The Lone Bellow paid tribute to the victims of the 2023 Covenant School shooting in Nashville with the new song 'Victory Garden.'
. The tragedy left the community reeling with grief and shock as they mourned the loss of three young students and three faculty members. In honor of the anniversary,are paying tribute to the victims with “Victory Garden,” a new song celebrating the strength of Tennessee’s resilient community.
“After March 27, many of us in the Nashville community felt powerless in our grief. We felt heartbreak and fury, and the inevitable aching thought that this tragedy and the loss of six precious lives could have been avoided,” the band shared in a statement. “Since then, we have been searching for ways, however small, to engage in the daily acts of caring for our community, of investing and cultivating beauty even when things seem hopeless.
“This song was our simple act of wartime gardening, and we were incredibly moved when our community, so many of them directly affected by the Covenant tragedy, came together to help us sing it,” the Lone Bellow continued. “We will continue to strive to be a song for those who can’t speak, and to honor the memory of those we’ve lost. The cries of our children won’t soon be forgotten, each one a flower in our Victory Garden.
In their own way, the Lone Bellow did the same. “Sometimes writing a song is like planting a garden,” they added. “Small act of hope with creative seeds that will grow providing comfort and strength through overwhelming grief.
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