"Protection" by Massive Attack

This song is big to a lot of people, isn't it? In Spanish, it would be referred to with a superlative suffix... "es un temazo". I have no doubt it's on several "Best songs of the 90s" (or maybe even Best Songs Ever?) lists. I always knew the chorus & had a general idea what it was about, but now I'm reading the lyrics &...it would be an understatement to say that the story they tell remind me of something. So I'll just say this: WOW.

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This girl I know needs some shelter
She don't believe anyone can help her
She's doing so much harm, doing so much damage
But you don't want to get involved
You tell her she can manage
& you can't change the way she feels
But you could put your arms around her

I know you want to live yourself
But could you forgive yourself
If you left her just the way
You found her?

I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection

You're a boy and I'm a girl
But you know you can lean on me
& I don't have no fear
I'll take on any man here
Who says that's not the way it should be

Protection
She's a girl and you're a boy
Sometimes you look so small, look so small
You've got a baby of your own
When your baby's grown, she'll be the one
To catch you when you fall


Sometimes you look so small, need some shelter
Just runnin' round & round, helter skelter
& I've leaned on you
Now you can lean on me
& that's more than love, that's the way
It should be
Now I can't change the way you think
But I can put my arms around you
That's just part of the deal
That's the way I feel
I put my arms around you



Ok, I will add that when posting lyrics I usually bold the most relevant parts but in this case I'd be marking 90% of the song : P Also it's 9am on a Wednesday morning & it just started storming outside, there's a forecast for hail & it's totally fitting. In Spanish when it's really raining, when it's pouring, you say "se cae el cielo", or something like that. The sky is falling.

- "Stormy weather", The Pixies
- "Stormy weather", Billie Holiday
- "Tokyo storm warning", Elvis Costello
- "Rainy day, dream way", Jimi Hendrix