for michael's bemusement, the ten words that appear in the most songs on springsteen's the rising:
10 times (out of 15):
"rise" and inflected forms.
7 times:
"blood"
"dark" ("-ness")
6 times:
"dust"
"heart"
"morning"
5 times:
"faith"
"fire"
"love"

five of these can be considered positive; four, negative. "morning" depends on its context.

"worlds apart" contains eight of these words, while "city of ruins" has seven. "let's be friends (skin to skin)" has none, but the theme of "skin" is a tacit element of the physical concerns of the album.