| Bruce Springsteen – Nothing Man Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Bruce has so many songs in his aresenal, a lot of which we may never hear. I'm not surprised to learn that he wrote this song earlier (in the 90's), but I am pretty sure he retooled it to fit more in line with the events of 9/11. I thought that all these interpretations were well thought. The pearl and silver could refer both to a pistol and rosary beads. When I hear this song, it reminds me of something that happened to me a few weeks after the Towers fell. I was commuting to my home in NJ from Manhattan, and I sat next to a man on the train. At one point, the man took out his wallet, and from it he took a picture of a woman and began to sob. I immediately knew that this was a loved one of his - wife, sister, girlfriend - who must have been killed that day. I didn't speak to him, I wanted him to feel that he was not being watched. I said a prayer that he would find peace. Whenever I hear Nothing Man, I think of this man. How his life has been changed by the loss of his loved one. |
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