{"id":5648,"date":"2026-09-11T13:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=5648"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:37:02","slug":"the-meaning-behind-the-rising-by-bruce-springsteen-and-a-healing-anthem-following-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-meaning-behind-the-rising-by-bruce-springsteen-and-a-healing-anthem-following-9-11\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning Behind \u201cThe Rising\u201d by Bruce Springsteen and a Healing Anthem Following 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2002, Bruce Springsteen responded to the tragedy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.911memorial.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9\/11<\/a> with \u201cThe Rising\u201d. But he didn\u2019t answer one of the darkest days in American history with blind rage or cheap nationalism. Instead, he answered with a hymn. And it helped heal a grieving nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The National Anthem<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BDbJhvRrJak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer began with a plea. Days after the attack, someone in a car <a href=\"https:\/\/www.app.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2016\/09\/09\/bruce-springsteen-and-911-we-need-you-now\/90111446\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z114123e1188xxv114123d--46--b--46--&amp;gca-ft=185&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shouted<\/a> at Springsteen as he was driving in a New Jersey borough, \u201cBruce, we need you now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Springsteen was already writing. And while several songs on <em>The Rising<\/em> predate 9\/11, both the tragedy and the stranger\u2019s plea did reframe the album\u2019s themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The title track begins with a firefighter ascending the Manhattan building after a 135-ton airliner had crashed into it. Springsteen describes a dizzying scene as the firefighter and the rest of America enter a new dimension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em>Can\u2019t see nothin\u2019 in front of me,<br>Can\u2019t see nothin\u2019 coming up behind.<br>I make my way through this darkness,<br>I can\u2019t feel nothing but this chain that binds me.<br>Lost track of how far I\u2019ve gone,<br>How far I\u2019ve gone, how high I\u2019ve climbed.<br>On my back\u2019s a sixty-pound stone,<br>On my shoulder, half mile of line<\/em><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then he offers a prayer. Reunited with The E Street Band, Springsteen, as he\u2019s done many times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/bruce-springsteen\/dancing-in-the-dark\">before<\/a>, aims for communion as the narrator moves through a surreal mix: smoke, darkness, confusion, death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Come on up for the rising,<br>Come on up, lay your hands in mine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spirits Above and Behind Me<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With each step, the tenuous border between life and death gets blurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em>There\u2019s spirits above and behind me,<br>Faces gone, black eyes burnin\u2019 bright.<br>May their precious blood bind me,<br>Lord, as I stand before your fiery light<\/em><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is Springsteen clawing past utter bleakness. But it\u2019s also a transformation. This is supernatural visions, glimpsing your kids, your family, thousands vanquished, everything gone, but the loved ones left mourning. The ephemeral lottery of life. It\u2019s profoundly gorgeous poetry, and if you can get through the following lines without crying, then you are much stronger than me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I see you, Mary in the garden,<br>In the garden of a thousand sighs.<br>There\u2019s holy pictures of our children,<br>Dancin\u2019 in a sky filled with light.<br>May I feel your arms around me,<br>May I feel your blood mix with mine<\/em>.<br><em>A dream of life comes to me,<br>Like a catfish dancin\u2019 on the end of my line<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBruce, we need you now.\u201d Damn right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Anthony Correia\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen responded to the tragedy of 9\/11 with &#8220;The Rising&#8221;, an anthem that helped heal a grieving nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":973477,"featured_media":5650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"byline":{"profiles":[{"type":"byline_id","atts":{"term_id":316,"post_id":2139}}]},"savage_platform_role_ideator":[],"savage_platform_role_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_senior_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_photographer":[],"savage_platform_role_illustrator":[],"savage_platform_role_translator":[],"savage_platform_role_as-told-to":[],"savage_platform_role_reviewed-by":[],"savage_platform_disable_recirculation":false,"savage_platform_article_type":"news","savage_platform_vice_article_type":"article","savage_platform_article_intent":"","savage_platform_show_affiliate_disclaimer":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"wp_curate_deduplication":false,"wp_curate_unique_pinned_posts":false,"savage_platform_featured_image_caption":"Photo by Anthony Correia\/Getty Images","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"savage_platform_subheadline":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[68,18],"byline":[316],"class_list":["post-5648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-bruce-springsteen","tag-rock-music"],"savage_platform_primary_term":{"category":{"term_name":"Features","term_id":12,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/category\/features\/"},"post_tag":{"term_name":"Bruce Springsteen","term_id":68,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/tag\/bruce-springsteen\/"}},"hide_from_homepage":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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