Tagged: Bruce Springsteen
This is another track on “Letter to You” in which Bruce Springsteen is addressing a deceased love one. Another track in which he dealt with this same theme was “Last Man Standing“. Indeed by this point in...
The lyrics of “Song for Orphans” are highly metaphorical, to the point where even diehard fans of the Boss may find them challenging to dissect. But the most solid-understanding put forth is that the titular...
“If I Was the Priest” is a song in which Bruce Springsteen imagines himself and others in sort of a Western movie type of setting. And in this particular scenario, as the title suggests,...
Like many singers who have gone on to have successful solo careers, Bruce Springsteen actually traces his professional beginnings back to being the member of a band. Said group was known as The Castiles. And in...
The way this song reads is that the word “shooter” is actually a metaphor for a compassionate lover. So when the Boss exclaims that “Janey needs a shooter now”, he means she urgently requires a...
This is a song which relies heavily on elaborate and even overtly-religious symbolism. But apparently, what it is all meant to point back to is a passionate relationship Bruce Springsteen is in. That is...
On this song, the Boss is singing about how he feels empty in the absence of a love one who ‘one minute was here’ and the ‘next minute gone’. In other words, this person has...
Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” is a reference to the shooting case of Charles Starkweather, a 19-year old school dropout. In 1958, Starkweather was arrested and sentenced to death after he was found guilty of murdering...
“Ghosts” is a reflective one where the singer, Bruce Springsteen, narrates the experiences he has had with close musicians who are no more. In the first verse of the single, he speaks about how...
Bruce Springsteen’s “Letter to You” centers on the vocalist writing a letter to someone whom he obviously loves. And whereas said individual can be loosely interpreted as perhaps a romantic interest, it actually reads more...
