The Price You Pay

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"The Price You Pay" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 album *The River*, reflecting themes of sacrifice and the consequences of life’s choices.

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The Price You Pay canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
song
album The River
artist Bruce Springsteen
associatedBand E Street Band
belongsToPeriod 1980s rock
chronologicallyInArtistCatalog post-Darkness on the Edge of Town era
composer Bruce Springsteen
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores cost of personal decisions
tension between dreams and reality
followsInTrackList Point Blank
genre rock
hasAlternateLyrics yes
hasAlternateVersions yes
hasLiveVersions yes
hasNarrativePerspective first-person
hasNotableLyric “Some say forget the past, and some say don't look back”
“You get used to anything, sooner or later it just becomes your life”
hasStudioAlbumNumberForArtist 5 (The River as fifth studio album)
hasType studio recording
includedIn The River (song)
surface form: The River (disc 2)
isAssociatedWithTour The River Tour 2016
surface form: The River Tour
isDoubleAlbumTrack yes
language English
lyricist Bruce Springsteen
medium compact disc
vinyl record
partOf The River
performer Bruce Springsteen
precedesInTrackList Drive All Night
producer Bruce Springsteen
Jon Landau
Steven Van Zandt
publicationDate 1980
recordedFor The River sessions
recordingArtist E Street Band
surface form: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
recordLabel Columbia Records
theme consequences of life choices
moral reckoning
responsibility
sacrifice

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The River hasPart The Price You Pay
Bruce Springsteen album "The River" hasPart The Price You Pay
subject surface form: The River
Wreck on the Highway follows The Price You Pay
Live/1975–85 includesSong The Price You Pay