I have always thought Springsteens ballads, anthems, or protest songs were his best. This one song is the cream of the top. Great tune.
The price you pay everyone can identify with.
I believe this song is simply but eloquently about man choosing his own fate,
doing it his way, building his own roads or life, but not doing it Gods way.
And as a result he goes astray just like many Bible heroes {Moses for one} did in the past who had their moments when they were led into temptation, or simply failed at some point in their life. But since God is holy, and since we are all accountable to him, whether we know its our not, theres a price we pay or you pay for our misgivings or for our mistakes or our misdoings, and the suffering or the disappointment can be very great.
The biblical story of crossing the desert toward the promised land amply illustrates
Springsteens point. The people had a hard time trusting God, or believing that Gods way were the best way, instead the did things their way, or what was right in their own eyes. The truth is often hard to swallow, and we are often blind to the truth, and end up in difficult circumstances.
I have always thought Springsteens ballads, anthems, or protest songs were his best. This one song is the cream of the top. Great tune.
The price you pay everyone can identify with. I believe this song is simply but eloquently about man choosing his own fate, doing it his way, building his own roads or life, but not doing it Gods way. And as a result he goes astray just like many Bible heroes {Moses for one} did in the past who had their moments when they were led into temptation, or simply failed at some point in their life. But since God is holy, and since we are all accountable to him, whether we know its our not, theres a price we pay or you pay for our misgivings or for our mistakes or our misdoings, and the suffering or the disappointment can be very great.
The biblical story of crossing the desert toward the promised land amply illustrates Springsteens point. The people had a hard time trusting God, or believing that Gods way were the best way, instead the did things their way, or what was right in their own eyes. The truth is often hard to swallow, and we are often blind to the truth, and end up in difficult circumstances.