Protection
Massive Attack %26 Tracey Thorn Lyrics

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Alcest La nuit comme une toile Suspendue s′effondre Et j'entends en…
Allday Oh, my baby now, if you knew But you only look…
B. Davis Baby your glowing You make me weak at the knees Woah Girl I'…
Behind The Scenes Yes, it's true I'll keep on loving you Tears were bitter-swe…
Ben Folds Tourists wear their wallets in high places when abroad So as…
Ben Folds Five Tourists wear their wallets in high places when abroad So…
Bis Stop me, it's a red light Do the same for you,…
Bruce Springsteen Night after night I keep holding on You say you love me Then…
Cassius OOOOOOOH He had OOOOOOOH Ahhhhhh AHHHH I din't wanna wait F…

Cassius/Gladys Gambie OOOOOOOH He had OOOOOOOH Ahhhhhh AHHHH I din't wanna …
Circle Jerks Take care beware you need protection Like the monkey in the…
Code 64 I'm sorry, but I'm not happy I am sorry if…
Dave Dobbyn Protection it could be a friend of blame Protection someone …
Donna Summer Night after night I keep holding on You say you love me Then…
Embrace It wasn't perfection I was expecting When I met you it's…
Emma Ruth Rundle oh heaven sends him down to me and he's got everything…
Everything But the Girl This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone…
Everything But The Girl/Massive Attack This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyon…
Everything But the Girl/Massive Attack/Tracey Thorn This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone…
Fischer Z Pulling on the clothes that never really fit. Hoping she ca…
Florent Pagny (Peter Kingsberry/Dimitri Ticovoi - Bruno Jardel - Peter Kin…
Fury In The Slaughterhouse Pulling on the clothes that never really fit Hoping she…
Future of Forestry You been tired, been told, been scolded I want to reach…
GP & The Episodes Capo at 2 (intro D Em G Em D Em…
Graham Parker So all of you be damned we can't have heaven…
Graham Parker The Rumour Capo at 2 (intro D Em G Em D Em…
Graham Parker And The Rumour So all of you be damned we can't have heaven…
Graham Parker/The Rumor/The Rumour Capo at 2 (intro D Em G Em D Em…
Gregory Isaacs No one else but you Protect me from my friends Now that…
Item.Code I'm sorry, but I'm not happy I am sorry if I…
Joolz It seems our fate was planned before we met, Some…
Kari Bremnes I always trusted my protection Such a long time to be…
Karina Madeya Wake from your stupor Your wounds are utter horror But he ke…
Kent I tried so hard to make yousmile For once I tried…
Kiana Ledé Weight on my shoulders, I can bear it all But when…
KITCHEN - Massive Attack This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone…
Krezip The things you're doing are illegal in your own country So…
Liars Do you remember when we were Going out for lifeguards And sn…
Lindee Link I have built you up To the sky and back again But…
LIVING ROOM - Massive Attack This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone…
Lucinda Williams I was [?] as God is the witness, a crowdie…
Massive Attack This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone…
Massive Attack/Musicfire.in This girl I know needs some shelter But she don't…
Massive Attack;Tracey Thorn This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone…
Miklian If only I could explain That we've chosen the wrong way This…
Movements I over think too much And this weight becomes too heavy…
Ninjaman Whoa I, know Yeah I I know I believe I believe the chi…
Ninjaman [feat. Courtney Melody] Whoa I, know Yeah I I know I believe I believe the children…
Ofln - Massive Attack This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone…
Parker Graham & The Rumour So all of you be damned we can't have heaven…
Peachkka I'm back with one more affirmation This one is all about…
Phat Chance Nobody knows my problems But they come to me with all…
Portishead & Massive Attack This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone…
Protection Pre>capo at 2 (intro d em g em d Em g …
protoje A word unto the wise is enough You can look but…
Sammy Hagar Lay down your arms Go in peacefully Lay down your…
Springer So let us all know You are here to protect Yeah let…
Sub-Zero They was some lost souls Said I won't leave you but…
Suburban Lawns Look farther, see beyond your first step Is it what you…
The Division Wow! How cute! What a guy! The kind that makes my mouth…
Toyalove Father I need your protection Protection Shower me down with…
Tracey Thorn & Massive Attack This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone…
Tristania There’s a maze Of nights and days You don’t fear the time …
TW3LVE When it's only you and me Baby when I'm all inside You…
V. Sinclair Tourists wear their wallets in high places when abroad So as…
´ó¾Ù½ø¹¥(Massive Attack) Tracy Thorn This girl I know needs some shelter She don't b…

水樹奈々背中見せて笑ってる時代で驚く様な裏切りは当然惑わされず綺麗に生きて行こう繰り返されても変わらない強さで時には気力…

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@kw271

1y↑10

I once met an old buddhist monk that was giving a buddhist talk on arresting the 5 poisons ( AKA 5 destructive emotions) in us as we go through life to created good karma and cessation of negative karma.

He instructed the attendees on reciting some buddhist MANTRA, which is a phrase, rhythmic or musical, again and again, until the negative feeling ceases.

I'd like to think that this song is your beautiful mantra for patience and compassion and care for your patients as you help them.

The monk also said that one day when we all leave this realm and we reach rhe afterlife, no matter where our negative karmas might impede us, mantras recited with sincerity and positivity would transport us to a place or state of being that is reflective of the mantra's purpose and purity.

When i read what you wrote, i'd like to imagine sometime in the future when you move beyond this world, it is this, your beautiful mantra that will bring you a place of protection too.

All comments from YouTube:

@clumpft

9y↑259

This song is fucking immortal.

@phlypped

2y↑1

Why wouldn’t it be?

@pici5533

2y↑1.2K

I remember tripping acid in NYC one night, walking the tracks. Passing by apartments and buildings, peering inside every lit window from a far. Seeing everyone's personal little world. A little piece of everyone's life as I pass by. This video brings me back to those moments. Wishing and hoping everyone is doing alright.

@Braxas666

2y↑39

Thanks internet friend

@iwantt40z9

2y↑16

I love this

@jazzyshizzyyea6843

1y↑8

Playmobile world. Everything so small trully.

@noandnotopman3747

1y↑17

I used to do the same thing in the uk miss them fun days😅

@padwak82able

1y↑7

Golden

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@j4stice746

3y↑13

I had a little girl almost 2 years ago. Things didnt work out between her mom and I, now I go see her when I have time off work. I dont get to see her as much as I would like. I miss her. I come to places like this when I miss her more than I normally do. I adore her. I imagine sometimes when she is older we might listen to this song together, and some of my other favourite songs. Music has always been my solace, my safe place and my saviour. To all the single dads out there- keep strong, and keep your head level. Much love.

@changingthelawsofphysics

3w↑1

She knows you love her. She loves you too.

🙏🏻💙

@smoochygirl9912

1y↑214

I was 15 when this song came out, 29 years later I am still listening to this. This song is timeless.

@lollylula6399

32w↑7

Same, I was 15 when this came out. At 17 I would smoke a spliff, my fleece hoodie on, fall to sleep with this playing. I felt so lost and alone. Now I feel alone but not lonely and not lost. I have so much love and so much strength in me now.

@geoffjewkes6887

31w↑4

Tracey Thorn has one hell of a voice.

@twosixtwosixfivetwo

31w↑5

15 year old here now. Had no idea this was twice as old as I am. Time is weird. 😵‍💫

@kuchino

26w↑2

you mean came out on youtube? this song came out 1994.

@xxxUclaSurferxxx

24w

Rip Bradley. Hope you're hearing this in heaven.

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@filmstaratease

3y↑648

CLASSIC

Tracey Thorn, one of the greatest female voices in pop music ever!

@thomasford5813

3y↑14

Sublime voice and presence

@nodyourhead

3y↑22

The girl had everything

@subarubrat

3y↑10

Absolutely! Totally and criminally underrated!

@TheIroningSheik

3y↑7

She don't get no respect

@robk3572

3y↑1

Magic ☮️👍

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@CristinaTomas-xd6dk

15w↑32

For me, Massive Attack is one of the Best bands ever!

@carlgibbons4900

12w

Absolutely

@justindawson5930

4y↑1.8K

This is one of the best songs ever made.

@hitbox524

4y↑14

Soul music is found every now and then :)

@christopherdeftones2878

4y↑5

Hell yeah homies😎🙌🙌🙌

@Marv_0815

4y↑12

Justin Dawson ...and music videos.

@pdrg

4y↑7

@@Marv_0815 Gondry. Always brilliant!

@joycecrawford4700

4y↑26

Tracey Thom! absolutely sheer underestimated class vocals, instantly recognisable voice!

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@fazertace6837

3y↑909

Its astonishing the amount of brilliant music that has come out of the British Isles over the last 60 years.

@joncoish

3y↑19

It really is

@raspberry5314

3y↑7

just realysed it is so!!

@beno4014

3y↑5

You’re welcome 😉

@A2theK734

3y↑5

🇺🇸 ⚡️ DeeTroit Techno City ✨ ;D 🇬🇧 🇮🇪

@maksphoto78

Grabs your comment.

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@Battlachaser

13w↑6

This is what you call a "Timeless Classic" ❤

@claire81074

3y↑226

you can't change the way she feels
But you could put your arms around her... Amazing and powerful lyrics ❤️❤️

@scrimblenib

2y↑4

You should always be able to put your arm around her xx

@enricovankeeken1624

2y↑1

@@scrimblenib Ánd hIs?!!!

@thothkemet-lv8wq

35w↑2

The singer is the lead singer from Everything but the Girl

@joeltravels8983

34w

Yes

@fabiobaruffolo9985

34w↑1

Massive Attack's best track since Unfinished Sympathy

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@alanblake2306

48w↑27

The world is mad. I go out the back and put the music on. I play this all the time. I will love it forever.

@trakzerak735

2y↑338

Three things I like the most about this song:
1 - Tracey Thorn's voice!
2 - The beats!
3 - The part where the piano starts till the very end!

@caleron0

2y↑8

4 - everything

@trakzerak735

2y↑1

@@caleron0 Yup!

@audioamateur

2y↑2

the rain drops at the end :)

@trakzerak735

2y↑2

@@audioamateur I forgot about the rain, dude!

@a.bettik8698

1y↑4

but also the theme, the lyrics, the video. It all works together to paint a very specific feeling, that has no name, but Massive Attack orchestrated a song, for us to put our finger on it. That's the genius of Massive Attack.

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@emg8372

5y↑402

My dad used to play this . Rest in peace . You opened up my ears to some amazing music x

@mateoreyes9827

3y↑10

I'd love to have met your father. Greetings from Mexico.
I lived in Bristol for a year.

@jewel8425

2y↑4

I never met him but I love your dad

@dean8705

2y↑8

Lost my dad two months ago. I can relate to this. He also loved Massive Attack x

@abrahamhernadez8232

2y↑4

My condolences listening to this song is like your father were protecting you

@a-gaelleb.6066

1y↑1

🙏🙏Like Mine played Guitar...... Your Dad May be with mine somewhere playing Music......... 😔🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠

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@wingboy099

7y↑156

Fuck I love Massive Attack. No other music evokes the same emotion.

@passiveagressive4983

Yep

@badbotchdown9845

When you makes love under influence it catches you very high

@craigferguson5509

3y↑124

Will always be my favourite MA track, and that's no easy feat. There is an intelligence to Massive's music. The spirituality and depth of emotion through the lyrics and chords, that relentless, elongated bass beat and beautiful, simple piano melody...it's timeless and gives me ultra-frisson every time I listen to it (which must be going on 10,000 times since 1995)!

@ulrikwinther221

32w↑1

Same here 😊✌️✌️

@blornblad4381

3y↑165

Starting in the mid to late 90s, I would periodically catch a few seconds of this song while watching episodes of the first few seasons of the real world, but I was never able to find out any information about this track. No internet, mid 90s, you know the rest. It wasn’t until 2005, and completely by chance that I finally found this gem. Words could scarcely convey the absolute fucking elation and gratification I experienced when the case of the magical mystery song was finally brought to justice. Surely, everyone has had mystery songs that took a short eternity for them to find. What an experience to have.

@MachineGr00ve

3y↑3

The same happened to me a couple of times. Fellow 90ies kid, here.😊

@Adderkleet

3y↑3

I had that same situation with Unfinished Symphony. Just kept catching bits of it, couldn't quite remember the lyrics. Then boom - full track (and the internet existed). Immediately bought Blue Lines.

@angelah6357

Luv your comment.

@legspin

2y↑1

Two come to mind.
Pulstar by Vangelis. Heard it as a kid in the UK. in the mid 70's as the theme tune for a tv show on the BBC but never knew what it was called. Took seventeen years to find out that one when a mate at college stuck on a random tape one night and started blaring it out.
Even better though was Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck. Same basic start to the story but it only concluded when the yt algorithm shoved it under my nose about four years ago.

@simonmiller5165

2y↑2

A world before Shazam..

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@mortisxx5712

4y↑504

What Massive Attack, EBTG and Portishead (and probably others) did during that period was groundbreaking, no less.

@arnsteinkjos1771

4y↑17

Add faithless,evanescence,cypress hill

@tomas_horn

4y↑9

I was there at their peak...heady days...pure nostalgia

@hectoralfonsotovar9568

4y↑22

So true. Massive Attack and Portishead literally changed my mind during the 90´s. I just can thank them.

@Waxadisc

4y↑27

The whole movement was just incredibly creative. Not forgetting Tricky, Mo Wax, James Lavelle, DJ Shadow etc. All that music against the back drop of britpop and the club scene too. So much music to choose from. :)

@jambammz9908

4y↑15

Bristol.

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@tsr207

37w↑14

Heard this song once - missed the title as the car I was in went through a tunnel - many years later in a store in Liverpool the girl on the counter play this - the same tremor went through me as the first time - luckily she gave me the title. Know nothing about music - but this is tremendous and so wonderful to hear each time !

@MrWeezeloner

26w↑1

You know enough to know this is a great track. This is from Massive Attack's second album Protection. Their next album is their most well known album and my personal favorite. Mezzanine.

The vocals you hear in this song belong to Tracey Thorn. You've most likely heard her voice before. She's a part of a duo called Everything But the Girl. They had a really big hit song called Missing. The song was famous but there is a remix of the song that is even more famous.

@supersimplifiedhistory

2y↑92

Shout out to all trauma survivors who feel this in their soul. Believe you can heal, know you are loved. You are here for a special purpose, hang on 💖💖💖

@martinbremner5462

1y↑6

Love what u said there definitely struck a chord in my heart.
God bless xx

@Elizabeth-Luvz-JESUS

1y↑2

Thank you💖

@pablopicasso3122

1y↑9

Likewise shout out to all of the empathetic people out there that have seen people hurting or suffering and decided that though walking away could be easiest, that they couldn't forgive themselves if they left that person there just the way they found them.

@philbogle9188

Love to live, live to love especially if it didn’t happen to you 💚

@vicareyously7687

9w↑3

Featured on Netflix’s #oneday. Wow this show and its soundtrack 1988-2000’s… freaking fire 🔥

@poisondalilah

44w↑26

I will always remember Massive Attack for the beauty of their lyrics, the sweetness of the vocalist's voice and the innovative sound and videoclips.

@noelarmstrong1917

37w

Just been reading Tracy Thorns biography, she says she wrote the lyrics in 10 minutes !

@marcoismissing

7y↑23

That 303 bass is like butter!

@therealdeepo

yeah definitively :)

@eden6605

3y↑95

I love all intellectual, intelligent, spiritual and honest human beings... Sure there are many of you watching this....

@enricovankeeken9503

How 'bout the crazy, Lazy ones who've got norhing to give? From #Karmacoma X :-)

@robertmorris9133

3y↑1

So nice and refreshing to hear of someone with such positive vibration , karen morris 😇😄

@enricovankeeken9503

@@robertmorris9133 emoji's are ~ in a way ~ dangerous things :-) I now wonder if / how Karen & Robert are related ...Will you free me from curiosity?

@robertmorris9133

3y↑1

We r one of the same karen is my night name and Rob my day 🤣😇

@enricovankeeken9503

@@robertmorris9133 wishing Rob a good day, and ~ for Later ~ Karen, have a good night

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@maxvolume890

3y↑29

Always wanted this as the first dance at my wedding. My ex didn't. Really glad now as I can still listen to it without a bad memory.

@netofernandez9923

4y↑57

This song is more Sunday than Sunday itself.

@gerdalva5720

3y↑1

Fo real

@lordtekno

2y↑25

No matter how time will pass, this track will remain one of the best ever. It's so deep...

@snowfalltimbre

3y↑133

A perfect song. Astonishing still, almost 27 years later.

@SOak145

3y↑1

@@wonkyal3097 Why does less informed necessarily equate to Blur and Oasis ? Bit of an uneccesssarily subjective overgeneralisation that isn't it ?

@mortisxx5712

3y↑2

Strange, isn't it? When I grew up, I did not at all understand the 50's and 60's music my parents had listened to 10 or 20 years earlier (like Stones, Beatles and Elvis) And although I can appreciate all of the the three today , I'd never put them up on a Spotify playlist. I totally agree with you, though. This song will stay with me for the rest of my life.

@Redeyedvideo

17w

Make that 30

@@mortisxx5712

@thedalillama

3y↑41

Decades of her voice. Very calming. Something so simple that adds to one's life. A stranger's voice. Crazy.

@Crazyuncle1

5y↑33

I love her voice. This song is a trip without drugs. Thanks.

@hypnopompicstate9910

5y↑3

Who needs drugs when you can really connect to music?

@Crazyuncle1

5y↑3

Amanda H Exactly!

@beno4014

3y↑46

Nobody will ever make a track like this again

@subarubrat

3y↑54

Massive Attack have done so many brilliant tunes, but this is the best. Tracey Thorn's vocals are sublime.

@mondoflambe8522

3y↑40

The world needs this song more than ever in 2020-21 !

@enricovankeeken9503

How now if you'd want to embrace someone, or the other way 'round?

@mondoflambe8522

@@enricovankeeken9503 or maybe likewise sideways ?

@enricovankeeken9503

@@mondoflambe8522 you, or ~ actually ~ the person Órdering you to write to me will have to be more specific .. Í am not the one using all kinds of $hittY fake names here.._

@alexracz-schwenk4488

5y↑135

Mentally I would play this track over and over in my mind tending to all the people I cared for as a nurse...gave me strength
Helped me through some dark times

@Zoe-dr5ps

2y↑1

That's really nice 🙂

@kw271

1y↑10

@ThE4EvRPs3GaMeR

That's beautiful! <3

@vkaras6591

40w

Thank you...

@clstile

I love this comment! My mother Roberta(RIP)was a nurse .. she was such a caring and beautiful person.. much peace and love to all the nurses out there! The ones that truly care!! You are appreciated!

@barcyorky

8y↑511

Genius track and still as fresh 22 years on. Tracey's voice is like a healing medicine.

@streetrc4499

5y↑4

Still is now ❤

@s.o.shumanbeing7909

5y↑1

Word Bro Sounds goes in the Soul ❣️

@killaklownwerld3614

5y↑1

Quarter of a century now!

@karenpearce5213

to M

@leeellis4501

Tracey Thorn........... drum and bass a marriage in heaven

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@rowlandwright

3y↑79

Still gives me chills. As a parent it reaches me so much more than it did when I first heard and loved it.

@allankelly5601

2y↑2

I know exactly what you mean.

@deniselofton2281

4w↑2

The movie "One Day" brought me here. Beautiful song.❤

@johndoyle486

3y↑233

26 years old and it sounds like it was recorded 5 weeks ago.

@threethrushes

3y↑4

Fresh. 25 years in the blink of an eye.

@neindanke84

3y↑7

typisch massive attack... I bought the album mezzanine in 1998 (was 14 years old) and it is still one of my absolutely favourites!!!!

@gergelymarko

3y↑5

Actually this sounds better thanks to being recorded 26 years ago. No autotune, little compression on the original record.
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=&album=protection

@mellie4679

3y↑1

holy fuck it's been 26years??

@lukoscreyden

3y↑1

I would've been 4 when this track was released. I must've heard it when I was very young, as I have always loved it and I get a very warm feeling of nostalgia from it.

Massive Attack really are amazing, as is Tracey Thorn.

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@dloren2010

3y↑103

“And I miss Tracey Thorn, like the deserts miss the rain!!”

@lamontoify

3y↑5

Everything but the girl, my mom played that song too death, those were good days.

@mortisxx5712

3y↑2

So true

@ronj9933

3y↑2

I believe she writes but doesn’t make new music, I think. She’s more focused on family. You have to hand it to her for not cowing to the corporate machine, EBTG could have been a mega-band.

@cherrystarzzz

3y↑37

When Tracey Thorn received the request to sing on this song, her band EBTG was in decline, then out of the blue, this was released to huge critical acclaim and the EBTG track Missing which was a flop the year before was remixed by Todd Terry becoming a huge hit also. Funny how the world works for some artists. A magnificent voice with a stunning backing track. The mid 90's was where it was at.

@melindawakley7859

3y↑4

Yes. That’s true. I remember these events. It was amazing how EBTG came back from nowhere. And thank god they did. Missing is quite an emotional song for me. As is this one.

@SquidProQuo80

2y↑3

EBTG went through hell just a few years before and Tracey's husband Ben nearly died of a terrible illness so that's why their career was in decline... they weren't sure if they would ever be able to play music again. Thank God they never gave up because the best of their career was yet to come!

@torreador1972

2y↑1

I first heard her voice on Each and Everyone back in 1984. Absolutely amazing back then.

@MrWeezeloner

26w

@@SquidProQuo80 They have a new album out the video for the first single. The song is called 'Nothing Left to Lose' The sound, her voice, the vibe. They still got it.

@grantdeals

1y↑7

This is a covering velvet for any fragile human soul. Protection. Masterpiece in every sense.

@philbogle9188

4y↑56

Never turn your back on anyone who is struggling with life and needs a wingman we are all part of something way greater than ourselves! Live to love! Love to live.

@brettpotter5506

8y↑27

Tracey thorn is magic. This simply is an excellent example of brilliant music from the 90s.

Make them like this anymore, I doubt it

@DeeDeeZoso

Defo. The 90's was a top era for music, Massive Attack played their part. I won't bother telling you my views on current 'music' haha ;-)

@nathanfox3554

4y↑27

Thank you Tracey Thorn for singing like a bird. Bless you girl.
my wife walked down the aisle to this. gives me butterflies everytime
This masterpiece is definitely in the top 5 best trip hop songs ever.

@lgd1974

1y↑18

At first I thought this song was about romantic love, but actually this song is about all sorts of love. Romantic, parent-child, friendship. It's about sticking up for someone, protecting them and making them stronger, but also accepting them for who they are, flaws and all. We protect the ones we love, and we love the ones who protect us. Parents, siblings, friends, partners.

@claudiabrasil207

1y↑1

Perfect!!

@jonparker1194

1y↑1

Yep!

@nevermind-wp3bf

43w

yep!

@BitLoreAnimation

33w↑3

I remember that time in the mid 90s when this CD dropped. After all those years it never got old.

@FusionHowie

16w↑5

In case you want to hear what a perfect song sounds like.....Please hit replay! Peace from Detroit MI.

@kchughes7901

5w↑2

the planet has fallen off it's spindle. Protection is what we all need. thanks Massive Attack

@highsmythmusic3577

4y↑15

Still sounds utterly brilliant..Tracey Thorn is such an underrated singer and the way the music builds is genius..

@AndreaWeihaar-jk9dg

1y↑8

Piece of art

@purplehaazebee1649

5y↑34

One of the sexiest songs ever written.

@angelicaryans8819

3y↑2

Yes

@dizzee6089

3y↑6

Not too sexy for me (personally) more wholesome and feel good. Sheltering someone when they need it, being ones protection. Makes me feel very good inside

@joshuawhiteshirt1848

4y↑45

This is one of the most powerful songs ever made, Love it to this day

@ImRestored-dq4ho

49w

Song of the siren is damm sweet

@YuriPrado

2y↑43

I'm so glad to see here so many of you appreciating this masterpiece like I do. This song speaks volumes in times like these and the importance of the human soul, and the fact that we are all connected. This has to be one of the most important songs ever composed! Bravo Massive Attack and Tracy Thorn!

@alangastellou

7y↑365

So proud to be part of that late 80's, full 90's and early 2000's generation.

@AristograntusMCMLXXX

7y↑6

Same Here.

@Twistedhippy

6y↑6

Great isn't it? 😁

@foleysurf6058

6y↑7

Best music era for sure

@BigBoss1982

6y↑24

Same here man. We r old now but we were part of something amazing. Nowadays ppl don't know some many good vibes and values. Just fucking social media and shity non worthy plastic music in media.

@braddonnell3920

6y↑16

You mean the last generation to not have its soul completely stolen by the Internet?
Yes, I wish I was younger. Being in your early 40s ain't cute. But so grateful that I got to experience the world when it was real and not just this digital crap.

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@colski3953

20w↑15

Hands down one of the best tracks I’ve ever heard. The youth today will never have anything memorable to reflect on the past like our generation did. Was a great time to be alive. Peace and love

@jaredburgess8381

20w↑4

As much as I love this song and I loved the music of my generation I completely disagree with you. The youth of today will remember their music just as fondly as we remember ours, just as our parents remember the music from their youth as 'the best'.
There's still loads of great music being made today, by the way...

@mindlessthought3296

19w

all they have is tiktok and instagram..

@jaredburgess8381

19w↑3

@@mindlessthought3296 That's such an unintelligent comment.

@lazygazzzer

16w

@@jaredburgess8381 There is indeed a load of good new music, but the listening audience is fragmented, and too little opportunity for the artists making the music to gain any real financial reward

@jofraser9717

14w

💯👌🎉❤

@americker

45w↑14

Still one of the cleanest rhythms ever

@generalwellnesslibrary

2y↑29

Still playing this song after 20 years. Timeless...

@the2ndcoming135

1y↑1

Had the cd when it first dropped.

@susansuz5482

8y↑178

This song literally makes me cry when I hear it; the lyrics are so powerful and beautiful. I want someone to love me like this . . . I stand in front of you, take the force of the blow . . . protection . . . wow.

@dravendfr

8y↑9

+Bruhh Yeah, it has been a few months for me. Being lonely helped me find Portishead then Trip Hop.

@nicolafiorentini475

totally agreed.

@s.o.shumanbeing7909

5y↑2

It reminds me in my Techno Club Times Drugs Crazy life today i Protectet myself Im older but Crazy beautyfull Times .....

@merlinthemagician8737

4y↑1

I dont know you but i will love you like that

@jonathanmacneil4359

Never quite thought about it until i read this comment

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@RastaSaiyaman

8y↑68

What I love about nineties music is how adventurous it all was, these days every song sounds like the other and artists have been told by their labels to fit neatly into holes since it makes their music easy to sell.
This song by Massive attack is a good example of a song which was successful in its day but wouldn't sell today.

@achared8967

Hear hear.

@MatthewProctor

7y↑4

Why do you think it wouldn't sell today?

@RastaSaiyaman

7y↑11

Matthew Proctor
No four-on-the-floor beat, no sing along anthemic chorus, no autotune on the vocals.

@Manuteist

7y↑6

I think they wouldn't be on the top spot of the chart but would have a massive following of festivalgoers and music enthusiasts waiting for their albums. The XX do have that kind of success nowadays, and they are inspired by Everything but the Girl and Massive Attack.
There were shitty music in the charts in the nineties too.

@wandmayeslupik6302

Id buy it....hell yeah!!! This is my new music to interpret in figure skates!!!this is 2020...thissou dsbrandnew!!!

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@paredescax

2y↑7

There's something soothing about this song.

@wawul

30w↑5

You will never know what your music means to me. Thank you.

@neindanke84

29w

❤

@paullarson2178

8y↑491

Thank you Tracey Thorn for singing like a bird. Bless you girl.

@holgerschink1341

8y↑26

Her voice is brilliant.

@ninjaginger6418

which bird.
?😘

@user-gw2dq4io3p

7y↑12

birds of paradise. take a look

@pepepepe3142

🎃

@ArnoldLokman

Péter Gulyás is it your real name?

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@Maryonpark

9y↑19

God, I love this song. I love the way it drifts along, really sad and melancholy and the empty chair at the end after he's given his daughter back does me in. :(

@jadehalliday6636

4y↑5

"You can't change the way she feels but you could put your arms around her" 🎶💕😌🙌

@angelicaryans8819

3y↑1

Yes so many times have wanted that yearned for it

@kb9072

3y↑12

This song is so deep. I've always loved this song but as I get older it's lyrics have become more meaningful.
WHAT A GREAT SONG !!

@nathansgro8347

4y↑41

One of the greatest musical compositions ever made. Period.

@neosoundstv9369

8y↑475

Massive Attack have this amazing way of transporting you somewhere else with their music. When you lie down, meditating to them through headphones, taking in every little layer with your eyes closed, its close to ecstasy.

@TheTucktonjohn

6y↑1

twat

@ceegh5386

6y↑2

This is the best kind of music for downtime from work

@tattskink9589

5y↑1

neosoundstv Tracey’s voice just adds to it very much!

@davegahan526

5y↑2

absolutely right!

@andyjay4746

5y↑3

You should try some with ecstasy

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@brianreynolds2312

4y↑16

Tracy Thorn was married to Tom Watts and he was diagnosed with a rare killing autoimmune disease around about 1997 and was in the old Westminister hospital London next to where I worked. Ironically, seven years later I was diagnosed with the same disease, Churg Strauss Syndrome. Before all this, I always had an affinity for Massive Attack and Tracy Thorn and later Everything But the Girl. Fate or destiny? I don’t know but when I feel low I revert to both sets of music.

@fgrennie

Wow what a story. Love them both. Thanks take care I hope your OK

@goodvibes4allfs

3y↑1

Hard to find words to express my sympathy. Good vibes and be happy 🙏🕺😎. EBTG since last 80's. Some tunes are for ever. I would like to dedicate this one to my ceptic dear friend Tina
🌹💋💋

@kay-uweeinecke6334

2y↑9

Have the CD since 20 years and I will kept this forever. Bristol rulez 👌👍❤️

@stephencampbell2289

10y↑14

Haunting, daring and moving. This makes me cry. There is so much talent involved, in my humble opinion one of the best ever - so underrated.

@angelicaryans8819

Couldnt have said it better

@markzane8542

9y↑1.1K

This masterpiece is definitely in the top 5 best trip hop songs ever.

@pigknickers

9y↑15

Mark Zane Number One without any doubt for me.

@chewey3rd

9y↑23

Mark Zane #1 trip hop song of all time. It doesn't get any better. Tracey's vocals are absolutely brilliant. It's perfection!

@nadakurdi1435

9y↑1

Mark Zane Whats in your top five?

@DnPoe

9y↑30

Nada Kurdi For me:
1.- This one. Protection - Massive Attack
2.- Portishead - Cowboys
3.- Telepopmusik - Breathe
4.- Thievery Corporation - Any song you could pick here LOL them are perfection always.
5.- Koop - Modal Mile (2 banks of 4 rmx)

Nothng better that that LOL.

@markzane8542

9y↑1

DnPoe Good choice. :-)

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@sisco302

42w↑6

She’s doing so much harm. Doing so much damage. But you don’t want to get involved. You tell her she can manage….I fell in love with those lyrics. So beautiful. ☺️

@woodrowclose

2y↑2

Just watching this video and reminiscing. It was a time when my mates would do some crazy shit. Now they just do what they are told. Miss those times and miss those mates.

@joaoignacio1978

10y↑69

Tracey's voice is like a velvet!

@davidfenner5319

10y↑2

couldn't have said it better

@Fiddlestickz1

9y↑153

Massive Attack that is great music, deep and thoughtful. Bless the 90s

@xpez

8y↑2

+Fiddlestickz1 I want to go back!!!

@NBHfilm

8y↑5

+Fiddlestickz1 When i watch this I get a nostalgic sad feeling. Fucking weird.

@NBHfilm

8y↑3

***** I know exactly what you're talking about. People are scared to move on with their lives or can't see the light under the tunnel. Don't call yourself a loser man. Just keep moving...

@artisticbarnacle4122

+Bruhh trip hop x

@xaviervinod6065

Yes 90'S the best.....

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@KnaveChild

1y↑2

1st rave night. Travelled across light and time, through galaxies and back. Sun came up, Los Angeles, 5 freeway, 6AM. New mix tape, press play - "Massive Attack - Protection" . Driving for hours with light gleeming off the buildings, lost in the sound. No words.

@stromanqeryasukocsx449

4y↑9

So proud to be part of that late 80's, full 90's and early 2000's generation.
Genius track and still as fresh 22 years on. Tracey's voice is like a healing medicine.
Thank you Tracey Thorn for singing like a bird. Bless you girl.

@clarisakrol581

why just late 80`s ? 82 - 85 are greatest!

@Travalma

8y↑35

So ahead of its time. Ignore other year-stamps, this is from 1994. To date, one of the best ''one shot'' music videos ever made. Despite the studio-building and green-screen effects. This is something else. ♪

@nakalegend

3y↑1

What is the guy at 2.09 doing in the video ? This whole video fascinates me so much as if I need to know more about each person.

@thecatfather8510

@@nakalegend character is played by the member of Massive Attack Rob Del Naja, he is soldering smth

@cosmojairzinho14

7y↑142

lived 2 month in Bristol for a aviation maintenance assignment.
walking in that city streets everyday i could feel deep in my guts why massive attack music has that dark and depressing tone which stay with you forever

@Apasha24041995

7y↑15

I was in the city time ago for business.. I perfectly understand what you mean..the city "plays" in that way.

@Ned-Ryerson

7y↑18

11 months in my case. Portishead were still big, although the place was a bit of a let-down. Massive Attack just were in everything ...
Many hours spent at Temple Meads, the balloon festival over Hotwells, the Aussies got hammered in the Ashes for the first time in forever, the Airbus 380 made its maiden flight over the RR works, I watched it from down at the Cumberland Basin. Breakfasting at North Street diners, watching the worst Star Wars film ever up in Cribbs Causeway (never saw the Clown Wars or whatever it is called), walking the Downs at night, Coffee in Gloucester Road, waiting for my car to get fixed ... Good days, weird days.
Then I moved to the East Midlands and a new chapter started.

@jjthomas2297

7y↑1

Huh..I'm an A & P for United Airlines at LAX..

@richardjamesclemo6235

7y↑5

These experiences are deep

@Girlsplaybass

5y↑4

astro farhi I’m Bristol born and bred. It’s a fantastic city to live in.

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@kaianirodriguez38

1y↑14

This track makes me sad and happy at the same time masterpiece!

@trevorj3838

20w↑5

Another master piece so underrated ,greatly missed

@NokoChan

21w↑5

Tracey Thorn is one of greatest singers the UK has ever produced (:

@veronikahk.8113

10y↑63

This woman has the craziest vocal ever.Goosebumpy.

@tattskink9589

Veronikah K. Tracey thorn check out everything but the girl

@paultansley5528

Everything but the girl

@nickmclean3051

Watch out she will break your soul

@sashaj.rogers8155

4y↑12

Massive Attack is always smooth, and this song just is the perfect example of why I would pay to go see them again and again.

@pbcrock

2y↑30

Love the atmosphere of this song. The sequence from minute 4:38 till the end is glorious.

@lekkki1

8y↑86

Tracey Thorn of the ethereal singing. Such an amazing track.

@rodolfogramaccini8414

5y↑3

THE VOICE OF 90'S...💎

@vernonsalyers

9y↑370

TRIP HOP…the most under-recognized movement ever..too far ahead of it's time and masses…yet still being borrowed , ripped, and discovered to leave the lurkers in AWE!

@engineere2874

5y↑3

111 likes. Spiritual.

@andrewsharp4575

5y↑2

They are a monumentally inspired and inspiring band,... and yet, we know, that if they really are any good,?..... they will inspire a hundred rip offs,.....
That's the way music has always worked,.... always will,....
Inspiration seeps in from the people who most would regard as nutjobs,..... and within 15years, those same nutjobs have become the new monarchy of popular music.
Then another rebellion ensues,.....
Wash, rinse, repeat,....
Love it. :D

@kaylabey

5y↑3

they hated being called trip hop lmao

@faithlessone4694

5y↑6

@@kaylabey Only Tricky ever said he hated the term. He wanted to be known as "brown punk". Doesnt have quite the same ring does it?!

@kaylabey

5y↑3

Mike Rossi — no daddy g and del naja both said people need to stop calling massive attack trip hop. look up their 1995 interview on this german tv show. and brown funk? yea trip hop sounds better 😂 idk why they disliked the term.

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@andrewwhelan3016

3y↑11

Great band, great music, great writers and producers.

@a.bettik8698

1y↑3

Seeing this video years after, I think I understand now what the story of the man at the beginning and end is about : he is estranged with his companion, and he just took his daughter back to his former's companion's house because of alternating custody. That's why we see them going up the lift with the girl, and he just offered her some toys, but we see him goind down alone. This is so sad. He curls his coat on his neck on leaving, because the night is cold and rainy, but also because he lost his daugther, his family, his "protection".
No one can fathom Massive's genius (and Gondry's, this video is history).

@elisemoser2490

9y↑5

I'm going on 57...all I can say right now, is "daayamn'! Not forgotten emotions of my youth...and classic musical interest. Both heard. TY

@babyharrison2008

4y↑48

This is my "go to" track along with The Stranglers "Golden Brown" when I'm struggling... The last 3 mins, as more sounds are added and gets louder and louder, slowly building up to the crescendo, is the best piece of music.. My kids /exes knows that "Mummy" needs some alone time... 😔

@mortisxx5712

4y↑3

I like Golden Brown as well :) Kind of a forgotten track.

@jamesburke2368

4y↑3

This and Golden Brown are two of my all time favs. You have great taste! Cheers

@alanoneill3065

here is a treat.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1J612nZs

@alanoneill3065

@@jamesburke2368 here is a treat.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1J612nZs

@nickdryad

Profound piece of music. Excellent choice. The video makes my cry.

@MrDirtySouth514

4y↑1.6K

Thumbs up if you still have this in your playlist in 2020

@knaziringram4589

4y↑14

you'd be crazy to remove it

@sammilner3480

4y↑3

absolutely

@stevetaylor5933

4y↑2

Oh yeah 💔

@PC-841

4y↑6

TIMELESS

@Tigerxrx

4y↑2

Indeedy

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@r.darlingchristopher3271

4y↑2

my wife walked down the aisle to this. gives me butterflies everytime
I miss the 90s, when music was so creative

@Libri_amore_e_fantasia

7y↑54

I never get tired of MA... even 20 years later they are still fresh as back then....

@olivierduvigneaud2188

2y↑7

This video is a piece of art

@itchiee

34w↑6

My favorite Massive Attack song, such a dope beat and that voice over it.

@sybersy1

1y↑10

The honesty & sincerity in this song is uncanny. It’s beautiful. First heard this & the “Protection” album in India many moons ago & I still love it as much as I did back then 🧡

@sugarandspice3813

4y↑152

My parents told me when I was in my moms belly not even born yet my dad would put headphones on top of her belly while that song was playing and I would start moving around probably dancing 😂✨

@enricovankeeken9503

Is your dad Richard Colson Baker?

@justsaying7742

4y↑3

Thats so mad, but massive.

@TheLogan1186

4y↑13

When you kicked your mums belly they called it a minor attack

@MrSolonyc

3y↑7

That's adorable. Good start! Hope everything is good with you now.

@des-yp4rt

1y↑2

Great taste of music🎶🤍🎶

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@GaryOldmanWeb

9y↑269

This terrific music video defines the 90s for me.

@jimo9555

6y↑1

what, were you a peeping tom?

@thefabulousgreenbean2194

Long Beach, 2018, and this looks exactly like me and my neighbors

@jamespearce1379

It's a long way from New Cross and Peckham but feel the same as we all did about this music, a legacy in itself!

@cjonu

1y↑4

I was introduced to this album years ago now while receiving a massage of all things. The young lady said she had found something and wanted to share. I'll never forget while this song was playing a helicopter slowly passed over for there was a hospital close by, whup-whup-whup to the whop-whop-whop of the beat was so intense. I miss you V.