.

I think Dylan would have really enjoyed Brand New's album Deja Entendu if he had been around for its release. IMO Brand New is The Ultimate Sad Boy Band. The Devil & God are Raging Inside Me also seems like an appropriate album (& title). In particular "Good To Know That If I Ever Need Attention All I Have To Do is Die" makes me think of the boys. Lyrics are as follows:

Am I correct to defend the fist that holds this pen?
It's ink that lies,
the pen, the page, the paper.
I live, I learn.
You will always take what I have earned.
And so aid my end while I believe I'm winning.

Our friends speak out in our defense.
Pay ten deaf ears for two months rent.
We burn their gallows they erect,
and cut the nooses they tie for our necks.

[Chorus:]
You constantly make it impossible to make conversation.
Keep us comatose but audible.
And I like it the farther I get out.
We pass it off but it's all on us.
Only common conversation,
it took everything I got.
And I like it the farther I get out.

Once said, always said.
I will hold the past over your head.
I'll speak my mind whenever I feel slighted.
I am hellbent on extracting all of my revenge.
Take heart, sweetheart, or I will take it from you.

We slip concealed back to the keep.
Concede to do the work for free.
We prey as wolves among the sheep and slit the necks of soldiers while they sleep.

cicero wrote:

In particular "Good To Know That If I Ever Need Attention All I Have To Do is Die" makes me think of the boys.

Oh nice, that goes really well!

I have an entire playlist, but these are the few that are more unconventional
Killing You - Broods
Break Free - Like A Storm
Circles - Eden
Running Away - Midnight Hour

'Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)' by Baz Luhrmann. I remember this song came out not long after Columbine and it always takes me back to that time.

Did I post this one already? Oh well.

Heh.

Shinigami - Sanctuary Pt.2 & Shinedown - 45
The screaming part of Sanctuary reminds me of both of them because it's something they'd say before committing the shooting. The 45 song makes me think of their suicide.

  

cherrycherry wrote:

I think if Combichrist had been around back then, both boys (but especially Eric) would have adored them.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks this. With Eric's well-known love for industrial music, I feel like he would have definitely loved the Aggrotech sub-genre. Bands like Combichrist, Nachtmahr, Grendel and earlier Aesthetic Perfection seem right up his alley.

Saving me by nickleback fits Eric and Dylan to a tee

Lil uzi vert - xo tour life because of the lyrics

The song "Closer" by NIN

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Waste, Adios, Dogma, Son Of a Gun, Power, Godlike by KMFDM

I think I still have my KMFDM CDs at my moms house back east. She may have gotten rid of them. I got into a punk phase after Columbine and wanted to be VERY anti establishment.

Lately Titanium by Sia has made me think of Columbine.

Sorry if this has been already posted, but this is what popped in my head. I'm not a big fan of industrial, but this is pretty nice.

Jenn wrote:

Well..That song 'Disarm' by Smashing Pumpkins always makes me think of Eric when I hear it.

Funny, I always think of Dylan when I listen to the song because of the soft& sad melody and since he was such a big SP fan. The line "the killer in you is the killer in me" gives me the chills.

This seems very fitting.

I assume someone said Bohemian Rhapsody already?

Exodus- Class Dismissed
Someone was jailed for posting the lyrics on their facebook.

Amy Lee's voice is hauntingly beautiful.

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This since its a good description of both of their minds

Reminds me on Eric

This album:

areyoulistening wrote:

This surprised me but Euphoria by Loreen reminds me of Dylan....

"We are here, we’re all alone in our own Universe,
We are free, where everything’s allowed and love comes first,
Forever and ever together, we sail into infinity,
We’re higher and higher and higher, we’re reaching for divinity."

I'm from Sweden and this made me laugh out loud

All Star. The start, middle and end of the song reminds me of them before, during and after the massacre.

Son of a gun by KMFDM

Unfortunately, Setting Sun by The Chemical Brothers

Probably because Dylan wore a shirt of it in a lot of the home videos.

Gorillaz - Kids with guns

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Reminds me Dylan.

I said this in another forum post, but "Building A Mystery" by Sarah Mclachlan always makes me think og the entire Columbine massacre, from the planning that Eric and Dylan did, to the day of the tragedy, even to the day or two afterward when I believe Joan Lunden or Diane Sawyer did Good Morning America live from Columbine High. That song, every time I hear it, ALWAYS reminds me of Columbine.

On a side note, "Three Libras" by A Perfect Circle reminds me of the sorrowful and tragic life of Eric and Dylan and the inner turmoil that they faced. I hear that song and it's like the lyrics are talking about Eric and Dylan....

And then in a milder tone, the song "Stole" by Kelly Rowland, it somewhat makes me think of Eric and Dylan and the inner turmoil and inner, hidden pain they had, especially the last line where Kelly sings - "we were here, all together yesterday." Wow, that still gives me chills, because it's true about Columbine, just that Friday, in the halls, in the commons, all of them (including E&D) were alive and together and then Monday - boom! Tragedy and death, so that song always hits me in the feels as well and also reminds me of Columbine.

Probably already been said but Rock Bottom by Eminem always reminds me of the hopelessness those two were probably experiencing. Here's a few lyrics:

I feel like I'm walkin' a tight rope without a circus net
Poppin' Percocet, I'm a nervous wreck
I deserve respect but I work a sweat for this worthless check
I'm about to burst this Tec at somebody to reverse this debt
here's people that love me and people that hate me
But it's the evil that made me this backstabbin', deceitful and shady
I want the money, the women, the fortune and fame
If it means I end up burnin' in hell, scorchin' in flamesThat's rock bottom, when this life makes you mad enough to kill
That's rock bottom, when you want something bad enough to steal
That's rock bottom, when you feel like you've had it up to here
Cause you mad enough to scream but you're sad enough to tear

Iris by Goo Goo Dolls and Self Esteem by The Offspring

Iris mainly reminds me of Vodka, Self Esteem is more to Eric somehow

I’m listening to the Heathers musical soundtrack and Our Love is god reminds me of Dylan and Dead Girl Walking-reprise.

I bet this has already been mentioned, but here it is anyway.

The NIN song "Burn" reminds me of not only Columbine, but mass murder in general. 

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The members of Big Head Todd graduated from CHS in 1983. Surprised that sipped past me til now.