Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
One of the most celebrated tracks on the album is “Paradise” (track 14). Segal (2002) called the track “the album’s most shattering, challenging moment” (p. A17). Springsteen sings from the point of view of a female suicide bomber in the first part of the song. The bomber is ready to sacrifice herse...
[Verse 1]
Where the river runs to black
I take the schoolbooks from your pack
Plastics, wire and your kiss
The breath of eternity on your lips
[Verse 2]
In the crowded marketplace
I drift from face to face
I hold my breath and close my eyes
I hold my breath and close my eyes
[Chorus 1]
And I wait for paradise
And I wait for paradise
[Verse 3]
The Virginia hills have gone to brown
Another day, another sun going down
I visit you in another dream
I visit you in another dream
[Verse 4]
I reach and feel your hair
Your smell lingers in the air
I brush your cheek with my fingertips
I taste the void upon your lips
[Chorus 1]
And I wait for paradise
And I wait for paradise
[Verse 5]
I search for you on the other side
Where the river runs clean and wide
Up to my heart, the waters rise
Up to my heart, the waters rise
[Verse 6]
I sink beneath the river cool and clear
Drifting down, I disappear
I see you on the other side
I search for the peace in your eyes
[Chorus 2]
But they're as empty as paradise
They're as empty as paradise
[Outro]
I break above the waves
I feel the sun upon my face
Paradise was written by Bruce Springsteen.
Paradise was produced by Brendan O’Brien.
Bruce Springsteen released Paradise on Tue Jul 30 2002.