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Tenderloin Lyrics
Realise you're dehumanised
You criticise your existence
It´s your demise when no sun arise
When you're paralysed by your lack of resistance
She know she is
She knows she's going
Down below where the fire's glowing
Tenderloin, tenderloin, tenderloin
She know she is
She knows she's going
Down below where the fire's glowing
Tenderloin, tenderloin, tenderloin
The tricks she gets them she's not a victim
She makes a list of them and reads them all alone
For money she's walking down on larkin
In T.I. they're rocking all night long
She know she is
She knows she's going
Down below where the fire's glowing
Tenderloin, tenderloin, tenderloin
She know she is
She knows she's going
Down below where the fire's glowing
Tenderloin, tenderloin, tenderloin
This is such a great song. The chorus is one of my favorites. It's kind of a personal motto for me.
This song is obviously about a woman of some sort.
ten·der·loin n.
She's a piece of meat. More specifically, she's a prostitute.
Also, the "loins" are one's reproductive organs.
This song is definitely about a prostitute. But, more specifically, it's about how she knows the scorn she receives for this. She even knows that she's "going down below where the fire's glowing."
She's not apathetic about it though. "Realise you're dehumanised, You criticise your existence. It´s your demise when no sun arise, When you're paralysed by your lack of resistance." I think it's a sad song. She can't help but do what she does. Not that I find prostitution morally reprehensible, but the fact that she accepts that she is simply a piece of meat and that the only place to go from there is down makes the song depressing with this upbeat sound. Kind of funny.
Just another instance of amazing lyrics from Rancid.
intersting interpetation but the tenderloin district is downton sf...where hookers work
intersting interpetation but the tenderloin district is downton sf...where hookers work
tenderloin is a ass smellin area in downtown san francisco where all the creeps, skizzers, hoes, crack heads, transients and just plain fucked up people congregate,
this song could be about a prostitute there
it's definitely about a prostitute in the Tenderloin district in SF, Larkin is also a street/district (not too sure) near, where all the prostitutes will wait for 'clients'.
larkin st is in the TL and thats where all the hookers and junkies kick it
Hey,ease up a little, guys. I grew up in the TL. I'm not going to say the hookers part is incorrect but, most of them are pretty nice.