2/11/1991
Album: Blue Lines
Vocals: Shara Nelson
#triphop #nineties
Virgin, UK
Wild Bunch

Info:
The song was written by the three band members Robert "3D" Del Naja, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, the song's vocalist Shara Nelson and the group's co-producer Jonathan "Jonny Dollar" Sharp. It was released on 11 February 1991 as the second single from the band's first album, ''Blue Lines'' (1991), on the band's Wild Bunch label distributed by Circa Records. The name "Massive" was used to avoid a radio ban, as the track's release coincided with the Gulf War. Produced by Massive Attack and Dollar, the song incorporates various musical elements into its arrangement, including vocal and percussion samples, drum programming and string orchestration by the arranger Wil Malone.
"Unfinished Sympathy" topped the Dutch Top 40 and was a top-20 hit on the singles charts of several countries, including Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The accompanying music video, directed by Baillie Walsh, was a single continuous shot of Nelson walking through a Los Angeles neighbourhood, oblivious to her surroundings.

Lyrics:

He he-hey, he he-hey,
he he-hey,
He he-hey, he he-hey,
he he-hey,


I know that I've imagined love before
And how it could be with you
Really hurt me, baby,
really cut me, baby
How can you have a day
without a night?

You're the book that I have opened
And now I've got to know much more

He he-hey, he he-hey,
he he-hey,
He he-hey, he he-hey,
he he-hey,


The curiousness of your potential kiss
Has got my mind and body aching
Really hurt me, baby,
really cut me, baby
How can you have a day
without a night?

You're the book that I have opened
And now I've got to know much more

He he-hey, he he-hey,
he he-hey,
He he-hey, he he-hey,
he he-hey,

Like a soul without a mind
In a body without a heart
I'm missing every part

He he-hey, he he-hey,
he he-hey, ay, ay
Aye, aye, aye, aye
(I'm missing)

Like a soul without a mind
In a body without a heart
I'm missing I'm missing
I'm missing
(don't tear me, tear me apart
don't tear me, tear me apart


Aye, aye, aye, aye

Like a soul without a mind
In a body without a heart
I'm missing every part

Like a soul without a mind
In a body without a heart
I'm missing every part
(missing every part)

He he-hey,
he he-hey,

He he-hey,
he he-hey,

He he-hey,
he he-hey