Reason To Believe

Bruce Springsteen

One more from NEBRASKA — the closing track suggests the notion of hope being ‘kinda funny’. Love this because it is absurd, especially as we hurdle through space with a 100% chance of suffering and dying. Everything’s stacked against us and we’re told to show gratitude each day. And we tell ourselves this too and somehow we can go there and be thankful. Humans have this huge capacity to believe and find hope — even in the darkest, imaginable situations. Love the guitar and harmonica all over this album and how this song seems to wrap up these grim stories about the beauty and darkness of living in this world.