Into The Fire

Album: The Rising (2002)
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  • The sky was falling and streaked with blood
    I heard you calling me, then you disappeared into the dust
    Up the stairs, into the fire
    Up the stairs, into the fire
    I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
    Somewhere up the stairs,
    Into the fire

    May your strength give us strength
    May your faith give us faith
    May your hope give us hope
    May your love give us love

    May your strength give us strength
    May your faith give us faith
    May your hope give us hope
    May your love bring us love

    You gave your love to see, in fields of red and autumn brown
    You gave your love to me and lay your young body down
    Up the stairs, into the fire
    Up the stairs, into the fire
    I need you near, but love and duty called you someplace higher
    Somewhere up the stairs,
    Into the fire

    May your strength give us strength
    May your faith give us faith
    May your hope give us hope
    May your love give us love

    May your strength give us strength
    May your faith give us faith
    May your hope give us hope
    May your love bring us love

    May your strength give us strength
    May your faith give us faith
    May your hope give us hope
    May your love bring us love

    It was dark, too dark to see, you held me in the light you gave
    You lay your hand on me
    Then walked into the darkness of your smoky grave
    Up the stairs, into the fire
    Up the stairs, into the fire
    I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
    Somewhere up the stairs,
    Into the fire

    May your strength give us strength
    May your faith give us faith
    May your hope give us hope
    May your love bring us love

    May your strength give us strength
    May your faith give us faith
    May your hope give us hope
    May your love bring us love

    May your strength give us strength
    May your faith give us faith
    May your hope give us hope
    May your love bring us love

    May your strength give us strength
    May your faith give us faith
    May your hope give us hope
    May your love bring us love

    May your love bring us love Writer/s: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Ekristheh from Halath, United StatesI always saw this as being about a woman firefighter, and the song's narrator is her husband or lover.
  • Joe from St. Marys, PaA great song that is performed much better LIVE than recorded. Very moving and beautifully written. May your strength gives us strength...faith gives us faith...hope gives us hope... Very well said!
  • Gene from San Diego, CaI love the visual imagery throughout the song. I made this into a music video for my video productions class last year, in the 9th grade. I keep meaning to put it on YouTube... Really, though, great song.
  • Pat from Albuquerque, NmThis song gives me goosebumps more than any other song about 9/11, even "The Rising." The song is like a prayer for and to the fallen.
    A friend of mine lives in a Brooklyn neighborhood where a lot of firemen live. He knew a lot of the ones who died. 9/11 still haunts him and a lot of other New Yorkers.
  • Matt from Wilkes-barre, PaShortly after 9-11, someone saw Springsteen near his Rumson, N.J. mansion and told him, "We need you." That comment inspired him to write songs for "The Rising." Bruce said that on a clear day he was able to see the Twin Towers from his neighborhood. All I can think of when I hear this song is the NYC firefighters climbing up the World Trade Center steps.
  • Sam from Thompsons, TxI love this song. It's ...a good song. Thats my comment. Um... and the whole album, The Rising, is good.
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