Meaning Of The Song Blinded By The Light
Usually light is referred to as an agent to bring understanding such as shed some light on this problem.
Meaning of the song blinded by the light. Blinded by the light. I said ooh i m drowning in the night. Blinded by the light.
Blinded by the light is a song written and recorded by bruce springsteen which first appeared on his 1973 debut album greetings from asbury park n j. Blinded by the light he got down but she never got tight but he s gonna make it tonight some silicone sister with her manager s mister told me i got what it takes she said i ll turn you on sonny to something strong if you play that song with the funky break and go cart mozart was checkin out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside and little early pearly came in by her curly. In what would become typical springsteen fashion the song was a wistful sarcastic and sentimental look.
Oh when i m like this you re the one i trust. 1 blinded by the light pupils dilated 2 runner staying up through the night 3 revved up like a duece wired 4. In the uk blinded by the light got to no 6 in the autumn of 1976.
Throughout the song the lead vocals were from thompson the background vocals were from chris slade who was the drummer back then slade also sings the lyrics that are sung as thompson sings the main lines of blinded by the light revved up like a deuce another runner in the night those are the correct lyrics near the end of the song. A cover by british rock band manfred mann s earth band reached number one on the billboard hot 100 in the united states in february 1977 and was also a top ten hit in the united kingdom new zealand and canada. Hey hey hey verse 2 i m running out of time cause i can see the sun light up the sky.
So i hit the road in overdrive baby oh pre chorus the city s cold and empty oh. Tripped the merry go round felt so wild 5. The rapid fire beat poet style lyrics of blinded are a tribute to springsteen s youth.
In retrospect the song blinded by the light showed the world that an extremely talented and smart witty young man was about to enter the music arena. There is so much irony in the simple 4 word phrase. Told me i ve got what it takes meaning he s or she s so wild he can do the stuff without dying because it s so strong 6 i ll turn you on give you something it s a slang i e turn me on to a joint 7 play the song with the funky.
I said ooh i m blinded by the lights.
