Bruce Springsteen: My City Of Ruins Meaning
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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...
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anonymous Feb 10th, 2013 2:48pm report
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.
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anonymous Apr 17th, 2012 4:02pm report
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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