se não tivesse ouvido, nunca acreditaria que a voz de miss thorn ligaria bem com o som dos massive attack. a verdade é que esta pequena obra-prima, mesmo ouvida agora, anos e anos depois, parece tão certa que nunca conseguiria pensar nela cantada por outra pessoa. e este (arquitectural, encantado, ortogonal, mágico, impossível, sei lá mais o quê...) videoclip é talvez o meu favorito de sempre.

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
 And 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


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


I stand in front of you 
I'll take the force of the blow 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 gone, she'll be the one 
To catch you when you fall


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


You're a girl and i'm a boy


Sometimes you look so small, need some shelter 
Just runnin' round and round, helter skelter
 And I've leaned on me for years
 Now you can lean on me

And that's more than love, that's the way it should be
 Now I can't change the way you feel
But I can put my arms around you
 That's just part of the deal
 That's the way I feel 
I'll put my arms around you


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