| Bruce Springsteen – The Rising Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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It amazes me how Bruce, in less than four minutes, can sum up nearly the entirety of the emotional spectrum the country experienced in the wake of 9/11 - the adrenalin, the tunnel-vision, the fear, the grief, the sacrifice, the resolve, the hope. "May their precious blood bind me Lord, as I stand before your fiery light" Profound. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Meeting Across the River Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I always got the impression the the narrator and "Eddie" aren't really criminals or mobsters or Mafia... instead I get the picture of them being two suburban kids without any real street smarts trying to act tough who end up getting in way over the heads. I almost picture it as a sit-com scene - two skinny, nerdy white kids getting ready to go meet the "real" thugs. | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Frankie Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"Well everybody's dying, this town's closing down They're all sittin' down at the courthouse waiting for 'em to take the flag down" Another great Bruce line buried in one of his more obscure works. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – The Price You Pay Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"Now with their hands held high, they reached out for the open skies And in one last breath they built the roads they'd ride to their death" A great line - I think it means that the protagonists have made a definitive decision, one from which there is no going back. "with their hands held high / they reached out for the open sky" - in a way it sounds like they're not ashamed of their decision, but it a way it sounds like they're not convinced they've made the right choice, and are reaching out to heaven for strength, or for reassurance. "they built the roads they'd ride to their death" - there's no turning back from the decision they've made. Good or bad, right or wrong, they're stuck with the choice they made - and they'll need to pay the price. |
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