That scene with the ladies in the car pulling up and trying to help her is one of the most unsettling scenes in all cinema to me. It completely envelops the feeling of being in a toxic relationship, too isolated to ask for help or even hear the concerns of others. Shakes me to the core.
It’s so true. This song is quite grim and sad. But this song just goes to show you that these kind of things truly do happen for real. It’s quite sad. Those ladies in the car were so kind and concerned for her well being. But unfortunately they didn’t get out of there car and help the poor woman. They were so scared to get in the way of the abuser and toxic relationship. The mystery at the end of the music video makes me wonder if she drowned herself just to kill the man.
I will never forget when this song came out. I was fresh out of an abusive marriage. This song kept me from this fate. This song helped me through. And still does as km healing.
Still in a bad situation. No physical abuse, but a wife who gaslights me along with the adult children. Turned me into a suicidal, depressed, shell of myself! I just hope each day I don't wake up, or better wake up and it was all a nightmare. No way out as a guy. Alimony and one adult child to support means lifetime of being a slave. Stay, and I'm a slave to everyone anyway. In all cases, I'm a servant after giving the kids and marriage my everything only to be turned into THIS. All I hope is that the laws in the U.S. change and stop letting females abuse males! All we hear about is the bad guys. What about the bad girls? :( Being verbally abused softly is just as bad as a punch to the face. I rather the punch!
@@Kai-td3mu Appreciate that. I'm learning each day that I don't 'need' to be counting on my wife's love to get me through a day. In fact, not sure I need any love to get through a day. Sadness comes from what was once had, but maybe never really there.
This song and video reminds me of abusive relationships and Narcissism. You keep trying to escape but they follow you everywhere and never leave you alone until they destroy you. Massive attack blows my mind, pure audiovisual art.
No, you missed the point, the part that is told after her friends stop the car and try to get her to go with them. She puts out her hand to tell her girls that she's trapping this guy. She's the one drawing him, like a Greek Myth Siren into the sea. The lyrics "it aint what it seems" We see him take the first step at the start of the video but that's our perspective, and the story told until the end does show that she is leading him to her.
I like to think at the end of the music video that the ocean behind her is showing us that she is luring him into a trap which is the ocean and She uses herself as bait to make him think he has power over her. But in the end she is victorious. I read that somewhere in an article about a destructive unhealthy bad abusive relationship. I like that interpretation of the music video.
When they're waiting near the water, she's the one to take the first step backwards, and that shifts the entire perspective of the video. The subtlety of it all!
Love how this can be taken in so many ways: she is luring him to his death, he is pushing her towards hers or alternatively they are both destroying each other. Such a clever music video.
The man going into the water at the ending gave me chills. It's like even though she already "disappeared"/"escaped", it doesn't matter he's still going, she'll never escape. OMG amazing.
From 2:45 to 3:50 there's this huge gap in the song that creates a tension and kinda brings you in and under, and then that chord change at 4:01 just lifts this huge weight of tension off your shoulders. Absolutely beautiful.
Not only they make the most iconic and pure music I've listened to in many years, their cinematography and activism cautivates. Gets me sucked into another dimension, a better one. Plus... Tied in Unfinished Sympathy = Genious! F*cking poets god damn it.
Tricky music has always had underlying paranoia this one feels it. this is so well acted and directed. every small gesture a menace, every blink a dread. the high level of direction and rehearsal to walk in sync in throug a room, down a staircase, across a highway, in city streets and neighborhoods, to the forest and the sea one of the best and disquieting music videos ive ever seen I don't read this literally as a song about an abusive relationship the video speaks to generalized isolation.
this video is so brilliant. no matter how many times i watch it, it's a journey through hell. their silence and lack of expression somehow conveys everything even better. when i first watched it, it should've been confusing, but i knew what it was about straight away.. really makes you think, how many people you pass on the street are in this situation? and it's so sad, she isn't the only one suffering, the song and lyrics really show his side too.. desperate to not be abandoned, willing to do anything to not let go, even if it hurts her and him both..
I’ve watched this video umpteen times over the last few years but I am still wide eyed in anticipation for the last minute or so - EVERY TIME! Brilliant track and video. Haunting in every respect. 😳
I've been thru so many people. I've been thru so many drugs. Thank you for the inspiration. Sweet Jesus stays with us. Thank you man. It's Massive. Mother Russia in tha house yo!
We are here have a brilliant, which shining bright between these horrible tracks of our days. I've listening to this song for 5 days, i play it at least 1 time in hour, and i thank god for this - finally a masterpiece of music. There were the days, then this magical band has opened a whole world of a perfect music in our country (Russia)? it was a post communism period at 90-s. I'm so happy that i grew old (now i'm 33) and once again my soul is shaking behind this genious of Massive Attack... Thank you god for i've been born in this magical times with this band living. Sorry for my bad english - i'm from Moscow, Russia.
Don't shoot me, but I felt that it was tasteless to insert that into this video. It took away from MA's progressive nature by trying to get people to think of what they did a looooong time ago. Unfinished Sympathy is still an awesome song -- don't get me wrong. I think the video would have done just fine without this.
Irreverent perhaps. Some people take issue with cobbling visuals together with audio work... Some people think music made with computers isn't music at all. When everyone gets to draw their own lines the world is better for it.
Kosovan actress Arta Dobroshi plays the backwards walking woman. Interesting perspectives from many of those commenting, but it makes me question whether it's the visual or the lyrics being analyzed. If you read the lyrics, then revisit the video, I think the presentation is less about human relationships and more about the despair of existence and the oppression and hopelessness one feels when believing he/she will never being able to move forward - enough so to drive one to suicide. The bespectacled man is not a former love but a post-modern version of the grim reaper returning to the woman's life for a successful union and conclusive end to the misery.
yup I can totally see that. As it is a great vid. (btw Ellen Page is the backwards walking woman) Analyse both lyrics & vid - it speaks to the human condition or the male condition. This vid/song looks to be about a man stalking a woman he knows. He won't stop. And lyrically it's the same thing, he knows her but won't stop.
This video plus lyrics "been here before" reminds me of arguments with ex partners: because you love them, or in this delusion that things will change or get better - you keep putting up with the shit, you confront them, you stand by them, you face them, but they keep pushing your boundaries. But instead of letting each other go, you drown in it. You keep holding each other down instead of healing. And like the woman who stopped in the car - her feelings to me conveyed ya know, your family and friends people around you can see it, but you dont listen to them, and eventually they just let you keep doing it because you wont listen. I dunno why people do this to each other, but we do. It hurts that loss of love, but time does heal, the coffee stain on the table will fade out in the sunlight kinda thing. But you can always see where the ring was..
Come near me - Massive Attack (Letra en español) Hemos estado aquí antes, no me temas No te quedes junto a la puerta, acércate a mí Hemos estado aquí antes, no me temas No te quedes junto a la puerta, acércate a mí Pensamiento rápido, izquierda o derecha ¿Podría ser un caso fuerte de lucha o huida? Nunca nos damos cuenta de que estamos un poco sobrecargados de trabajo Eres consciente de ti mismo Sudando gotas de duda Esto no puede estar bien Susurrando: "Esto no puede estar bien, ¿verdad?" Esto no es como un televisor [?] Tengo miedo de que la vida me deje Colgado y necesitando amor Seguramente estoy tan abrumado pero el azufre no llegará a [?] Pero no he terminado Seguro que no he terminado Oh, no, no No he terminado Oh, pero mi mente está huyendo Causado por tu sueño sin fin Y no es lo que parece No es lo que parece ¿Sabes a lo que me refiero? Hemos estado aquí antes, no me temas No te quedes junto a la puerta, acércate a mí Monstruo en la cama, regurgitando Hay mono en mi mordida Tirando de ellos como cuerdas de marionetas, lento para reaccionar Dime que te pasa amor [?] conducir a cámara lenta Frente fresco en velocímetro Lucha contra la marea creciente Respira profundo, nunca dejes de arañar la luz Aferrándonos a lo que tenemos Pero no he terminado No he terminado Seguramente, seguramente, seguramente debemos superar Pero mi mente está huyendo Mi mente esta en la carrera Causado por tu sueño sin fin No, y no es lo que parece No es lo que parece Cariño, no es lo que parece No, no es lo que parece Demasiado cruel para ser yo Ser cruel No quiero perder Oh Hemos estado aquí antes, no me temas No te quedes junto a la puerta, acércate a mí Hemos estado aquí antes, no me temas No te quedes junto a la puerta, acércate a mí
I love how the "fun" car with friends was playing Unfinished Sympathy. This track and record are definitely more depressing than some of Massive Attack's work, but it still is the best fricken music (and videos) I have ever heard (and seen).
thats how I felt when they paired up with the lead singer of gorrilaz. Everything since then has just been groovy. They could only suprise me with a bad album, and they will never do that. They put their soul into the music, and whoever else they bring along.
I wish they left Unfinished Sympathy in the song, or at least made an edit with it on the CD/spotify. Because it perfectly fits the mood, it's very clever.
I'm so happy that a lot of people appreciate this masterpiece this is one of the songs I never share bc I'm afraid they're gonna hate it and judge my taste in music
Are you here for the first time? Massive Attack making superb music like this since ages.
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Wouldn't you rather if someone welcomed you to such music than thrash you for not hearing it earlier? Not everyone has the same possibility to come by it.
Everything about This video/song is the closest thing I can find that encompasses the vibe, energy, terror of what domestic abuse including rape feels and looks like... It's worse in life but if any video can project a feeling it's this one
Une🎬Captivante qui subjugue❣️À chacun, chacune sa lecture. Un Homme, Une Femme, une Relation toxique qui a trop durée. Il faut en finir. Elle anticipe, elle l’entraîne, elle l’hypnotise et l’attire pour l’engloutir avec elle. Le prix à payer pour que tout s’arrête. Elle n’a pas le choix. 3:40: Ce regard! Même son amie comprend qu’il est inutile d’intervenir, qu’il est trop tard♥️ Sur une Superbe et Envoûtante 🎼Musique🎶🎶🎶et une Magnifique Voix❣️ ...🥀...🇫🇷...14.8.2022
props to this ed morris guy. brilliant piece - thats real art. strong clear haunting video yet wide open for anyone to interpret. for me - being obsessed w the impact humanity is thrusting unharmoniously upon nature of late the past century - I see this as the matriarchal movement leading man back where we belong. she's focused, she's not going to accept his attempts to be close again, she's not going to return to his home/lifestyle. we've got to get ourselves out of this mess we've created - this Frankenstein monster of waste/pollution making
I don't know why I have never heard this band until now, but by god this song, this video has grabbed me by the throat and won't let go. I am 64 and this is fucking haunting!!
No matter how far she'd go, how much he'd try to reach her, he would be the one stepping forward and trying and she would be the one running away. He sais "Don't fear me" and "don't wanna lose you". This really spoke to me, people tend to shut eachother out of their deepest darkest depths and when they finally find a person who cares and will accept them no matter what, they run away instead of embracing their insecurities and going through life with them, accepting their help and using it to become better people. Instead, she ended up drowning in her own sorrow and took him down with her. Word of advice, know when to let go and hope to find someone that will appreciate all your steps forward, who will turn around and walk with you side-by-side
A few observations: --She almost always steps back second, and her first steps in the video come moments after his. She acts in reaction to him. --The camera focuses on her, and the friend speaks to her, not him. He may or may not be real, but she probably is, and she is also the protagonist of the "story." --He can see where he is driving her, but she cannot. This hints at intention behind his moving her into traffic and the sea. With that in mind, I don't think the interpretations of her luring him are well-supported by the video.
That's too literal an interpretation imho. She could be well aware of where she is leading him. For example, she can hear both the motorway and the sea. Either way, what an amazing song/film. Together they comprise a work of high art.
A possible reason, of course, is how male-centered the culture is, and all those numerous stories in which women lure men (with the Odyssey being the best example). I guess it is too hard for many even to assume that this time it's not about a guy. Quite sad.
She can move any direction she wants to anytime she wants to. He's not real, her friend talks to her but fails to see what she is looking at (the man).
@@yanas9871 I was thinking the same thing. I was surprised actually that people thought he was being led somewhere by her. I immediately thought that she was reacting to him and not the other way around.
Great video. The girl is in a bad relationship, she knows is not right, but she never decides to quit, even when there's a way out (her friends and a good old song) she keeps feeding that relation not running away and doing nothing. Eventually she drowns and then he.
all the script is about that, like in a relantionship when the love is greater than the control held by the guy the clip was made after the lyrics, that dont express that exact ideia, but Ed Morris take it to a worthy discussion... backward walkin, boys mockin like a gang around her, friends tryin to take her out of this situation, but she never quit... she do prefer to drown with all the love, hurt, submission, all over together... she is deep inside her relationship and the resignation that it brought there is even a Deja vu when they are walking trought the street/lawn... I am wondering if he raped her! I expect the message hit who need to see it ;x
The sequence with the car might not have been real at all. The girl must have been so scared that she formed an illusion of an rescue but even then she couldn't bring herself to escape which is highlighted by the line "It ain't what it seems". That must have been some very long and abusive relationship. You can see on her face how scared she is of the man. She would rather drown herself into the water than face with abuse again alas "We've been here before, don't fear me. Come near me" This song would suit perfectly for the trailer of Jessica Jones Season 2.
Now think of it as the guy trying to save her, and she is constantly refusing help right until the end, dragging him along for the ride. That is great art, when it means something different to someone else!
Can't argue any comment because it's a great video and it can have many meanings. I believe it's an abusive relationship. And there's a lot of women that knows where they are and don't act about it. I think that. It's not an "Abusement is wrong" ad, it's an "You are being abuse because you don't act about it you choose to be in that position" But again, this is art and it can mean anything.
It is a disturbing piece. Regardless of the artistic quality someone might not be able to handle the nerve(s) it would strike and might therefore dislike the video. Just sayin...
Massive Attack are Gods. They carefully pics great musicians they want to work with, and lift them to a level those musicians would never dream of reaching on their own.. I mean, I love Hope Sandoval, and Ghostpoet and so on, but they become truly phenomenal when teaming up with MA. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We've been here before, don't fear me Don't stand by the door, come near me We've been here before, don't fear me Don't stand by the door, come near me Quick thought, left or right Could it be a strong case of fight or flight? We'd never know you're slightly overworked And self-conscious Sweating beads of doubt This can't be right Whisperin' out, "This can't be right, right?" This ain't like a DVD Pretty from aftershave I'm scared life will leave me Strung out and needin' love Surely I'm as overcome but brimstone won't come to [lungs?] But I ain't done Surely I ain't done Oh, nah, nah I ain't done Oh, but my mind's on the run Caused by your never-ending dream And it ain't what it seems It ain't what it seems You know what I mean? We've been here before, don't fear me Don't stand by the door, come near me Monster on the bed, regurgitating out There's monkey on my bite Pulling it like puppet strings, slow to react Tell me what's the matter, love Life's drive slow-mo Front crawl in speedos Fight against the rising tide Breathe deep, never stop clawing at the light Clinging on to what we got ... part of the Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy ... Nah, and it ain't what it seems It ain't what it seems Baby girl, it ain't what it seems Nah, it ain't what it seems Too cruel to be mean To be cruel Don't wanna lose ya Uh We've been here before, don't fear me Don't stand by the door, come near me We've been here before, don't fear me Don't stand by the door, come near me
"So, we're, like, in this beach, and then there's naked Norman Reedus hugging a ghost baby, then getting hand prints all over his body, and, BOOM, aliens. Also, Reedus breathes through his skin." "Is this Metal Gear Solid?" "...Revendetta, yes." *can't handle the truth and slowly starts walking backwards to drown herself*
I love everything about you guys♥ You're the fukin' top of the hill of our civilization. I'm sure, the greatest classical masters would be so proud of the evolution that music has got from you❤🔥
That scene with the ladies in the car pulling up and trying to help her is one of the most unsettling scenes in all cinema to me. It completely envelops the feeling of being in a toxic relationship, too isolated to ask for help or even hear the concerns of others. Shakes me to the core.
Could it be a pre-programmed moment.
It reminds me of a similar thing used in the unkle video "rabbit in your headlights"
The contrast in tone of 'Unfinished Sympathy' also illustrates how much their sound has evolved
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It’s so true. This song is quite grim and sad. But this song just goes to show you that these kind of things truly do happen for real. It’s quite sad. Those ladies in the car were so kind and concerned for her well being. But unfortunately they didn’t get out of there car and help the poor woman.
They were so scared to get in the way of the abuser and toxic relationship.
The mystery at the end of the music video makes me wonder if she drowned herself just to kill the man.
I will never forget when this song came out. I was fresh out of an abusive marriage. This song kept me from this fate. This song helped me through. And still does as km healing.
Still in a bad situation. No physical abuse, but a wife who gaslights me along with the adult children. Turned me into a suicidal, depressed, shell of myself! I just hope each day I don't wake up, or better wake up and it was all a nightmare. No way out as a guy. Alimony and one adult child to support means lifetime of being a slave. Stay, and I'm a slave to everyone anyway. In all cases, I'm a servant after giving the kids and marriage my everything only to be turned into THIS. All I hope is that the laws in the U.S. change and stop letting females abuse males! All we hear about is the bad guys. What about the bad girls? :( Being verbally abused softly is just as bad as a punch to the face. I rather the punch!
@@Curious_Skeptic it has nothing to do with being male... Nobody denies men can also be victims of abuse. I hope you find peace too !
@@Kai-td3mu Appreciate that. I'm learning each day that I don't 'need' to be counting on my wife's love to get me through a day. In fact, not sure I need any love to get through a day. Sadness comes from what was once had, but maybe never really there.
Can I recommend you Dr. Ramani's channel here on youtube? I think her videos on narcissistic abuse might be of help to you. @@Curious_Skeptic
It's all about you
This song and video reminds me of abusive relationships and Narcissism. You keep trying to escape but they follow you everywhere and never leave you alone until they destroy you. Massive attack blows my mind, pure audiovisual art.
No, you missed the point, the part that is told after her friends stop the car and try to get her to go with them. She puts out her hand to tell her girls that she's trapping this guy. She's the one drawing him, like a Greek Myth Siren into the sea. The lyrics "it aint what it seems" We see him take the first step at the start of the video but that's our perspective, and the story told until the end does show that she is leading him to her.
@@MrBluegreennrg
Stop being stupid.
@@MrBluegreennrg Keep proving the point. Two sides.
I like to think at the end of the music video that the ocean behind her is showing us that she is luring him into a trap which is the ocean and She uses herself as bait to make him think he has power over her. But in the end she is victorious. I read that somewhere in an article about a destructive unhealthy bad abusive relationship. I like that interpretation of the music video.
It reminded me of the same. As well as relationships after one that bad, we dont know who to trust.
When they're waiting near the water, she's the one to take the first step backwards, and that shifts the entire perspective of the video. The subtlety of it all!
Interesting… plot twist
She's evil. Like many women currently operating in the USA.
Love how this can be taken in so many ways: she is luring him to his death, he is pushing her towards hers or alternatively they are both destroying each other. Such a clever music video.
ArtLover20 agreed!
My first impression was an abusive relationship, but I agree with you.
My thoughts entirely
Maybe it's reversed.
shut up
The man going into the water at the ending gave me chills. It's like even though she already "disappeared"/"escaped", it doesn't matter he's still going, she'll never escape. OMG amazing.
Oh shit it really be like that though!!! that's actually pretty spooky...
I actually read it that he brought her to her end, and then put an end to himself.
Illuminati(rainman) confirmed !
Or she lured him to both their end. If you watch the video in reverse it looks like she's chasing him.
Stockholm syndrome.
Massive Attack never disappoints me
then hwat do u disappoint
Never..
Opens the mind.... ..goosebumps ..
Heligoland
Leave it to these legends to make a song that's similar in style to "mumble rap" but actually fucking good...and they did it 2 years ago.
This is serious good music and cinematography
I am a simple man,when i see Massive Attack i switch off the lights,turn on the volume,turn on fullscreen and zone out
simple men doesn't make headline over enjoying listening tunes.
Maybe a modern simple man ?
j
I also light up a big joint
like i never reply on youtube but
yes. this.
From 2:45 to 3:50 there's this huge gap in the song that creates a tension and kinda brings you in and under, and then that chord change at 4:01 just lifts this huge weight of tension off your shoulders. Absolutely beautiful.
Not only they make the most iconic and pure music I've listened to in many years, their cinematography and activism cautivates. Gets me sucked into another dimension, a better one. Plus... Tied in Unfinished Sympathy = Genious! F*cking poets god damn it.
I'm addicted to this song, I've seriously never replayed something the way I do this. Genuinely still gives me chills.
Chilling... Brilliant
it really is.
I agree...
Brilliant, indeed.
Tricky music has always had underlying paranoia this one feels it.
this is so well acted and directed.
every small gesture a menace, every blink a dread.
the high level of direction and rehearsal to walk in sync in throug a room, down a staircase, across a highway, in city streets and neighborhoods, to the forest and the sea
one of the best and disquieting music videos ive ever seen
I don't read this literally as a song about an abusive relationship
the video speaks to generalized isolation.
I love how they put one of the earliest if not their first tracks in the middle of this
Can't believe music this far back was so good and futuristic sounding. One of my now all time favorite groups now!
Still crave this song many times a month, it's like some deep emotional drug that heals your body instead of ruining it
this video is so brilliant. no matter how many times i watch it, it's a journey through hell. their silence and lack of expression somehow conveys everything even better. when i first watched it, it should've been confusing, but i knew what it was about straight away.. really makes you think, how many people you pass on the street are in this situation? and it's so sad, she isn't the only one suffering, the song and lyrics really show his side too.. desperate to not be abandoned, willing to do anything to not let go, even if it hurts her and him both..
I’ve watched this video umpteen times over the last few years but I am still wide eyed in anticipation for the last minute or so - EVERY TIME! Brilliant track and video. Haunting in every respect. 😳
Can we mention how good her face acting is. Wow
I've been thru so many people. I've been thru so many drugs. Thank you for the inspiration. Sweet Jesus stays with us. Thank you man. It's Massive. Mother Russia in tha house yo!
Keep your morals alive dear friend. Those sirens of the west keep trying to destroy you.
We are here have a brilliant, which shining bright between these horrible tracks of our days.
I've listening to this song for 5 days, i play it at least 1 time in hour, and i thank god for this - finally a masterpiece of music.
There were the days, then this magical band has opened a whole world of a perfect music in our country (Russia)? it was a post communism period at 90-s. I'm so happy that i grew old (now i'm 33) and once again my soul is shaking behind this genious of Massive Attack...
Thank you god for i've been born in this magical times with this band living.
Sorry for my bad english - i'm from Moscow, Russia.
also obsessed
Keep your dreams alive and your morals strong. Don't be drawn in by the sirens of the west. They are evil.
BTW your english is far better than half the people living in the USA. Love from the great lakes region of USA.
This reminds me of Massive Attack's other music video Angels, you know, being followed.
Unfinished Sympathy. Nice touch.
Indeed. (03:00)
The best kind of punch-in-the-face.... the best.
Yeah. Actually I like the old good Massive. Sounds more real.
Don't shoot me, but I felt that it was tasteless to insert that into this video. It took away from MA's progressive nature by trying to get people to think of what they did a looooong time ago. Unfinished Sympathy is still an awesome song -- don't get me wrong. I think the video would have done just fine without this.
Irreverent perhaps. Some people take issue with cobbling visuals together with audio work... Some people think music made with computers isn't music at all. When everyone gets to draw their own lines the world is better for it.
Kosovan actress Arta Dobroshi plays the backwards walking woman.
Interesting perspectives from many of those commenting, but it makes me
question whether it's the visual or the lyrics being analyzed. If you
read the lyrics, then revisit the video, I think the presentation is
less about human relationships and more about the despair of existence
and the oppression and hopelessness one feels when believing he/she will never being able to move forward - enough so to drive one to suicide. The bespectacled man is not a former love but a post-modern
version of the grim reaper returning to the woman's life for a successful union and conclusive end to the misery.
Your comment was dope. AS FUCK. Woooow. Nice.
Rosamund Pike acting skills are g r e a t too!
yup I can totally see that. As it is a great vid. (btw Ellen Page is the backwards walking woman) Analyse both lyrics & vid - it speaks to the human condition or the male condition. This vid/song looks to be about a man stalking a woman he knows. He won't stop. And lyrically it's the same thing, he knows her but won't stop.
over thinking it... :)
Booo.
This video plus lyrics "been here before" reminds me of arguments with ex partners: because you love them, or in this delusion that things will change or get better - you keep putting up with the shit, you confront them, you stand by them, you face them, but they keep pushing your boundaries. But instead of letting each other go, you drown in it. You keep holding each other down instead of healing. And like the woman who stopped in the car - her feelings to me conveyed ya know, your family and friends people around you can see it, but you dont listen to them, and eventually they just let you keep doing it because you wont listen.
I dunno why people do this to each other, but we do. It hurts that loss of love, but time does heal, the coffee stain on the table will fade out in the sunlight kinda thing. But you can always see where the ring was..
...you are speaking from my heard...i am in this now and and scared to do something...
So true...
I think you nailed it as someone who just went through this.
Spot on 👍
Best analysis ever.
Come near me - Massive Attack
(Letra en español)
Hemos estado aquí antes, no me temas
No te quedes junto a la puerta, acércate a mí
Hemos estado aquí antes, no me temas
No te quedes junto a la puerta, acércate a mí
Pensamiento rápido, izquierda o derecha
¿Podría ser un caso fuerte de lucha o huida?
Nunca nos damos cuenta de que estamos un poco sobrecargados de trabajo
Eres consciente de ti mismo
Sudando gotas de duda
Esto no puede estar bien
Susurrando: "Esto no puede estar bien, ¿verdad?"
Esto no es como un televisor
[?]
Tengo miedo de que la vida me deje
Colgado y necesitando amor
Seguramente estoy tan abrumado pero el azufre no llegará a [?]
Pero no he terminado
Seguro que no he terminado
Oh, no, no
No he terminado
Oh, pero mi mente está huyendo
Causado por tu sueño sin fin
Y no es lo que parece
No es lo que parece
¿Sabes a lo que me refiero?
Hemos estado aquí antes, no me temas
No te quedes junto a la puerta, acércate a mí
Monstruo en la cama, regurgitando
Hay mono en mi mordida
Tirando de ellos como cuerdas de marionetas, lento para reaccionar
Dime que te pasa amor
[?] conducir a cámara lenta
Frente fresco en velocímetro
Lucha contra la marea creciente
Respira profundo, nunca dejes de arañar la luz
Aferrándonos a lo que tenemos
Pero no he terminado
No he terminado
Seguramente, seguramente, seguramente debemos superar
Pero mi mente está huyendo
Mi mente esta en la carrera
Causado por tu sueño sin fin
No, y no es lo que parece
No es lo que parece
Cariño, no es lo que parece
No, no es lo que parece
Demasiado cruel para ser yo
Ser cruel
No quiero perder
Oh
Hemos estado aquí antes, no me temas
No te quedes junto a la puerta, acércate a mí
Hemos estado aquí antes, no me temas
No te quedes junto a la puerta, acércate a mí
I love how the "fun" car with friends was playing Unfinished Sympathy. This track and record are definitely more depressing than some of Massive Attack's work, but it still is the best fricken music (and videos) I have ever heard (and seen).
Мощнейшая аудио-визуальная работа!!
Woah, Ghostpoet working with Massive Attack? My dreams have come true.
Literally my wet dream
best track since mezzanine was released.
thats how I felt when they paired up with the lead singer of gorrilaz. Everything since then has just been groovy. They could only suprise me with a bad album, and they will never do that. They put their soul into the music, and whoever else they bring along.
@@nickmagrick7702 Oh man, Saturday Come Slow is sooooooooo good. It really was a treat when they collaborated with Damon.
@@k-leb4671 I didn't realize that was a colab with massive attack
This is the most beautiful interpretation of you and me running away from our demons,And even she gets help ,she is running Tired,so manny as us
I wish they left Unfinished Sympathy in the song, or at least made an edit with it on the CD/spotify. Because it perfectly fits the mood, it's very clever.
I agree...my favorite part.
Yes! I thought the silence followed by the sudden shift of Unfinished Sympathy worked amazingly
In a perfect world, this is how hip-hop would sound.
This hurts on so many different levels.
why & how, no details necessary.
Try watching in reverse for some healing. 'REVERSED - "Come Near Me" - Massive Attack, Ghostpoet'
Wooow this took my breath away. What a strong message ...
I'm so happy that a lot of people appreciate this masterpiece
this is one of the songs I never share bc I'm afraid they're gonna hate it and judge my taste in music
You have good taste
Never heard this kind of music. Man 2016 is going to be a crazy year for some creative shit.
So?
+Black Bear
that's why they're so great. they're not from today's moronic music scene. dig it
Are you here for the first time? Massive Attack making superb music like this since ages.
Wouldn't you rather if someone welcomed you to such music than thrash you for not hearing it earlier? Not everyone has the same possibility to come by it.
Milan Perišić
Actually you're right. It's good that people are exposed to new great music.
Nice post.
Everything about This video/song is the closest thing I can find that encompasses the vibe, energy, terror of what domestic abuse including rape feels and looks like... It's worse in life but if any video can project a feeling it's this one
I've been watching you for 20 years and you still got it. Massive Attack is a band of a lifetime.
filmed in Southwick, Brighton, a mile from my house and i didn't even know!
Cheers Brighton, its the YANk from new England
+Brian J. Carnevale eyyyy, New England = best England, boy! Friendliness from Boston!
yep cos being in cornwall i know every single thing they film here. wyf you on about how would you ever know , twonk
Caravan club?
+James first rule of caravan club!
It's all about the music with ghostpoet and massive attack. All real music lovers can tell.
The King of Trip Hop is only one
So simple yet so dynamic. Lyrics and video. Unique to hear a slow rap video.
Intense!🔥
Love the video/ Love the song! The look she makes after her foot sinks in the sand/before the shore is So intense!!
This video is weirdly relatable to my life atm...
Loving all this new music.
10 sec and i felt in love with this song...oh i do enjoy this
I’ve been there - & now stayed single for over 14 years .. nice to have your mind to yourself ❤
This woman is a siren and destroys all that she lures to her.
one of the most creative, meaningful and beautiful videos ive ever seen! well done!
Massive Attack is life ......................honestly cruel, timeless energy and always beatiful ......
Deep in thought with this music
A ten Pan, jest niesamowicie przystojny.
massive love
This track frickin blows my mind, audio and visuals xxx❤
And this right here is why Massive Attack will forever hold the number one spot in my heart...holy hell...enough said .
Their music never gets old! It's all just so timeless! The videos seldom ever get beyond the original idea though.
Clip maravilhoso. Música maravilhosa. Amor eterno ao Massive Attack
Une🎬Captivante qui subjugue❣️À chacun, chacune sa lecture. Un Homme, Une Femme, une Relation toxique qui a trop durée. Il faut en finir. Elle anticipe, elle l’entraîne, elle l’hypnotise et l’attire pour
l’engloutir avec elle. Le prix à payer pour que tout s’arrête. Elle n’a pas le choix. 3:40: Ce regard! Même son amie comprend qu’il est inutile d’intervenir, qu’il est trop tard♥️
Sur une Superbe et Envoûtante 🎼Musique🎶🎶🎶et une Magnifique Voix❣️
...🥀...🇫🇷...14.8.2022
props to this ed morris guy.
brilliant piece - thats real art.
strong clear haunting video yet wide open for anyone to interpret.
for me - being obsessed w the impact humanity is thrusting unharmoniously upon nature of late the past century - I see this as the matriarchal movement leading man back where we belong. she's focused, she's not going to accept his attempts to be close again, she's not going to return to his home/lifestyle.
we've got to get ourselves out of this mess we've created - this Frankenstein monster of waste/pollution making
the videos of massive attack explain perfectly the human emotions, every movement.
A most captivating music video/short film. Song and visuals work flawlessly together. Love!!!
I don't know why I have never heard this band until now, but by god this song, this video has grabbed me by the throat and won't let go.
I am 64 and this is fucking haunting!!
Welcome to the world of massive attack.
I love this band!!!!!!
Man, this song and video give me goosebumps... So powerful
No matter how far she'd go, how much he'd try to reach her, he would be the one stepping forward and trying and she would be the one running away. He sais "Don't fear me" and "don't wanna lose you". This really spoke to me, people tend to shut eachother out of their deepest darkest depths and when they finally find a person who cares and will accept them no matter what, they run away instead of embracing their insecurities and going through life with them, accepting their help and using it to become better people. Instead, she ended up drowning in her own sorrow and took him down with her. Word of advice, know when to let go and hope to find someone that will appreciate all your steps forward, who will turn around and walk with you side-by-side
3:50 - Just stunning. The break is so simple and gets you like a virus but just so Massive Attack. Phew!
what a dramatic looks, so impressive.
this song and video is giving me chills.... it's out of this world
I see Possession (1981) film theme again. Voodoo in my blood (100% tunnel scene from the film), now Come Near Me... Anyway it is made cool. Like!
The film when the devil have a copulation with a girl? A kind of coachroach - scorpion?
yeah, it is :D
This video is paying homage to Possession,yes.The director confirmed this,and the easter eggs in the video.
Roman polinski.... Isabel adjani.. Frenche like me.
very happy to see/hear some new work from Massive Attack. Hope a US tour is in the pipeline, the last one was superb.
El mejor video metafórico, denle un Oscar a esa chica!
one of the beautifulst melodies i ve ever heard
A few observations:
--She almost always steps back second, and her first steps in the video come moments after his. She acts in reaction to him.
--The camera focuses on her, and the friend speaks to her, not him. He may or may not be real, but she probably is, and she is also the protagonist of the "story."
--He can see where he is driving her, but she cannot. This hints at intention behind his moving her into traffic and the sea.
With that in mind, I don't think the interpretations of her luring him are well-supported by the video.
That's too literal an interpretation imho. She could be well aware of where she is leading him. For example, she can hear both the motorway and the sea. Either way, what an amazing song/film. Together they comprise a work of high art.
Finally! Exactly! She is a protagonist and she is the one forced to move, not the one, who "lures" him. How can people overlook it?
A possible reason, of course, is how male-centered the culture is, and all those numerous stories in which women lure men (with the Odyssey being the best example). I guess it is too hard for many even to assume that this time it's not about a guy. Quite sad.
She can move any direction she wants to anytime she wants to.
He's not real, her friend talks to her but fails to see what she is looking at (the man).
@@yanas9871 I was thinking the same thing. I was surprised actually that people thought he was being led somewhere by her. I immediately thought that she was reacting to him and not the other way around.
Mesmerizing.
Great video. The girl is in a bad relationship, she knows is not right, but she never decides to quit, even when there's a way out (her friends and a good old song) she keeps feeding that relation not running away and doing nothing. Eventually she drowns and then he.
all the script is about that, like in a relantionship when the love is greater than the control held by the guy
the clip was made after the lyrics, that dont express that exact ideia, but Ed Morris take it to a worthy discussion...
backward walkin, boys mockin like a gang around her, friends tryin to take her out of this situation, but she never quit... she do prefer to drown with all the love, hurt, submission, all over together... she is deep inside her relationship and the resignation that it brought
there is even a Deja vu when they are walking trought the street/lawn... I am wondering if he raped her!
I expect the message hit who need to see it ;x
Definetly one of the most chilling videos I have seen!
The sequence with the car might not have been real at all. The girl must have been so scared that she formed an illusion of an rescue but even then she couldn't bring herself to escape which is highlighted by the line "It ain't what it seems". That must have been some very long and abusive relationship. You can see on her face how scared she is of the man. She would rather drown herself into the water than face with abuse again alas "We've been here before, don't fear me. Come near me"
This song would suit perfectly for the trailer of Jessica Jones Season 2.
Now think of it as the guy trying to save her, and she is constantly
refusing help right until the end, dragging him along for the ride.
That is great art, when it means something different to someone else!
Can't argue any comment because it's a great video and it can have many meanings. I believe it's an abusive relationship. And there's a lot of women that knows where they are and don't act about it. I think that. It's not an "Abusement is wrong" ad, it's an "You are being abuse because you don't act about it you choose to be in that position" But again, this is art and it can mean anything.
But I ain't done, I ain't done
Surely, surely, surely we must overcome...
Pure Art!
I felt this so deeply.
watched this like 6 times this day. i honestly think people who dislike this have some serious issues.
Here here. BTW: my middle name is Dursun.
It is a disturbing piece. Regardless of the artistic quality someone might not be able to handle the nerve(s) it would strike and might therefore dislike the video. Just sayin...
Massive Attack are Gods. They carefully pics great musicians they want to work with, and lift them to a level those musicians would never dream of reaching on their own.. I mean, I love Hope Sandoval, and Ghostpoet and so on, but they become truly phenomenal when teaming up with MA. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We've been here before, don't fear me
Word. greatness, huh?
American psycho. Fitting :)
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@@tatiagabisiani8220 What language do you speak??
Una de las mejores cosas que he visto en mucho tiempo
We've been here before, don't fear me
Don't stand by the door, come near me
We've been here before, don't fear me
Don't stand by the door, come near me
Quick thought, left or right
Could it be a strong case of fight or flight?
We'd never know you're slightly overworked
And self-conscious
Sweating beads of doubt
This can't be right
Whisperin' out, "This can't be right, right?"
This ain't like a DVD
Pretty from aftershave
I'm scared life will leave me
Strung out and needin' love
Surely I'm as overcome but brimstone won't come to [lungs?]
But I ain't done
Surely I ain't done
Oh, nah, nah
I ain't done
Oh, but my mind's on the run
Caused by your never-ending dream
And it ain't what it seems
It ain't what it seems
You know what I mean?
We've been here before, don't fear me
Don't stand by the door, come near me
Monster on the bed, regurgitating out
There's monkey on my bite
Pulling it like puppet strings, slow to react
Tell me what's the matter, love
Life's drive slow-mo
Front crawl in speedos
Fight against the rising tide
Breathe deep, never stop clawing at the light
Clinging on to what we got
... part of the Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy ...
Nah, and it ain't what it seems
It ain't what it seems
Baby girl, it ain't what it seems
Nah, it ain't what it seems
Too cruel to be mean
To be cruel
Don't wanna lose ya
Uh
We've been here before, don't fear me
Don't stand by the door, come near me
We've been here before, don't fear me
Don't stand by the door, come near me
Why have I never heard this before ? Wow I love GP & MA ❤️
Only for very deep people. It's restricted.
Aw, her fear of trusting were stronger than a fear of being drown in the ocean. So sad and deep emotional... Another masterpiece from Massive Attack.
Best music video I've seen in possibly my entire life.
Why is Hideo Kojima intimidating that young woman?!
"So, we're, like, in this beach, and then there's naked Norman Reedus hugging a ghost baby, then getting hand prints all over his body, and, BOOM, aliens. Also, Reedus breathes through his skin."
"Is this Metal Gear Solid?"
"...Revendetta, yes."
*can't handle the truth and slowly starts walking backwards to drown herself*
That's not Hideo Kojima, it's a British actor called Jonathan Aris.
haha I think the same xD
there's no whales so couldn't be him
Reminded me a bit of a weird mix between Hideo and Jay-Jay Johanson:)
Este vídeo tiene una carga emocional ultraprofunda. Enhorabuena a todo el equipo que lo ha hecho posible.
Это восхитительно...
I like the tension in their sound that then takes me to a pleasent relaxation
Is this the trailer for - It Follows 2?
bloody love Ghostpoet, a great collab even though i'm listening to it for the 1st time, both lps are imo.. ace!!
I love everything about you guys♥ You're the fukin' top of the hill of our civilization. I'm sure, the greatest classical masters would be so proud of the evolution that music has got from you❤🔥
that pulse, that pulse chill out me.......damn good..!!
love it
Warum habe ich mich vorher nie mit Massive Attack näher beschäftigt??? Die letzten Jahre kommen mir gerade wie die reinste Verschwendung vor - wow
Some good social distancing in this vid
They knew @_@
👏🏼👏🏼😆
Lmao
🤔😁🤣
F#cking tune! Dark. Dope. Dangerous. Why the thumbs down? Prob d!ckhead square straight laced knobs who have NEVER thought outside ANY BOX. EVER.
I love the sinister sounds of each and every of massive attack songs
Excelente! gracias y saludos desde Argentina
Is it reverse version of Daydreaming by Radiohead?
hehe good one
Walking backwards through doors
or Angel by Massibe Attack
Massive Attack + Ghostpoet=Perfect Match. Powerful, love it