What does The Rising mean?

Bruce Springsteen: The Rising Meaning

Tagged: 9/11 [suggest]
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The Rising Lyrics

"The Rising"

Can't see nothin' in front of me
Can't see nothin' coming up behind
I make my way through this darkness
I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me
Lost track of how far I've gone
How far I've gone, how high I've climbed
On my...

  1. kooljohn176
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    Jan 11th 2016 !⃝

    A time when the ''evil powers'' conspired to use Revelation 9:11 verse in the Bible as a date with the terrorists for Abaddon ''the destroyer'' to be used to destroy by a unnatural anti-Christ way, not only the Twin Towers and Pentagon in the 911 attacks as called, but also to shatter the minds and mortal beliefs of the people to be in fear at the cost of the innocent lives that were takin away and gone in front of our eyes without any closure with ''The Rising'' of their souls to find their way up back to Heaven and away from this Rapture that was a man made hell. Feeling our grief, pain and anger within this song that Bruce Springsteen is giving us a helping hand to comfort the survivors to help us along and build strength and hope for the loved ones to go on, while remembering in lament of what only God knows their last moments and memories that were takin away from us and them that flashed in front of them thinking about their [us] loved ones that were left behind.

  2. anonymous
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    Oct 15th 2012 !⃝

    The song was made in response to the Setember 11 attacks on America.


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