In 1973, Springsteen released his first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, neither of which earned him a large audience. He changed his style and reached worldwide popularity with Born to Run in 1975. It was followed by Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) and The River (1980), which topped the US Billboard 200 chart. After the solo recording, Nebraska (1982), he reunited with the E Street Band for Born in the U.S.A. (1984), his most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums of all time. Seven of its singles reached the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100, including the title track. Springsteen recorded his next three albums, Tunnel of Love (1987), Human Touch (1992), and Lucky Town (1992) using mostly session musicians. He reassembled the E Street Band for 1995's Greatest Hits, then recorded the sparse acoustic The Ghost of Tom Joad, followed by the EP Blood Brothers (1996), his last release of the decade.
Springsteen dedicated his 2002 album The Rising to the victims of the September 11 attacks. He released two more folk albums, Devils & Dust (2005) and We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006), followed by two more albums with the E Street Band: Magic (2007) and Working on a Dream (2009). The next two, Wrecking Ball (2012) and High Hopes (2014), topped album charts worldwide. His latest releases include the solo Western Stars (2019), the E Street Band-featuring Letter to You (2020) and a solo cover album Only the Strong Survive (2022). When Letter to You went to No.2 in the US, Springsteen became the first artist to score a Top Five hit across six consecutive decades.
Among the album era's prominent acts, Springsteen has sold more than 140 million records worldwide and more than 71 million in the United States, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Special Tony Award (for Springsteen on Broadway). Springsteen was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, named MusiCares person of the year in 2013, and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2016. He ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's list of the Greatest Artists of All Time, which described him as being "the embodiment of rock & roll".
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Studio albums
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973)
Born to Run (1975)
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
The River (1980)
Nebraska (1982)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Human Touch (1992)
Lucky Town (1992)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
The Rising (2002)
Devils & Dust (2005)
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Magic (2007)
Working on a Dream (2009)
Wrecking Ball (2012)
High Hopes (2014)
Western Stars (2019)
Letter to You (2020)
Only the Strong Survive (2022)
Loose Ends
Bruce Springsteen Lyrics
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I remember how my heart beat when you said I love you so
Then little by little we choked out all the life that our love could hold
Oh no
[Chorus]
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran
There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand
And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know
But oh no
[Chorus]
Our love has fallen around us like we said it never could
We saw it happen to all the others but to us it never would
Well how could something so bad, darling, come from something that was so good
I don't know
[Chorus]
In Bruce Springsteen's song Loose Ends, the lyrics express the deep regrets of a couple whose relationship has crumbled due to the pressures of life. The song suggests that the couple had a passionate beginning when they were free to explore and enjoy their love without any restrictions. However, as time progressed, the pressures of life weighed them down and caused them to lose sight of their love. The chorus of the song speaks of the couple's love being like a noose, slowly tightening around their necks as they waited for each other to save them.
The lyrics contain a sense of desperation as the couple realizes they have reached a critical point in their relationship. They had once been blissfully in love, enjoying everything about their relationship; however, things had changed, and they could no longer pretend that their love was still strong enough to hold them together. The lyrics also suggest that the couple had been warned of the potential troubles that could happen in the relationship, but they paid no attention to the warning signs until it was too late.
Overall, Loose Ends is a song of regret, remorse and a warning to those in a relationship to take care of their love and not allow the pressures of life to wear them down.
Line by Line Meaning
We met out on open streets when we had no place to go
We first encountered each other when both of us were wandering the streets, seemingly lost and in search of a direction.
I remember how my heart beat when you said I love you so
I recall the way my heart started racing when you professed your love for me
Then little by little we choked out all the life that our love could hold
Over time, our relationship has stifled and extinguished any passion or vitality it once held
Oh no
This realization causes distress or alarm
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
Our destructive relationship was like a noose gradually tightening around our necks, without either of us intervening to loosen it
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
We knowingly maintained our toxic dynamic until it became unbearable and restricting.
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when
Neither of us wanted to initiate ending our relationship, and so we waited for the other person to take the plunge.
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
If you're ready to break free from our entangled relationship, then let's meet up tonight and do it.
We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran
We were spontaneous and short-sighted in our relationship, seizing only what we could in the present and moving quickly
There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand
We didn't dwell on negative emotions like sorrow, instead focusing on physical connection and companionship
And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know
In moments of physical intimacy, I felt certain that I knew everything there was to know about you.
But oh no
This initial confidence has since given way to a realization of uncertainty or disappointment.
Our love has fallen around us like we said it never could
Our love has deteriorated despite us being confident in its strength and durability.
We saw it happen to all the others but to us it never would
Though we witnessed other relationships crumbling, we thought that our own would withstand any test
Well how could something so bad, darling, come from something that was so good
It's difficult to comprehend how such a negative outcome could have resulted from what we once thought was a positive beginning.
I don't know
Despite all of this, I still don't have a clear understanding of why our relationship has taken this turn.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
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