| Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The character in this song is the same character from racing in the street, just a later in his life. Also, this song could be a set of four songs all about the same character, telling his story. The songs in order are, Thunder road, racing in the street, darkness on the edge of town, and the promise |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Wreck On The Highway Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| about a man who confronts his mortality and comes to the realization that his own death is evident | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Jungleland Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i interpret this song as two visions that the magic rat has. One is the vision of him with the barefoot girl, and the other is of him in gang life/street violence. I think he experiences both of these visions in his life and with the song bruce draws the connection that both of them end the same way, in tragedy; with the girl he is shut down by her, and with the gang life, he dies. | |
| Bruce Springsteen – None But The Brave Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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the "brave" are those who continue to live and go on with life, even after their dreams have disappeared or been broken or they have failed in reaching their goals |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Backstreets Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Not saying that the song couldnt be interpreted with Teryr being a guy, i think bruce intended Terry to be a girl. If you listen to the lyrics of the extended live versions he makes it very clear Terry is a girl... you may want to check out these lyric pages which are from some of his live recordings and bootlegs http://www.springsteenlyrics.com/lyrics/b/backstreets_1978-09-19.php http://www.springsteenlyrics.com/lyrics/b/backstreets_1979-01-01.php http://www.springsteenlyrics.com/lyrics/b/backstreets_1977-03-25.php and there are many more that show this on this page http://www.springsteenlyrics.com/lyrics/b/index.php |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Lost In The Flood Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i always thought that the words "lost in the flood" was that persons inevitable fate and their inability to escape their surroundings. in the first verse i think bruce is tryin to say that the inevitable fate of the soldiers that returned home from veitnam was that they were never the same, were changed, and in some ways lost parts of themselves in the war. i think the ironic religious references in this verse show that the returning soldier, who once viewed the church and religion as a place he could turn to for truth and safety, has changed and after what he witnessed in the war can no longer trust in religion and can no longer believe in it because of the traumas he went through. i think the second is explaining how small town or country kids spend their lives workin on their cars and racing them and their inevitable fate is death in a car accident. The "hurricane" is the accident itsself and the "blood where the body fell" is proof of the persons death. the third verse is about city kids who spend their lives involved in gang/street violence and eventually reach their inevitable fate which is death by violence. in my opinion the line "his body hit the street with such a beautiful thud" is showing how the media, movies, music have glorified violence and in some ways made it seem like an art form. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Nothing Man Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i agree with everything keelor says but to tie it in to 9/11 i think it could be connected with the AA ticket agent who checked the terrorists in and then later commtied suicide because they felt somewhat responsible for what had happened |
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