“I stood stonelike at midnight, suspended in my masquerade.
I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade.
I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch.
I strolled all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched.”

— Bruce Springsteen

"Growin' Up"
Song lyrics, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)

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