Lyrics for Adam Raised a Cain as interpreted by oofus

Adam Raised a Cain Lyrics
In the summer that I was baptized my father held me to his side
As they put me to the water he said how on that day I cried
We were prisoners of love a love in chains
He was standin' in the door I was standin' in the rain
With the same hot blood burning in our veins
Adam raised a Cain

All of the old faces ask you why you're back
They fit you with position and the keys to your daddy's Cadillac
In the darkness of your room your mother calls you by your true name
You remember the faces the places the names
You know it's never over it's relentless as the rain
Adam raised a Cain

In the Bible Cain slew Abel and East of Eden he was cast
You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past
Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain
Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame
You inherit the sins you inherit the flames
Adam raised a Cain

Lost but not forgotten from the dark heart of a dream
Adam raised a Cain



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Good OL MC
03-03-2003

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I think this song is about not having a great father and sort of inheriting his problems. You get his bad attitude, his problems, his doubts, his fears, etc. You also know that all his trouble never really got him anywhere.

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The Magic Rat
10-09-2005

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One of Bruce's most autobiographical song's about returning home and seeing his Father, who Bruce never got along with.

How good are the lines "In the darkness of your room, your mother calls you by your true name"

"Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain
Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame"

Once again, Bruce proving he is the greatest song-writer of all time.

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dasquien!
10-28-2005

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yes adam most definitely raised a "cane"

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musicislife197
02-28-2006

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these lyrics mistitled? I think the name of the song is "Adam Raised a Cain" not "Adam Raised a Cane"

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ncc74656m
04-06-2007

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The song title is self-evident that the title is wrong. Anyway, yes, it is "Cain" referencing Cain and Abel from the Bible.

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bruce_fan27
05-30-2007

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"you're born into this life paying for someone else's past"

amazing. that's basically all there is to it.

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reno15
06-10-2007

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you inherit the sins
YOU INHERIT THE FLLLAAAYAYYYYMEMEZZZZ

haha 100% charged, hard, raspy bruce

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dueydrummer87
02-19-2008

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how great is this song?!

for any tool fans, it's similar to forty six and 2

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Flyersfan
06-06-2008

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just another angry track from his best record.

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fallenchief123
07-02-2008

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dude this is probably the best song off the whole album between the amazing guitar, lyrics and powerful vocals from bruce, he was wasnt even singing, more like moaning and wailing into the mike, so raw and magnificent, only bruce could do it.
As for the lyrics, even the title gets you thinking, proposing the idea that it was the father adam that raised cain to be the terrible son he was makes you take a whole other outlook on the story, plus he worked this idea into his own relationship with his father.
the best lines by far are:He was standin' in the door I was standin' in the rain
With the same hot blood burning in our veins
Adam raised a Cain
What a picture!!! this is really the guts of an explosive relationship with a father. Kind of like you cant stand your old man, but you are so exactly like him in so many ways, and he is responsible for everything you dont like about yourself... man i could go on but this song does the job

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dray33
10-10-2009

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This is what you get when a difficult father and son relationship is told by a brilliant storyteller.

"You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past".

"Daddy worked his whole life, for nothing but the pain, now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame".

As for the guitar... it's really a very simple, nearly one note lead. It must be pointed out however that it is probably the most emotionally charged note, basically "spit" out of his guitar, played over and over as if lamenting the pain. There hasn't been many recorded leads like that, excepting maybe the one note lead in Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young.

Springsteen at his finest. Oh, one more thing. It's frighteningly good, maybe BETTER, live.

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