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Adam Raised a Cain

Song · 1978 · Bruce Springsteen. Album: Darkness on the Edge of Town

for anyone who inherited the anger 🔥

Who it's for

Springsteen describes a son inheriting his father's anger and frustration, with biblical imagery about what passes down through generations.

Angry and burdened by inheritance→Aware of the pattern

Feelings it meets

What it is

"Adam Raised a Cain" is a hard rock song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town. It uses the biblical story of Adam and his son Cain to portray a strained father-son relationship.

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Age: All ages

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Part 1, Chapter 1 (tr. Constance Garnett)

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