tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571066361746675251.post32956044924157356..comments2023-06-28T04:19:31.312-04:00Comments on "Lives on the Line Where Dreams are Found and Lost": #57 Empty Sky by Bruce SpringsteenThunderroad79http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217404737027771222noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571066361746675251.post-40771507930616903922009-10-22T11:49:10.443-04:002009-10-22T11:49:10.443-04:00Lenore,
Very insightful...those lines "tree o...Lenore,<br />Very insightful...those lines "tree of evil/tree of good" too me make me think how we think our causes are just and worth shedding innocent lives for and how so do others who fight for a cause. A soldier that is part of an "extremist" muslim group is not pure evil and a soldier fighting for the US of A is not purely good - neither are their causes - there is no purity in war....Thunderroad79https://www.blogger.com/profile/10217404737027771222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571066361746675251.post-51994992082194310772009-10-22T11:02:02.214-04:002009-10-22T11:02:02.214-04:002 things stood out to me in this song:
I want a k...2 things stood out to me in this song:<br /><br />I want a kiss from your lips<br />I want an eye for an eye...<br /><br />These lines side by side, to me, demonstrate how our grief and loss go hand in hand with our need for justice or perhaps revenge. We are driven by anger to desperately replace the empty space of our loss, with a sense of "they got theirs." Even though there may be some sense of satisfaction in making someone pay for what we lost, it is only fleeting...as our pain and emptiness returns...every day we wake up to that empty sky.<br /><br /><br />The lines “On the plains of Jordan, I cut my bow from the wood, Of this tree of evil, Of this tree of good…” that makes me think about how the US claimed their attack on the middle east was for “justice” after the events of 9/11, giving Americans a false sense of hope, that their grief will somehow be justified by making others suffer. People wanted someone to pay, even though the direct people responsible for those events perished along with the victims. Depending on which side of the battle you’re on, the cause can either be evil or good… which in reality it is neither. It is just continued needless bloodshed.Lenorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02599186127549022674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571066361746675251.post-434806070486273432009-10-22T09:42:54.246-04:002009-10-22T09:42:54.246-04:00I agree. I love the harmonica and Bruce definitely...I agree. I love the harmonica and Bruce definitely uses it to create a very mournful sound..like it's coming from deep inside.Thunderroad79https://www.blogger.com/profile/10217404737027771222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571066361746675251.post-32773924479687023392009-10-21T18:38:14.266-04:002009-10-21T18:38:14.266-04:00For me, the lyrics are made all the more haunting ...For me, the lyrics are made all the more haunting because of the harmonica. I find that the songs that touch me the most have harmonica, as if that sound somehow touches sadder emotions.girltruehearthttp://twitter.com/girltrueheartnoreply@blogger.com