This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Who's that woman on your arm
All dressed up to do you harm
And I'm hip to what she'll do
Give her just about a month or two
Bit off more than I can chew
And I knew, yeah I know what it was leading to
Some things, well, I can't refuse (I can't refuse)
One of them, one of them the bedroom blues
She delivers right on time
I can't resist a corny line (can't resist)
But take the shine right off your shoes, yeah right off your shoes
Carryin', carryin' the bedroom blues
In the bar you're getting drunk, whoa yeah yeah
Ain't in love, ain't in lust, whoa no no no
Hide the switch and shut the light, won't you shut it
Let it all come down tonight
Maybe your best mates might think I'm stranger
Some face I'll never see no more, no more
Let it all come down tonight, won't you let it, yeah
You're gonna feel sick out of sight
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down (let it loose)
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
All dressed up to do you harm
And I'm hip to what she'll do
Give her just about a month or two
Bit off more than I can chew
And I knew, yeah I know what it was leading to
Some things, well, I can't refuse (I can't refuse)
One of them, one of them the bedroom blues
She delivers right on time
I can't resist a corny line (can't resist)
But take the shine right off your shoes, yeah right off your shoes
Carryin', carryin' the bedroom blues
In the bar you're getting drunk, whoa yeah yeah
Ain't in love, ain't in lust, whoa no no no
Hide the switch and shut the light, won't you shut it
Let it all come down tonight
Maybe your best mates might think I'm stranger
Some face I'll never see no more, no more
Let it all come down tonight, won't you let it, yeah
You're gonna feel sick out of sight
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down (let it loose)
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Let it loose, let it all come down
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar, edited by surferbeto
Let It Loose Lyrics as written by Mick Jagger Keith Richards
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Son Şansın - Şarkı Sözleri
Hayalperest
Hayalperest
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Lyrics aren't too bad in my opinion. To PT, and anyone else who doesnt really get what Mick is saying: He's with a woman who he knows will break his heart in due time and that she's more than he can handle. But he can't refuse her because either he's lonely or just using a relationship to get away from other problems. She delivers right on time, gives him what he needs, but in the end its just the bedroom blues that he'll have. Her friends most likely dont even know his name because she hasn't bothered introducing them since he won't be around for too long. All in all he's not in love with her, and she's no good for him but he says keep the tears back and let it all come down (ie have sex). It's sad to what extent the character seems to be using sex as an escape really.
Sooooo agree with your interpretation.
my take on it is that this is about being in love with someone who, at the end of the day, you know you can't maintain a relationship with. and being with someone else just to kill the time, feeling that desolate loneliness all the while. to me, "Let it loose/let it all come down" is about letting the hurt, the passion, the loneliness all flow.
Having just gone through a breakup, this song hits right at home.
And I think that's exactly what this song is about. Mick fell for someone because he needed someone. Those 'corny lines' she said went to his head, and he fell for all of it. But at the same time, he knew all the while that it was only a matter of time before she would break his heart. It didn't matter though, because he needed someone to be there, even if it was only for a 'month or two'.
The end of the song is the equivalent of sitting in your room with your face in your hands crying. Hence the 'shut the light' and 'let it all come down'. But the line 'let it loose' is saying you need to let it go and move on. Get it all out....scream...cry...do whatever you need to do. But then let it loose and move forward.
That's only my interpretation. But the great thing about a song that's sort of abstract like this is that you can interpret it in so many different ways.
Totally agree with you. I also went through a break up around the time I was listening to this song and I completely related with it. I got into a relationship that was never going to make it. Retrospectively he is looking at other couples cynically (as suggested in the first line) and in heinsight can see it was doomed. I also think "corny line" refers to using them as well as hearing. "In the bar getting drunk" is obviously about feeling sorry for yourself. The line "take the shine of your shoes" took me a while to interpret, but what it is to me is that at the start it was all fresh and "shiny" but after living and walking through life the shine went off and it wasn't good any more. "Let it loose" can also I think mean go wild on the rebound.
Totally agree with you. I also went through a break up around the time I was listening to this song and I completely related with it. I got into a relationship that was never going to make it. Retrospectively he is looking at other couples cynically (as suggested in the first line) and in heinsight can see it was doomed. I also think "corny line" refers to using them as well as hearing. "In the bar getting drunk" is obviously about feeling sorry for yourself. The line "take the shine of your shoes" took me a while to interpret, but what it is to me is that at the start it was all fresh and "shiny" but after living and walking through life the shine went off and it wasn't good any more. "Let it loose" can also I think mean go wild on the rebound.
Agreed.
this is one of the stone's hardest hitting, yet the lyrics, when you understand them, are kind of a letdown. then again, the stones have always been about emotion over cerebral anyway. amazing song. maybe their best.
It'g got great crescendo, great feeling of friendship and love even which feels so touching coming from a band of rogues.
GREAT call johnsville:
I still have little idea what he is singing about.....but Mick really belts it out. Damn shame he isn't saying something worth while.
The draw back to a double album, not enough lyrical ideas to go around.
Still absolute gold.......the piano, backround singers, and horns are so key to Exile
thank you very much , songOfish.
i'll always hear one of my favorates in a new and better and more informed way........and to you i give? Ian brown is the best working musician in the world today. Check him out. Black rebel motorcycle club is a Stones like band. love is the answer...........that and great music.
Late night bedroom blues...more sad stuff from Mick. Some ho-hum lyrics at the start, but this song really centers around a fantastic title phrase "let it loose"...let what loose? could mean a variety of things. To me it evokes the desire to just let your emotions out, letting the tears flow after frustration has been pent up so long. Mick does a great vocal- by the song's end pleading, exhorting himself to let it loose, let it all come down tonight.
Tenementrock pretty much hit it nail on the head for me. <br /> <br /> I've always pictured it as a man sitting at a bar, where the lights are dim, close to the end of the night. After all the pain, finally just letting out everything and breaking down. Tears in the beer, if you will.<br /> <br /> I guess everybody interprets songs based on their own experiences. That just happens to be one of mine that fits rather well.
hey Kra2822 how old are you?! do you have Myspace or AIM?!?
This album is a damn good one for evoking images of bars, and moonlit nights in the deep south, with the smell of tobacco pervading the air.
Totally agree with you. I also went through a break up around the time I was listening to this song and I completely related with it. I got into a relationship that was never going to make it. Retrospectively he is looking at other couples cynically (as suggested in the first line) and in heinsight can see it was doomed. I also think "corny line" refers to using them as well as hearing. "In the bar getting drunk" is obviously about feeling sorry for yourself. The line "take the shine of your shoes" took me a while to interpret, but what it is to me is that at the start it was all fresh and "shiny" but after living and walking through life the shine went off and it wasn't good any more. "Let it loose" can also I think mean go wild on the rebound.