A fun song musically with a sinister side. Like any great Springsteen song, it has layers of meaning that allow it to connect with people in all different states of being.
It can be about a relationship that is in the state of falling apart, but the protagonist is somewhat willfully blind. My favorite line from this perspective is "I opened up my heart to you; It got all damaged and undone..." How many of us had to deal with that and then have found ourselves "limp[ing] through town?" And yet we persist.
Conversely, it can be about the state of this union. The idea that the things we long feared have come to pass. I disagree with that notion mostly, but I do enjoy the song and am willing to admit that the United States is struggling.
In both instances, the fall (of the relationship or the country) is upon us and yet we gleefully continue without attempting to address the problems. Better to ignore, we say to ourselves.
Great song from what may well be a masterpiece of an album. Time will tell.
A fun song musically with a sinister side. Like any great Springsteen song, it has layers of meaning that allow it to connect with people in all different states of being.
It can be about a relationship that is in the state of falling apart, but the protagonist is somewhat willfully blind. My favorite line from this perspective is "I opened up my heart to you; It got all damaged and undone..." How many of us had to deal with that and then have found ourselves "limp[ing] through town?" And yet we persist.
Conversely, it can be about the state of this union. The idea that the things we long feared have come to pass. I disagree with that notion mostly, but I do enjoy the song and am willing to admit that the United States is struggling.
In both instances, the fall (of the relationship or the country) is upon us and yet we gleefully continue without attempting to address the problems. Better to ignore, we say to ourselves.
Great song from what may well be a masterpiece of an album. Time will tell.