| Bruce Springsteen – Paradise Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song is about two women who strive to reach paradise. The first is a mother who is also a suicide bomber - we know she's a mother becuase of the motherly reference to the school pack. A man wouldn't be referenced this way. She is from the middle east - as referenced by the black river, i.e. oil. Check out 'Seeds' and 'Goodeye' for a similar reference to oil (and therefore money/riches/dreams/reason for war etc) The suicide bomber carries out her role thinking this will take her to paradise. she might be right - what do we know. meanwhile, in Virginia, lives another woman who has lost her lover/partner/husband and longs to find them again in Paradise. Given this song is from 'The Rising' you could read that the second woman lost her soulmate to an act of terrorism which emphasises the parallel stories or draws out some irony perhaps? One's suicide is an act of terro the others' is because of an act of terror. Anyhow, the second woman, whilst trying to drown herself realises that actually the paradise she seeks probably doesn't exist, so she doesn't actually carry out the act. This is a big statement. On the one hand we have a woman placed in the middle east who is convinced that her act of terrosim will give her rites to paradise. She does this whilst knowing she will be leaving behind her child - that's how convinced she is that her Paradise awaits her. On the other hand we have a woman who is willing to end her life because she feels so cheated by life that she'd rather give hers up if there's a chance to be with her partner again. The last two lines of the song, to come after the last chorus, leave a very poignant end to a very simple but incredibly deep meaning song. I play it a lot beacuse of the many levels the song reaches - it's an absolute fab song - my wife just thinks the song is slow, dull and crap. what does she know eh! |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Girls In Their Summer Clothes Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| a penny for your thoughts now my boy Bill !! Love that motown / Beach Boys sound during that verse. | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Good Eye Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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He used that voice distortion live during the Magic tour when singing 'Reason to Believe'. He ends the song almost preaching out the line 'at the end of every hard working day people find some reason to believe'. It sounds like it's being delivered from a crackling / broken radio and the impact was immense. This bloke could sing though a bath tub and it would sound great. good song too - love his take on the blues. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Paradise Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song is about two women who strive to reach paradise. The first is a mother who is also a suicide bomber - we know she's a mother becuase of the motherly reference to the school pack. A man wouldn't be referenced this way. She is from the middle east - as referenced by the black river, i.e. oil. Check out 'Seeds' and 'Goodeye' for a similar reference to oil (and therefore money/riches/dreams/reason for war etc) The suicide bomber carries out her role thinking this will take her to paradise. she might be right - what do we know. meanwhile, in Virginia, lives another woman who has lost her lover/partner/husband and longs to find them again in Paradise. Given this song is from 'The Rising' you could read that the second woman lost her soulmate to an act of terrorism which emphasises the parallel stories or draws out some irony perhaps? One's suicide is an act of terro the others' is because of an act of terror. Anyhow, the second woman, whilst trying to drown herself realises that actually the paradise she seeks probably doesn't exist, so she doesn't actually carry out the act. This is a big statement. On the one hand we have a woman placed in the middle east who is convinced that her act of terrosim will give her rites to paradise. She does this whilst knowing she will be leaving behind her child - that's how convinced she is that her Paradise awaits her. On the other hand we have a woman who is willing to end her life because she feels so cheated by life that she'd rather give hers up if there's a chance to be with her partner again. The last two lines of the song, to come after the last chorus, leave a very poignant end to a very simple but incredibly deep meaning song. I play it a lot beacuse of the many levels the song reaches - it's an absolute fab song - my wife just thinks the song is slow, dull and crap. what does she know eh! |
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