Psyche
Massive Attack Lyrics
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Looking for you in my flashlight, I'm searching
From in the high or down the ocean
And I face myself in reason
Gain the wolf
Gain the wolf
Conjure me as a childSlipping down a web side
Stretch up I cannot reach him
Jumping up they drag him from the water
I watch them march him into life
I watch them take him from the pale
Into the sky for your eagle eye
The sun seeds a sickle and a scythe
Ridicule they won't allow
Quench abuse and let love flower
Rip the cage out of your chest
Let the chaos rule the rest
Show without showing
What you know without knowing
Twigs snap eye/I catch no canoe only you and me
Alone on the old tea hope sea
Dissolving who we are
Call out for yesterdays destiny come
We're on a foreign shore
It was your mark of falling
I was the car still running
And will you call and be assured for life
The sun should have been with me
And I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
The lyrics to Massive Attack's "Psyche" are moody and cryptic, invoking a sense of searching and longing. The first stanza sets the scene: the singer is looking for someone in the woods at night, using a flashlight to search. The second stanza is more surreal, with imagery of a child slipping down a web side and trying to reach something just out of reach. The third stanza brings in more social commentary, speaking of ridicule and abuse not being allowed, and letting chaos rule instead. The final stanza brings a sense of resolution, with the singer calling out for destiny and offering to be someone's shield for life.
Overall, it's difficult to pinpoint exactly what the lyrics are supposed to mean. They are purposefully vague and open to interpretation, allowing the listener to bring their own experiences and feelings to the song. However, one could surmise that the singer is searching for something in themselves or in the world around them, while simultaneously acknowledging the difficulties and challenges that come with that search.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm looking for you in the woods tonight, I'm looking
I'm searching for you in the dark, hoping to find you.
Looking for you in my flashlight, I'm searching
Trying to find you with light in the darkness.
From in the high or down the ocean
Looking for you high and low, far and wide.
And I pace myself in reason
Trying to stay calm and focused while searching.
Gain the wolf
Get the courage and strength of a wolf.
Conjure me as a child
Remember me as a child.
Slipping down a web side
Running through a maze of webs like a spider web.
Stretch up, I cannot reach him
Trying to reach someone or something that is out of reach.
Jumping up, they drag him from the water
Jumping up to try and save someone from drowning.
I watch them march him into life
Observing someone's journey into adulthood.
I watch them take him from the pale
Seeing someone leave their old life behind.
Look to the sky for your eagle eye
Be watchful and alert like an eagle in the sky.
The sun seeds a sickle and a scythe
A symbol of how the sun can both bring life and take it away.
Ridicule they won't allow
Not tolerating or accepting ridicule.
Quench abuse and let love flower
Stopping abuse and allowing love to grow.
Rip the cage out of your chest
Breaking free from emotional constraints and letting your heart fly free.
Let the chaos rule the rest
Allowing chaos to reign in life.
Show without showing
Expressing something without revealing it openly.
What you know without knowing
Knowing something without actually realizing it.
Twigs snap, I catch no canoe only you and me
The two of us are alone in nature without any equipment or means of travel.
Alone on the old teal sea
Feeling alone on the vast, deep blue sea.
Dissolving who we are
Breaking down and losing our individual identities.
Call out for yesterday's destiny come
Requesting the destiny of past times to come back.
We're on a foreign shore
Being in an unfamiliar place.
It was your mark of falling
A sign or indicator of someone falling down.
I was the car still running
Being the only one still functioning in a situation.
And when you call and be your shield for life
Being there for someone to protect them.
And if you feel it you will fly
If you have a certain feeling, you will be able to fly.
The sun should have been with me
Feeling that the sun should have been there to guide or support them.
As I was set to fall in
In the process of falling or losing control.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: GRANTLEY MARSHALL, MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD, NEIL JAMES DAVIDGE, ROBERT DEL NAJA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ridanadeem540
Lyrics:
I'm looking for you in the woods tonight, I'm looking
Looking for you in my flashlight, I'm searching
From in the high or down the ocean
And I face myself in reason
Gain the wolf
Gain the wolf
Conjure me as a child
Slipping down a web side
Stretch up I cannot reach him
Jumping up they drag him from the water
I watch them march him into life
I watch them take him from the pale
Into the sky for your eagle eye
The sun seeds a sickle and a scythe
Ridicule they won't allow
Quench abuse and let love flower
Rip the cage out of your chest
Let the chaos rule the rest
Show without showing
What you know without knowing
Twigs snap eye/I catch no canoe only you and me
Alone on the old tea hope sea
Dissolving who we are
Call out for yesterdays destiny come
We're on a foreign shore
It was your mark of falling
I was the car still running
And will you call and be assured for life
And if you feel it you will fly
The sun should have been with me
And I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
@pat_0248
This is what I have just made understand above, the commercial having become big anything nowadays, (there is practically or rarely more originality in what we can listen to now) Why do you think I just bought Madonna's new album with my eyes closed? well because even without knowing this album, I bought it anyway because none of his previous albums disappointed me, it evolves as the years go by and stays in tune with the times and it is very creative like "Massive Attack" and fortunately some others still, like YELLO, DEPECHE MODE and others still, here! it’s music, real music and not all that music that we’ve been hearing for months that is Style, Latin music for example with always the same rhythms and other copies on others that do the same thing right because it works in the commercial and they make money with it without worrying about anything else, with also always these voices which are more or less treated with a Vocoder, I am tired of hearing here length of days in addition to Hip Hop and Rap and others where everything comes together like 2 drops of water.
But damn it! young listeners have shit in their ears or what? or it's just because they don't care about the quality, the originality of the music, as long as they can move it.
Well me, no! it is good for that that I am very selective for the radios on which I listen to the musics and even more on what I listen to.
I have dozens of CDs but real artists, real bands who are really talented, like Pink Floyd, the Stranglers, Supertramp, OMD, Alan Parson Project, Depeche Mode, New Order etc ... etc ...
Thank you to Massive Attack for composing such music and songs that enhance the image of musical creation in general.
Patrick or Pat W the Persevering or PAT_02 on YouTube and others ...
C'est ce que je viens de faire comprendre plus haut, le commercial étant devenu du gros n'importe quoi de nos jours, ( il n'y a pratiquement ou rarement plus d'originalité dans ce que l'on peut écouter maintenant), d'après vous, pourquoi je viens d'acheter les yeux fermés le nouvel album de Madonna ? et bien parce que même sans le connaître cet album, je l'ai acheté quand même parce que aucuns de ses précédents albums m'ont déçu, elle évolue au fur et à mesure des années écoulées et reste dans l'air du temps et elle est très créative comme "Massive Attack" et heureusement certains autres encore, comme YELLO, DEPECHE MODE et autres encore, çà ! c'est de la musique, de la vraie et non pas toutes ces musiques que l'on entend depuis des mois qui sont du Style, musiques latines par exemple avec toujours les mêmes rythmiques et autres copies sur les autres qui font la même chose juste parce que ça marche dans le commercial et qu'ils se font du fric avec sans se soucier d'autre chose, avec aussi toujours ces voix qui sont plus ou moins traitées avec un Vocodeur, moi j'en ai marre d'entendre çà à longueur de journées en plus du Hip Hop et du Rap et autres où tout se qui se ressembles comme 2 gouttes d'eau.
Mais bon sang ! les jeunes auditeurs ont de la merde dans les oreilles ou quoi ? ou c'est juste parce que ils se fichent de la qualité, de l'originalité des musiques, du moment qu'ils peuvent remuer dessus.
Et bien moi, non ! c'est bien pour çà que je suis très sélectif pour les radios sur lesquelles j'écoute les musiques et encore plus sur ce que j'écoute.
J'ai des dizaines de CD mais de vrais artistes, de vrais groupes qui sont vraiment talentueux, comme Pink Floyd, the Stranglers, Supertramp, OMD, Alan Parson Project, Depeche Mode, New Order etc... etc ...
Merci à Massive Attack de nous composer de telles musiques et chansons qui redore le Blason de la création musicale en général.
Patrick ou Pat W le Persévérant ou PAT_02 sur YouTube et autres...
@henriqueramos3197
"Psyche"
[Verse 1: Martina Topley-Bird]
I'm looking for you in the woods tonight, I'm looking
Looking for you in my flashlight, I'm searching
From in the high or down the ocean
And I face myself in reason
Gain the wolf
Gain the wolf
[Verse 2: Martina Topley-Bird]
Conjure me as a child
Slipping down a wet side
Stretch up, I cannot reach him
Jumping up, they drag him from the water
I watch them march him into life
I watch them take him from the pain
Into the sky for your eagle eye
The sun seeds a sickle and a scythe
[Verse 3: Martina Topley-Bird]
Ridicule they won't allow
Quench abuse and let love flower
Rip the cage out of your chest
Let the chaos rule the rest
Show without showing
What you know without knowing
Twigs snap, I catch
No canoe, only you and me
Alone on the old teal sea
[Verse 4: Martina Topley-Bird]
Dissolving who we are
Call out for yesterday's destiny gone
We're on a foreign shore
It was the mark of falling
I was the car still running
And when you call I'll be your shield for life
And if you feel it, you'll fly
The sunset begging me
[Outro: Martina Topley-Bird]
And I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
Written By Grantley “Daddy G” Marshall, Martina Topley-Bird, Neil Davidge & Robert “3D” del Naja
Album HELIGOLAND (2010)
@marijanikolic4471
I'm looking for you in the woods tonight, I'm looking
Looking for you in my flashlight, I'm searching
From in the high or down the ocean
And I face myself in reason
Gain the wolf
Gain the wolf
Conjure me as a child
Slipping down a webside
Stretch up I cannot reach him
Jumping up they drag him from the water
I watch them march him into life
I watch them take him from the pale
Into the sky for your eagle eye
The sun seeds a sickle and a scythe
Ridicule they won't allow
Quench abuse and let love flower
Rip the cage out of your chest
Let the chaos rule the rest
Show without showing
What you know without knowing
Twigs snap eye / I catch no canoe only you and me
Alone on the old tea hope sea
Dissolving who we are
Call out for yesterdays destiny come
We're on a foreign shore
It was your mark of falling
I was the car still running
And will you call and be assured for life
And if you feel it you will fly
The sun should have been with me
When I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
@henriqueramos3197
MASSIVE ATTACK - THE KINGS OF TRIP HOP!
Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall.
The debut Massive Attack album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single "Unfinished Sympathy" reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME. 1998's Mezzanine (containing the top 10 single "Teardrop") and 2003's 100th Window charted in the UK at number one. Both Blue Lines and Mezzanine feature in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Throughout their history, Massive Attack have been supporters and activists for political, human rights and environmental causes.
The discography of British trip hop band Massive Attack consists of five studio albums, three compilation albums, five remix albums, one soundtrack album, five extended plays, eighteen singles and twenty-seven music videos. The group was founded in 1988 by musicians Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall, and Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles in Bristol, England. Prior to the formation of Massive Attack, all four were members of British sound system The Wild Bunch.
Massive Attack's debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, and was a pioneering force in the forming of the fusion genre dubbed trip hop. Blue Lines peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified Double Platinum in the United Kingdom. The album spawned four singles, three of which charted in the top 100 of the UK Singles Chart. In 1994, Massive Attack released their second album, Protection, which peaked at number 4 in the UK. In 1998, the group released their third album, Mezzanine, which peaked at number 1 in the UK and Australia, and was the group's first release to chart in the United States. 100th Window was released in 2003, peaking at number 1 in the UK and three other countries.
In 2006, Massive Attack released Collected, a compilation of the group's singles and music videos. The compilation charted in seven countries, and was certified platinum in the UK. Their fifth studio album Heligoland was released in 2010. It peaked at number 6 in the UK and was certified Gold.
And I have the great honor of having in my discography the five studio CD-albums of this band from Bristol, including, of course, the CD-album of the first greatest hits collection of this wonderful band that inspired a musical genre that was very successful during the nineties and early 2000s. Therefore, I have the CD-album BLUE LINES (1991) remastered, just one unit. Then I have only one unit of the wonderful work entitled PROTECTION (1994). I still have the group's biggest commercial success, originally released in 1998, MEZZANINE. There are four copies of this CD-album! It follows 100TH WINDOWS (2003), only one drive also in CD format. I still have two copies, always in CD-album format, of the greatest hits collection released in 2006, COLLECTED. And finally, at least until now, and also on CD-album, Massive Attack's fifth studio work, HELIGOLAND (2010). Altogether there are ten CD-albums! I hope Massive Attack will continue to edit new music in the future. Honestly, I miss them. I consider myself a big fan of this group because of their musical genre. I keep good music and good artists in my heart, as I buy their records!
Heligoland is the fifth studio album by English electronic music duo Massive Attack, released on 8 February 2010 by Virgin Records. Named after a German archipelago, it was their first studio album in seven years, following 100th Window (2003). It has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
The record primarily features vocals from Horace Andy, as well as a number of guest vocalists: Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz, Hope Sandoval of Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions and Mazzy Star, Guy Garvey of Elbow and Martina Topley-Bird. Further contributions include guitar by Adrian Utley of Portishead (on "Saturday Come Slow"), keys from Portishead collaborator John Baggott (most notably on "Atlas Air"), keys and synth bass from Damon Albarn ("Splitting the Atom" and "Flat of the Blade" respectively), guitar (various tracks) and bass ("Girl I Love You") by Neil Davidge, bass by Billy Fuller of Beak (various tracks) and drumming from both the late Jerry Fuchs and regular Massive Attack session and touring drummer Damon Reece.
Dan Brown and Stew Jackson (Robot Club) co-wrote "Paradise Circus", played guitar on and co-wrote "Saturday Come Slow", and part-programmed and engineered those tracks. Tim Goldsworthy contributed additional production (specific tracks unstated). Most tracks were mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent and mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis Studios, as with previous records. Unlike previous records, there are no personal acknowledgements on the inlay. Most tracks were co-produced by Neil Davidge and Robert Del Naja; Grant Marshall only contributed production to "Splitting The Atom", "Paradise Circus" and "Saturday Come Slow", but co-wrote every track. The album is dedicated to the memory of Blue Lines co-producer, Jonny Dollar.
The album's release was preceded by the release of the Splitting the Atom EP on October 4, 2009. During its development, the album was often referred to in the media as "LP5" (a reference to this being their fifth studio album) or "Weather Underground" (Robert Del Naja's early working title).
The artwork, as with every Massive Attack album since Protection, is a collaboration between Tom Hingston and Del Naja, this time based on Del Naja's paintings. For an advertisement campaign on the London Underground, local traffic authority Transport for London insisted the cover image featured on advertising posters be altered so as not to resemble "street art", obliging the artists to remove drips and fuzz from the original image; this was intended to conform with their policy to not encourage graffiti.
Many other guest vocalists recorded sessions in the time after 100th Window but did not end up being featured on the album. These include: Stephanie Dosen, Yolanda Quartey of Phantom Limb – effectively Robot Club's band) and Jhelisa (Anderson, who had previously recorded in 2002 in the studio for material that was not included on 100th Window); and, mostly before the release of Collected – Mike Patton, Aku and Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh and Devang Shah of Dragons of Zynth, Elizabeth Fraser, Terry Callier, Fredo Viola, Debbie Clare, Beth Orton and Dot Allison. Mos Def and Leslie Feist were named as artists scheduled for recording sessions back in 2004. Backing tracks from Grant Marshall's side of Massive Attack's writing (mainly facilitated by and done with Robot Club) are known to have been sent to Alice Russell, and prepared for Sharon Jones, Patti Smith and David Bowie during the era but collaboration did not come to fruition, nor did talks with Tom Waits or Tricky, in terms of featuring as guest vocalists on the record. Post-punks Mark Stewart and Keith Levene were pictured inside Del Naja's 100 Suns studio in 2009, but played no part on the album.
The track "Girl I Love You", one of multiple tracks featuring Horace Andy, is a drastically reworked version of a song originally written by Andy during his solo career.
@henriqueramos3197
"Psyche"
[Verse 1: Martina Topley-Bird]
I'm looking for you in the woods tonight, I'm looking
Looking for you in my flashlight, I'm searching
From in the high or down the ocean
And I face myself in reason
Gain the wolf
Gain the wolf
[Verse 2: Martina Topley-Bird]
Conjure me as a child
Slipping down a wet side
Stretch up, I cannot reach him
Jumping up, they drag him from the water
I watch them march him into life
I watch them take him from the pain
Into the sky for your eagle eye
The sun seeds a sickle and a scythe
[Verse 3: Martina Topley-Bird]
Ridicule they won't allow
Quench abuse and let love flower
Rip the cage out of your chest
Let the chaos rule the rest
Show without showing
What you know without knowing
Twigs snap, I catch
No canoe, only you and me
Alone on the old teal sea
[Verse 4: Martina Topley-Bird]
Dissolving who we are
Call out for yesterday's destiny gone
We're on a foreign shore
It was the mark of falling
I was the car still running
And when you call I'll be your shield for life
And if you feel it, you'll fly
The sunset begging me
[Outro: Martina Topley-Bird]
And I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
Written By Grantley “Daddy G” Marshall, Martina Topley-Bird, Neil Davidge & Robert “3D” del Naja
Album HELIGOLAND (2010)
@pat_0248
Magnificent both the music and the song as these beautiful images ...
I like music that has never been heard anywhere, avant-garde music like yours.
My listeners and fellow musicians say that I also make "avant-garde" music so it's a pleasure for me to discover music and songs like this one, it's a treat for my demanding ears and for my equally demanding eyes, Thank you for composing such timeless music that changes us from everything else so too commercial and where many copy and we end up hearing the same thing everywhere, but not with you and some others that I love .
Patrick or Pat W the Persevering or PAT_02 on YouTube and others ...
Magnifique aussi bien la musique et le chant que ces belles images...
j'aime des musiques qui n'ont jamais été entendues nul part, des musiques d'avant-garde comme les vôtres.
Mes Auditeurs et confrères musiciens disent que je fais de la musique également "d'avant-garde" alors c'est un plaisir pour moi de découvrir des musiques et chansons comme celle ci, c'est un régal pour mes oreilles exigeantes et pour mes yeux tout aussi exigeants, Merci de composer de telles musiques hors du temps qui nous changent de tout le reste tellement trop commercial et où beaucoup se copient et on fini par entendre la même chose partout, mais pas avec vous et certains autres que j'affectionne.
Patrick ou Pat W le Persévérant ou PAT_02 sur YouTube et autres...
@craigh5236
Massive Attack always has the most wonderfully looking videos.
@samo-ko299
this song helped me through a very rough and tough time. never was the "lyrical" type, was more paying attention to the melody. Felt so understood and music soothed my faulty soul
@DBCnadadia
Same to me... Is like a lullaby... So calming... Im finding myself again
@giisellegaalvan1996
this has been taking me out of depression since 2017 ♡☆
"conjure me as child" & "quench abuse and let love flower" has such a spiritual meaning to me that i cannot begin to explain how it moves me but... yeah;
forever grateful to massive attack and CTB for this anthem ♡
@Davivd2
If you haven't heard it already, check out the Flash Treatment mix.
@kiddoa4590
Same
@synaesthete81
This is how I hear music. It takes a very long time to 'hear' the words. I feel the song before I even understand it, the words come much later. And when it comes, it's a beautiful kind of synergy that feels like hearing the song for the first time. That's what's beautiful about music like this. No matter where you are or how you hear it, you can be touched and changed in that moment.
@ssellers1870
My favorite Massive Attack song, I fell in love with someone to this song. Lots of unexplored possibilities in this song.
@bierlichen1
Good luck my friend.
@joatellez
This is the original song https://youtu.be/78593Ogzvy0