 Complete the following phrase:  While most of the songs were written after September 11, 2001, a few pre-date the attacks. Springsteen got the inspiration for the album a few days after the a href91120attacks911 attacksa, when a stranger in a car stopped next to him, rolled down his window and said: We need you now. Springsteen also told this story to journalist Mark Binelli in the August 22, 2002 issue of Rolling Stone. The title song tells the story of a firefighter going up in the World Trade Center, while others try to escape, then it evokes the image of peoples spirits rising up together, through the air like angels, with a dream of life. My City of Ruins was originally performed in, and written about, Asbury Park, New Jersey. After its performance by Springsteen on the post-September 11  telethon, however, the song took on an expanded meaning. Further On Up the Road was performed live in Madison Square Garden during the summer of 2000 at the end of the Springsteen-E Street 