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Group Four by Massive Attack

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Massive Attack

Group Four

Release date: 16th April 1998

From Mezzanine
Track 10
8:12
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'Group Four' by Massive Attack is an electronic track from the album 'Mezzanine' (1998). The lyrics stage a monitored, almost clinical scenario, with relay cameras and a surrounding buzz, as the narrator drifts into a private, closed-eyed state. Lines about being “far away” sit alongside a sense of magnification and inward calm, culminating in readiness to sing.

"Group Four" is a track by Massive Attack, from the album Mezzanine, released 16th April 1998. The track is 8:12 long. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Massive Attack.

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Massive Attack

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Lyrics

Group Four

A flask, I drink of sober tea
While relay cameras monitor me
And the buzz surrounds, it does
(Buzz surrounds, buzz surrounds)
Closed eyed, sky wide open
Unlimited girl, unlimited sigh
Elsewhere, indefinitely far away
Magnifies and deepens
Ready to sing
My sixth sense peacefully placed on my breath
And listening (keeps me from my hurt)
My ears know that my eyes are closed (perish thoughts like contraband)

I train myself in martial arts
As advertised
I reinforce my softened parts
As advertised

See through me, little glazed lane
A world in myself
Ready to sing
My sixth sense peacefully placed on my breath (flickering I roam)
And listening
My ears know that my eyes are closed
Ready to sing
My sixth sense peacefully placed on my breath (flickering I roam)
And listening
My ears know that my eyes are closed

I see to bolts, put keys to locks
No boats are rocked, I'm free to roam
On dummy screens and magazines

Closed eyed, sky wide open
Unlimited girl, unlimited sigh
To think that I lay next to you
Wasting time when I could do
A simple job in strip lights
A flask, I drink a sober tea
'Til daylight sends me home
Flickering I roam

Daydreaming admiring being
Quietly open the world
I hear the time of the starry sky
Turning over at midnight
See through me, little glazed lane
A whole world in myself
Daydreaming admiring being
Quietly open the world
I hear the time of the starry sky
Turning over at midnight

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Track details

From Mezzanine

8:121998
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Album
Mezzanine
Mezzanine
Massive Attack
17th April 1998
Track number
10
Release year
1998
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  3. 3Teardrop
    5:31
  4. 4Inertia Creeps
    5:57

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