In Bruce Springsteen songs, you can either stay and rot, or you can escape and burn.

“Marcus couldn't believe it. Dead. A dead duck. OK, he'd been trying to hit it o…”

“See, records have helped me to fall in love, no question. I hear something new,…”

“You don't ask people with knives in their stomachs what would make them happy; …”

“Why should we be denied basic human rights just because we’ve messed up our rel…”