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Streets of PhiladelphiaThe Fray

Released: February 7, 2012

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

I was bruised and battered, and I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
I see my reflection in a window, and I didn't know my own face
Brother, please don't leave me wastin' away
On the Streets of Philadelphia

I walked this avenue, 'til my legs feel like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood burning through my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the Streets of Philadelphia

Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
These clothes, they don't fit me anymore
I walked a thousand miles
And I wanna slip this skin

The night has fallen, and I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the Streets of Philadelphia
Philadelphia

The Fray

“Just a couple of kids who were up to no good” is how Isaac Slade, Joe King, Dave Welsh, and Ben Wysocki describe their Denver, Colorado, band. Formed in 2002 while Slade and King were schoolmates, and later joined by Welsh and Wysocki (who were in a band with Slade called Ember near 1999), the group self-released two EPs, Movement and Reason, before releasing their first album under Epic, How to Save a Life. The album would contain the hit singles “Over My Head (Cable Car)” and “How to Save a Life”, which would give them two Grammy nominations. Afterward, the group would release more the self-titled album The Fray (which would get them two more Grammy nominations, one with the song “Never Say Never”), Scars and Stories, and Helios. In 2016, the group released their greatest hits album, Through the Years, incorporating all of their best hits from their four albums along with a few bonus songs.

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