Why Born to Run is the 21st Best Album of All Time
The Boss of Storytelling
Born to Run is celebrated for the vivid storytelling that Springsteen weaves throughout its tracks.
The title song, one of his most iconic, holds the themes for the whole album. It tells the tale of two lovers yearning to break away from their mundane existence and chase something greater.
Who can’t relate to a desire for liberation and adventure? Or the dream of something more?
Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness
I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul
Oh, someday, girl, I don’t know when
We’re gonna get to that place
Where we really wanna go and we’ll walk in the sun
But ’til then, tramps like us
Baby, we were born to run
Similarly, Jungleland closes the album with lyrics that paint a dramatic picture of life in the urban jungle, complete with despair, hope, love, and epic tragedy. The beauty and pain of existence.
