I am shocked and appalled that no-one has commented on this song. For me it's one of Springsteens best. I think it is plainly obvious that this song is about old friends.
I hold this song very personally. I have a very strong group of friends who I grew up with, we went through puberty together discovered beer and women together, good times/bad times and great times. In recent years we have drifted apart somewhat "we got our own roads to ride, and chances we gotta take". Every so often I call up one of these guys and we talk about old times, and I wonder if we will have the same relationship as we used to or if we will be strangers, I think this is reflected in the lyric "I don't even know whay, I don't know why I made this call, or if any of this matters any more after all".
I know that I am the person I am because of the freinds I had when I was younger and ..."I'll keep moving through the dark, with you in my heart, my blood brother"
I am shocked and appalled that no-one has commented on this song. For me it's one of Springsteens best. I think it is plainly obvious that this song is about old friends.
I hold this song very personally. I have a very strong group of friends who I grew up with, we went through puberty together discovered beer and women together, good times/bad times and great times. In recent years we have drifted apart somewhat "we got our own roads to ride, and chances we gotta take". Every so often I call up one of these guys and we talk about old times, and I wonder if we will have the same relationship as we used to or if we will be strangers, I think this is reflected in the lyric "I don't even know whay, I don't know why I made this call, or if any of this matters any more after all".
I know that I am the person I am because of the freinds I had when I was younger and ..."I'll keep moving through the dark, with you in my heart, my blood brother"
A fantastic poem to old freinds.