This, to me, is one of the few standouts off of the Boss' double-album "The River". The lyrics are gut wrenching... the song seems to tell the story of a woman who cannot escape from the enviornment in which she lives - The Jackson Cage. I guess it's open to interpretation as to what the "Jackson Cage" really is. I like to think of it as a city where all of this happens. My favorite lyric is in the chorus:
"You can try with all your might
But you're reminded every night
That you've been judged, and handed life
Down in the Jackson Cage"
That line about being "handed life" kinda sums up the life that the two characters are living in this song.
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that...
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that ties it all together…(sorry, this is what I care about, and I am subject to reveries and tangents. Deal with it ????)…
Ok, anyway, two points:
1) “life”, of course, means a Sentence Passed, but it’s also demonstrative of how “life”, that which all humans will struggle before losing, is really a double-edged sword; yes, you can’t do SHIT if you don’t have “life”; By the same token, when “life” isn’t going well, if we find ourselves “out of step”, feeling like we don’t “belong” anywhere, the very fact that you have “life” can also make you wish you didn’t…
2) she/they have judged THEMSELVES, in that they have taken the opinions others (they believe) have of them and just accepted it, therefore condemning themselves…
See, she/they are so DOWN on themselves and life in general that they believe they’re MORALLY CULPABLE, i.e., “I DESERVE this”, an easy trap to fall into, as I’m sure you all already know…they’ve been taught that people get what fate they “deserve”, which is of course a huge lie, but HUGE LIES/ MYTHS/RELIGION are all tools used to keep you guessing… It might SEEM as though these little
Nuggets of wisdom like “Everything happens for a reason” are there to help you - And maybe that was their original intention - but that’s not, generally, how people USE them, no, people use those sayings to MUDDY the waters, not make things Clearer for you…Which Is how we begin to DOUBT ourselves…
Whenever I hear anybody say “Everything Happens For A Reason”, I start fuckin SWINGING, like Slapsy-Maxie hearing the bell ???? to begin the next round, I can’t help myself…absolutely RUINED Christmas of ‘92…but I digress…
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that...
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that ties it all together…(sorry, this is what I care about, and I am subject to reveries and tangents. Deal with it ????)…
Ok, anyway, two points:
1) “life”, of course, means a Sentence Passed, but it’s also demonstrative of how “life”, that which all humans will struggle before losing, is really a double-edged sword; yes, you can’t do SHIT if you don’t have “life”; By the same token, when “life” isn’t going well, if we find ourselves “out of step”, feeling like we don’t “belong” anywhere, the very fact that you have “life” can also make you wish you didn’t…
2) she/they have judged THEMSELVES, in that they have taken the opinions others (they believe) have of them and just accepted it, therefore condemning themselves…
See, she/they are so DOWN on themselves and life in general that they believe they’re MORALLY CULPABLE, i.e., “I DESERVE this”, an easy trap to fall into, as I’m sure you all already know…they’ve been taught that people get what fate they “deserve”, which is of course a huge lie, but HUGE LIES/ MYTHS/RELIGION are all tools used to keep you guessing… It might SEEM as though these little
Nuggets of wisdom like “Everything happens for a reason” are there to help you - And maybe that was their original intention - but that’s not, generally, how people USE them, no, people use those sayings to MUDDY the waters, not make things Clearer for you…Which Is how we begin to DOUBT ourselves…and out ourselves “in jail”, or “time out”…
Whenever I hear anybody say “Everything Happens For A Reason”, I start fuckin SWINGING, like Slapsy-Maxie hearing the bell ???? to begin the next round, I can’t help myself…absolutely RUINED Christmas of ‘92…but I digress…
I suppose if I have a final point, it’s that, it’s HARD to get truly FREE in life, The human mind is a maze, haunted house, porn film, SNUFF film, The source of all the good in the world and also the source of all the evil out there (and, maybe, in your heart ????) so be careful not to shoot before aiming, you might just be shooting yourself…BUT, if you figure out HOW to keep your mind together enough to learn exactly who’s fucking with you, and you’re 100% sure you will only be shooting THEM, I say fire away ????…
Idk how I wound up here, I jist follered mAHHHHHNNNND
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that...
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that ties it all together…(sorry, this is what I care about, and I am subject to reveries and tangents. Deal with it ????)…
Ok, anyway, two points:
1) “life”, of course, means a Sentence Passed, but it’s also demonstrative of how “life”, that which all humans will struggle before losing, is really a double-edged sword; yes, you can’t do SHIT if you don’t have “life”; By the same token, when “life” isn’t going well, if we find ourselves “out of step”, feeling like we don’t “belong” anywhere, the very fact that you have “life” can also make you wish you didn’t…
2) she/they have judged THEMSELVES, in that they have taken the opinions others (they believe) have of them and just accepted it, therefore condemning themselves…
See, she/they are so DOWN on themselves and life in general that they believe they’re MORALLY CULPABLE, i.e., “I DESERVE this”, an easy trap to fall into, as I’m sure you all already know…they’ve been taught that people get what fate they “deserve”, which is of course a huge lie, but HUGE LIES/ MYTHS/RELIGION are all tools used to keep you guessing… It might SEEM as though these little
Nuggets of wisdom like “Everything happens for a reason” are there to help you - And maybe that was their original intention - but that’s not, generally, how people USE them, no, people use those sayings to MUDDY the waters, not make things Clearer for you…Which Is how we begin to DOUBT ourselves…and out ourselves “in jail”, or “time out”…
Whenever I hear anybody say “Everything Happens For A Reason”, I start fuckin SWINGING, like Slapsy-Maxie hearing the bell ???? to begin the next round, I can’t help myself…absolutely RUINED Christmas of ‘92…but I digress…
I suppose if I have a final point, it’s that, it’s HARD to get truly FREE in life, The human mind is a maze, haunted house, porn film, SNUFF film, The source of all the good in the world and also the source of all the evil out there (and, maybe, in your heart ????) so be careful not to shoot before aiming, you might just be shooting yourself…BUT, if you figure out HOW to keep your mind together enough to learn exactly who’s fucking with you, and you’re 100% sure you will only be shooting THEM, I say fire away ????…
Idk how I wound up here, I jist follered muh mAHHHHHNNNND
Can't believe no one has commented on this one...
This, to me, is one of the few standouts off of the Boss' double-album "The River". The lyrics are gut wrenching... the song seems to tell the story of a woman who cannot escape from the enviornment in which she lives - The Jackson Cage. I guess it's open to interpretation as to what the "Jackson Cage" really is. I like to think of it as a city where all of this happens. My favorite lyric is in the chorus: "You can try with all your might But you're reminded every night That you've been judged, and handed life Down in the Jackson Cage" That line about being "handed life" kinda sums up the life that the two characters are living in this song.
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that...
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that ties it all together…(sorry, this is what I care about, and I am subject to reveries and tangents. Deal with it ????)…
Ok, anyway, two points: 1) “life”, of course, means a Sentence Passed, but it’s also demonstrative of how “life”, that which all humans will struggle before losing, is really a double-edged sword; yes, you can’t do SHIT if you don’t have “life”; By the same token, when “life” isn’t going well, if we find ourselves “out of step”, feeling like we don’t “belong” anywhere, the very fact that you have “life” can also make you wish you didn’t…
2) she/they have judged THEMSELVES, in that they have taken the opinions others (they believe) have of them and just accepted it, therefore condemning themselves… See, she/they are so DOWN on themselves and life in general that they believe they’re MORALLY CULPABLE, i.e., “I DESERVE this”, an easy trap to fall into, as I’m sure you all already know…they’ve been taught that people get what fate they “deserve”, which is of course a huge lie, but HUGE LIES/ MYTHS/RELIGION are all tools used to keep you guessing… It might SEEM as though these little Nuggets of wisdom like “Everything happens for a reason” are there to help you - And maybe that was their original intention - but that’s not, generally, how people USE them, no, people use those sayings to MUDDY the waters, not make things Clearer for you…Which Is how we begin to DOUBT ourselves…
Whenever I hear anybody say “Everything Happens For A Reason”, I start fuckin SWINGING, like Slapsy-Maxie hearing the bell ???? to begin the next round, I can’t help myself…absolutely RUINED Christmas of ‘92…but I digress…
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that...
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that ties it all together…(sorry, this is what I care about, and I am subject to reveries and tangents. Deal with it ????)…
Ok, anyway, two points: 1) “life”, of course, means a Sentence Passed, but it’s also demonstrative of how “life”, that which all humans will struggle before losing, is really a double-edged sword; yes, you can’t do SHIT if you don’t have “life”; By the same token, when “life” isn’t going well, if we find ourselves “out of step”, feeling like we don’t “belong” anywhere, the very fact that you have “life” can also make you wish you didn’t…
2) she/they have judged THEMSELVES, in that they have taken the opinions others (they believe) have of them and just accepted it, therefore condemning themselves… See, she/they are so DOWN on themselves and life in general that they believe they’re MORALLY CULPABLE, i.e., “I DESERVE this”, an easy trap to fall into, as I’m sure you all already know…they’ve been taught that people get what fate they “deserve”, which is of course a huge lie, but HUGE LIES/ MYTHS/RELIGION are all tools used to keep you guessing… It might SEEM as though these little Nuggets of wisdom like “Everything happens for a reason” are there to help you - And maybe that was their original intention - but that’s not, generally, how people USE them, no, people use those sayings to MUDDY the waters, not make things Clearer for you…Which Is how we begin to DOUBT ourselves…and out ourselves “in jail”, or “time out”…
Whenever I hear anybody say “Everything Happens For A Reason”, I start fuckin SWINGING, like Slapsy-Maxie hearing the bell ???? to begin the next round, I can’t help myself…absolutely RUINED Christmas of ‘92…but I digress…
I suppose if I have a final point, it’s that, it’s HARD to get truly FREE in life, The human mind is a maze, haunted house, porn film, SNUFF film, The source of all the good in the world and also the source of all the evil out there (and, maybe, in your heart ????) so be careful not to shoot before aiming, you might just be shooting yourself…BUT, if you figure out HOW to keep your mind together enough to learn exactly who’s fucking with you, and you’re 100% sure you will only be shooting THEM, I say fire away ????…
Idk how I wound up here, I jist follered mAHHHHHNNNND
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
@springseger Yes, that line (“you've been judged, and handed “life”) is a killer, that’s a “Songwriter’s” lyric, which may seem a silly thing to say, but Bruce and other greats who obviously work at their craft day-in day-out, toss lines like this in their sleep, while there are other acts whose entire career highlight would be if they could come up with a lyric like that. But I digress…
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that...
That line, which is kinda just “lost and floating” around the fuckjn middle of the song, when it’s good enough to be a CAPPER, the kind of line that ties it all together…(sorry, this is what I care about, and I am subject to reveries and tangents. Deal with it ????)…
Ok, anyway, two points: 1) “life”, of course, means a Sentence Passed, but it’s also demonstrative of how “life”, that which all humans will struggle before losing, is really a double-edged sword; yes, you can’t do SHIT if you don’t have “life”; By the same token, when “life” isn’t going well, if we find ourselves “out of step”, feeling like we don’t “belong” anywhere, the very fact that you have “life” can also make you wish you didn’t…
2) she/they have judged THEMSELVES, in that they have taken the opinions others (they believe) have of them and just accepted it, therefore condemning themselves… See, she/they are so DOWN on themselves and life in general that they believe they’re MORALLY CULPABLE, i.e., “I DESERVE this”, an easy trap to fall into, as I’m sure you all already know…they’ve been taught that people get what fate they “deserve”, which is of course a huge lie, but HUGE LIES/ MYTHS/RELIGION are all tools used to keep you guessing… It might SEEM as though these little Nuggets of wisdom like “Everything happens for a reason” are there to help you - And maybe that was their original intention - but that’s not, generally, how people USE them, no, people use those sayings to MUDDY the waters, not make things Clearer for you…Which Is how we begin to DOUBT ourselves…and out ourselves “in jail”, or “time out”…
Whenever I hear anybody say “Everything Happens For A Reason”, I start fuckin SWINGING, like Slapsy-Maxie hearing the bell ???? to begin the next round, I can’t help myself…absolutely RUINED Christmas of ‘92…but I digress…
I suppose if I have a final point, it’s that, it’s HARD to get truly FREE in life, The human mind is a maze, haunted house, porn film, SNUFF film, The source of all the good in the world and also the source of all the evil out there (and, maybe, in your heart ????) so be careful not to shoot before aiming, you might just be shooting yourself…BUT, if you figure out HOW to keep your mind together enough to learn exactly who’s fucking with you, and you’re 100% sure you will only be shooting THEM, I say fire away ????…
Idk how I wound up here, I jist follered muh mAHHHHHNNNND