"She was always good for nothing when the good broke bad
All she's got to lose is everything she never had
Every back turned to her"
This is talking about how society views all sex workers, even ones that were forced into the profession.
"We put her down in a shallow grave
She wears a dress like a body bag every day
And this way she won't have to run away
And she can keep her regrets at bay every day"
The first line is about society again, "we" put prostitutes down, even if they were forced into the profession as children. In many places if these girls go to get help, they can be arrested for being a prostitute still! Thus, the majority of them just don't try to get help, they wear their clothes "like body bags", hoping this is the last day they have to do this.
"Her favors bought and sold" is the most blatant line about prostitution.
"Tomorrow's not a new day
Or time to think things through
As patience starts to fall away
A day can feel like two"
And this is describing the view point of the prostitute - they are in a helpless situation, they will die like this, there is no help, no hope.
"When we gave her a new face
The past was out of view
She never fooled us
Because she could never fool herself"
And this is about the few that get out of the industry by going to the police. They send her to jail, she serves her time, they give her a "new face", but she's still viewed as a "whore" because she never felt she was anything else - after all when she went to get help, she was imprisoned.
I think this song is about forced prostitution.
"She was always good for nothing when the good broke bad All she's got to lose is everything she never had Every back turned to her"
This is talking about how society views all sex workers, even ones that were forced into the profession.
"We put her down in a shallow grave She wears a dress like a body bag every day And this way she won't have to run away And she can keep her regrets at bay every day"
The first line is about society again, "we" put prostitutes down, even if they were forced into the profession as children. In many places if these girls go to get help, they can be arrested for being a prostitute still! Thus, the majority of them just don't try to get help, they wear their clothes "like body bags", hoping this is the last day they have to do this.
"Her favors bought and sold" is the most blatant line about prostitution.
"Tomorrow's not a new day Or time to think things through As patience starts to fall away A day can feel like two"
And this is describing the view point of the prostitute - they are in a helpless situation, they will die like this, there is no help, no hope.
"When we gave her a new face The past was out of view She never fooled us Because she could never fool herself"
And this is about the few that get out of the industry by going to the police. They send her to jail, she serves her time, they give her a "new face", but she's still viewed as a "whore" because she never felt she was anything else - after all when she went to get help, she was imprisoned.