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In reply to the discussion: March Music Mix #1 -- Occupy Your Music! (dial-up warning, pics) [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)7. Here's Mine: Bruce Springsteen..."The Rising" It got me through the Bush Years!
I was obsessed with this tune. Every time I got down in spirit ..It seems to me a good one for OWS. I know it was said this was just a "9/11" tune...in angst. But, to me it was about life here in the US after "9/11"...Bush Years, Wall Street Crooks Imploding...all of it...the pain and sorrow. I see it as broader than "9/11" but the wars after and now.
Looking it up on You Tube [to post here)...I got obsessed with it once again! 's
My Favorite:
The Gritty Version: (many of you will like this one better...if you are gritty) :-D
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THE LYRICS:
Bruce Springsteen The Rising Lyrics
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 back's a sixty pound stone
On my shoulder a half mile line
Come on up for the rising
Com on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Left the house this morning
Bells ringing filled the air
Wearin' the cross of my calling
On wheels of fire I come rollin' down here
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
Spirits above and behind me
Faces gone, black eyes burnin' bright
May their precious blood forever bind me
Lord as I stand before your fiery light
Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
I see you Mary in the garden
In the garden of a thousand sighs
There's holy pictures of our children
Dancin' in a sky filled with light
May I feel your arms around me
May I feel your blood mix with mine
A dream of life comes to me
Like a catfish dancin' on the end of the line
Sky of blackness and sorrow (a dream of life)
Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life)
Sky of glory and sadness (a dream of life)
Sky of mercy, sky of fear (a dream of life)
Sky of memory and shadow (a dream of life)
Your burnin' wind fills my arms tonight
Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life)
Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life (a dream of life)
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bruce+springsteen/the+rising_20025196.html ]
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March Music Mix #1 -- Occupy Your Music! (dial-up warning, pics) [View all]
Leopolds Ghost
Mar 2012
OP
Here 's a cheerful mix up of songs - everything from Deborah Harry singing in French
truedelphi
Mar 2012
#6
Leo...check out: It's kind of depressing the lyrics...but, there's "something" there.
KoKo
Mar 2012
#15
See my response on the other occu~forum. ;-) I posted a Loreena McKennit song.
Leopolds Ghost
Mar 2012
#16
I used the syntax in your link with the "?feature=player_detailpage&v=" syntax and image as a link
Leopolds Ghost
Mar 2012
#21
You are very talented Zorra. I have not listened to all of them, but I will after dinner.
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#29