[Verse 1] When the night's quiet and you don't care anymore And your eyes are tired and there's someone at your door And you realize you wanna let go And the weak lies and cold walls you embrace Eat at your insides and, baby, I ain't no liar, I walk
The album Darkness on the Edge of Town which was released in 1978 was one of Bruce Springsteen’s landmark records. In a review for the Rolling Stones Dave Marsh wrote that the album was deemed successful because it connected the characters and themes in a subtle, but cohesive manner. Marsh remarked that the subject matter of the songs fulfills the hype that previously surrounded him:
“What they’ve always said was that someday Bruce Springsteen would make rock & roll that would shake men’s souls and make them question the direction of their lives.”
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