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KoKo

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7. Here's Mine: Bruce Springsteen..."The Rising" It got me through the Bush Years!
Thu Mar 15, 2012, 08:00 PM
Mar 2012

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 ]


This next one is especially appropriate for a cold and windy Occupy... Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #1
I got some music... ellisonz Mar 2012 #2
To think they did that song in 2008! Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #3
Props if you know what this song is about };-)~ Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #4
(Yawn) too tired to think of another song, bumping for pics Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #5
Here 's a cheerful mix up of songs - everything from Deborah Harry singing in French truedelphi Mar 2012 #6
Here's Mine: Bruce Springsteen..."The Rising" It got me through the Bush Years! KoKo Mar 2012 #7
Here's a few of mine - literally Zorra Mar 2012 #8
Zorra...wow... KoKo Mar 2012 #9
Thank you, Koko, I'm Zorra Mar 2012 #11
Hey, you got some great guitar chops, Zorra! Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #10
M-O-O-N? That spells Zorra Mar 2012 #12
Yeh. I heard they were making a remake of the movie but Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #13
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
Just right clicked on the YOU TUBE and hit the Copy Link Location... KoKo Mar 2012 #18
I used the syntax in your link with the "?feature=player_detailpage&v=" syntax and image as a link Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #21
Woo-hoo! Zorra Mar 2012 #19
Keep in mind that the above poster is a fictional version Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #14
Just curious, is the song about a wedding? Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #17
The lyrics were written very quickly Zorra Mar 2012 #20
I hear ya on that Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #23
I know exacxtly what you mean about music, art yetc. though. Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #24
OWS T-Shirt Material? Pithy/Brainy...Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Quotes KoKo Mar 2012 #25
Awesome! I need to read up on this guy. Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #26
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. Zorra Mar 2012 #27
Thanks Zorra your History of where you saw that quote..is incredible.. KoKo Mar 2012 #28
You are very talented Zorra. I have not listened to all of them, but I will after dinner. sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #29
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