| General Public – Tenderness Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i think this song is about ego and the mating dance between men and women- what is expected the woman acts coy, and the man expects this because this is what society dictates ("make sure one night you are there, but one night you are not, always leaves me wanting...." i think it is conflict, between what he knows is wrong- this deception and what is expected of him- which is to continue with this "ritual" and he might be saying to himself there is no tenderness in this "dance" but it makes him feel like a "man" the deception could also be another woman-and fearing his girlfriend might find out (the second verse makes me suspect this) maybe jumping from one thing to another- being beguiled by trickery and deception, knowing it but all the while going along with it because that makes him feel like a man-but in a twisted way though. anyhow my take on the lyrics- |
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