What does My City Of Ruins mean?

Bruce Springsteen: My City Of Ruins Meaning

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My City Of Ruins Lyrics

There's a blood red circle
on the cold dark ground
and the rain is falling down
The church doors blown open
I can hear the organ's song
But the congregation's gone

My city of ruins
My city of ruins

Now the sweet veils of mercy
drift...

  1. anonymous
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    Feb 10th 2013 !⃝

    Most people think this song has something to do with the 9/11 attacks but it was written well before the towers fell. Bruce wrote it about Asbury Park where he spent so much of his youth as he formed and re-formed bands. A city that was once a vibrant beach town but slowly fell into ruin.

  2. anonymous
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    Jan 23rd 2013 !⃝

    Album came out as a response to the 9-11 attacks

  3. anonymous
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    Apr 17th 2012 !⃝

    He writes protest songs. I think it's about a bomb blowing up a church and this guy is crying because it was everything he lived for.


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