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We Are Alive by Bruce Springsteen

Release Date
Tue Mar 06 2012
Performed by
Bruce Springsteen
Produced by
Bruce Springsteen & Ron Aniello
About

Like much of the album, “We Are Alive” deals with the fallout from the Great Recession of 2008. However, unlike the rest of the album, it gives a resounding message of hope, stating that the American people have always come back from hard times, just as they will come back from this

We Are Alive Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There's a cross up yonder on Calvary Hill
There's a slip of blood on a silver knife
There's a graveyard kid down below
Where at night the dead come to life
Well above the stars they crackle and fire
A dead man's moon throws seven rings
We’d put our ears to the cold grave stones
This is the song they’d sing

[Chorus]
We are alive
And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark
Our spirits rise
To carry the fire and light the spark
To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart

[Verse 2]
A voice cried I was killed in Maryland in 1877
When the railroad workers made their stand
Well, I was killed in 1963
One Sunday morning in Birmingham
I died last year crossing the southern desert
My children left behind in San Pablo
Well they’ve left our bodies here to rot
Oh please let them know

[Chorus]
We are alive
And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark
Our souls will rise
To carry the fire and light the spark
To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart

[Verse 3]
Let your mind rest easy
Sleep well my friend
It’s only our bodies that betray us in the end
Well I awoke last night in the dark and dreamy deep
From my head to my feet my body’s gone stone cold
There were worms crawling all around me
My fingers scratching at an earth black and six foot low
Alone in the blackness of my grave
Alone I’d been left to die
Then I heard voices calling all around me
The earth rose above me
My eyes filled with sky

[Chorus]
We are alive
And though our bodies lie alone here in the dark
Our spirits rise
To carry the fire and light the spark
To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart

We Are Alive Q&A

Who wrote We Are Alive's ?

We Are Alive was written by Bruce Springsteen.

Who produced We Are Alive's ?

We Are Alive was produced by Bruce Springsteen & Ron Aniello.

When did Bruce Springsteen release We Are Alive?

Bruce Springsteen released We Are Alive on Tue Mar 06 2012.

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