"Seeing that America is battered as she feels right now, but for a lot of folks out there, she continues to be a land of hope and dreams, not of fear or divisiveness or government censorship or hatred. That America is worth fighting for. So it's in that spirit [applause] I brought along my lifelong weapon of choice: the guitar. Singing: Meet me in the land of hope and dreams."
"Bruce Springsteen reflected on the state of America at the premiere of his new biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, at the New York Film Festival. He then performed Land of Hope and Dreams. Seeing that America is battered as she feels right now, but for a lot of folks out there, she continues to be a land of hope and dreams, not of fear or divisiveness or government censorship or hatred."
Bruce Springsteen reflected on America’s condition at the New York Film Festival premiere of the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. He framed America as battered but still, for many, a land of hope and dreams rather than a place of fear, divisiveness, government censorship, or hatred. He declared that America is worth fighting for. He brought his guitar and performed "Land of Hope and Dreams," singing the line "Meet me in the land of hope and dreams," invoking resilience and a commitment to an inclusive, hopeful vision of the country.
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