What does hungry heart mean

Most lyricists draw from their personal experiences and then go back to cross out certain details deliberately so each person who hears it can put themselves into the story in their own personal way.

What grabs the listener is the most powerful connection: "Everybody wants a place to rest. Everbody wants to have a home. Don't make no difference what nobody says Ain't nobody like to be alone.

That emptiness would only hurt those you built a family around. Trying to find himself, not knowing how to fit that dream into the family picture, he realizes his basic need of rest and home. It's the paradox of the dreamer. The price you pay for that dream or the price you pay of either part you play -the dreamer or the family man. Finding the love of his life who stood by him and helped him attain success with his career.

Dorothea believed in him. It takes a powerful mutual love and understanding for that kind of victory. Bruce leaves his writting open in this song. That river is like a mistress that could be anybody's dream, be it music, acting, travel, even a person, or anything that demands a feeling of longing. Nomatter what that is for you, nobody likes to be alone Everyone has an inbuilt desire to seek that out, but when you have it realise you have unlike him. I'm surprised this isn't mentioned more often.

I assumed that this song was, at the very least, inspired by Tennyson's Ulysses. Imo, the phrase "Hungry Heart" isn't common enough that I'm willing to chalk it up as a mere coincidence. Also, there are several other parallels between the song lyrics and the poem. So, who knows? This could even be a modern take of sorts on the classic poem but with Springsteen's own twist.

Post a Comment. In honor of the holiday recently past, Valentine's Day, not Presidents' Day I thought I should write about a song about love that's been stuck in my head for the last few days.

It's easy to hear why this was Bruce's first big hit single, it has a very catchy tune, and much fewer words than his early songs! It also has a very simple, hooky chorus. The song starts with a brief drum fill from Max Weinberg, then moves straight into the main melody, played by the piano.

Clarence Clemons's saxophone honks away, and the song has a 50's's feel to it. Bruce shouts "Yeah! What reason does the narrator give for his actions? No, not really. Notice how Bruce works in the image of a river, which is also the central image in the song "The River. Which brings up an interesting question, are people meant to be faithful and monogamous?

I won't go into all that here, but suffice it to say, there are all kinds of answers to this question. And that everyone is hungry, or greedy, for love and affection. Everybody always wants more than what they currently have. It doesn't matter that the narrator is married and has children, he is still susceptible to the charms of the opposite sex.

He still wants something more. There was an error. General Comment Great Song. Not a big fan of BS but love this song. Reminds me of myself. I'm just never satisfied and I always end up thinking there's something better for me, even when I already have the best convince on August 12, Link. General Comment great pop song. His versatility is what makes him so brilliant. LolaBat on November 28, Link. General Comment One of the songs that made me the Bruce freak that I am today.

This song was a big hit when released in , but was still something of a regional hit. The rock stations in Denver where I grew up hardly ever played this.

Albiet, the song was a hit in every region of the country, but the Mountain West, but still, I wish I heard it more back then. Great sing a long song with the Danny Federici keyboard playing at its best. I've always wondered where Kingstown is in relationship to Baltimore. Not sure if it's a spot with a lot of bars where one goes to drive and never turn back to their wife and kids in Baltimore though. Pirtyfool22 on May 17, Link. General Comment I always thought this song was about just wanting to be loved.

There's a hint of irony though in how he says he does love her but then outright leaves her. He's using the phrase 'hungry' and the general message of the song is that he'll never be full. I think it's that 'doo-wop' sound that probably made this song stick out in the first place. He's trapped. He wants to see more and made the decision go to a Jimmy Buffet type of place called Kingstown or Kingston.

Where he can escape. He meets a woman and has a fling like a ship passing in the night And he's still searching for whatever it is that's going to satisfy him and that's what he's living for now. With all that he's given up a lot he's driven to find the love of all loves.

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