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.
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.
Call me emotional, but that story really made me cry. Thank you for sharing that story.
Call me emotional, but that story really made me cry. Thank you for sharing that story.