Bruce Springsteen - Paradise live

Paradise

Where the river runs black
I take the schoolbooks from your pack
Plastics, wire and your kiss
The breath of eternity on your lips

In the crowded marketplace
I drift from face to face
I hold my breath and close my eyes
I hold my breath and close my eyes
And I wait for paradise
And I wait for paradise

The virginia hills have gone to brown
Another day another sun going down
I visit you in another dream
I visit you in another dream

I reach and feel your hair
Your smell lingers in the air
I brush your cheek with my fingertips
I taste the void upon your lips
And I wait for paradise
And I wait for paradise

I search for you on the other side
Where the river runs clean and wide
Up to my heart the waters rise
Up to my heart the waters rise

I sink `neath the water cool and clear
Drifting down, I disappear
I see you on the other side
I search for the peace in your eyes
But theyre as empty as paradise
Theyre as empty as paradise
I break above the waves
I feel the sun upon my face

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bruce
• Springsteen
• Paradise
• live
• concert
• unplugged

[MatMc001]

I don't know the official reason...

The Rising album is centered around Springsteen's reflections on the September 11, 2001 attacks.

While most of the songs were written after September 11, 2001, a few of them pre-date the attacks.

[BSpringsteen48]

This song is about 2 people. The first part is about a teenage girl who blew herself up in Jerusalem killing herself and several others.

The second part is about a Virginia widow who lost her husband at the Pentagon.

This song is beautiful and haunting. Fantastic lyrics. Only Bruce could wright this.

[ireneadler17]

I've been thinking about it for quite a while, but still can't realize how an American, who lost some neighbours on 9/11, who could see the Twin Towers from his window, can write such a wonderful song about a terrorist. Not to condemn her, not to justify her, just to try to understand her human drama, the one of a girl to whom some liars promised paradise.

Amazing! How right is the guy who said that Springsteen has a gift and this gift is empathy, that makes him the greates singer in the world.

[jalinapesreturns]

without a single doubt the most beautiful song I have or will ever hear. so simple. so strong. so human.

[aqua48100]

masterpiece

[JMC01644]

@MsNinjaA I know that but thanks

[BMTHareinsane123]

I'm only 18, I know I wasn't around during the majority of his peak, but his songs move me so much, and I have been lucky enough to see him live. I admit I like some chart music, but hell, nothing compares to The Boss. His songs move me like nothing else on this beautiful planet.

[MsNinjaA]

@JMC01644 Its about a suicidebomber. They believe they go to "Paradise ", if they "succed"

[Faeriewylde]

A female suicide bomber... walking through the crowded market, eyes drifting from face to face... closing her eyes, she puts her finger to the trigger and waits for Paradise...

The Virginia hill have gone to brown... United Airlines flight 93 and all aboard.. bot now all that's left is their memory, as in a dream... But we do not drown in our sorrow; we continue on.

Probably the most poignant song ever written. God, it makes me cry every single time. :'(

[Faeriewylde]

A female suicide bomber... walking through the crowded market, eyes drifting from face to face... closing her eyes, she puts her finger to the trigger and waits for Paradise...

The Virginia hill have gone to brown... United Airlines flight 93 and all aboard.. bot now all that's left is their memory, as in a dream... But we do not drown in our sorrow; we continue on.

Probably the most poignant song ever written. God, it makes me cry every single time. :'(

[thedreamingseed]

song. birthing beauty in the dawn of sorrow.



[MrDimikor]

The greatest American Musician in the last 4 decades. No difficult for me to believe it.

[PowerThirteen]

@ireneadler17 That's just about the best description of the song I've read. :)