Unfinished Sympathy

"Unfinished Sympathy" is a song by Massive Attack. The song originally appeared on the group's 1991 debut album Blue Lines, and was the second single released from the album on February 11, 1991 and got as high as no13 in the UK. It features Shara Nelson on lead vocals, and is generally recognized as a pioneering song in the trip hop genre. The percussion loop is the "belly break" sampled from a Bob James' cover Take Me to the Mardi Gras of Paul Simon's track of the same name. The voice at the beginning of the song is a sample of John McLaughlin, whose voice was sampled without clearance.

[Verse 1: Shara Nelson] I know that I've imagined love before And how it could be with you [Chorus: Shara Nelson] 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 [Verse 2: Shara Nelson] The curiousness of your potential kiss Has got my mind and body aching [Chorus: Shara Nelson] 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 [Verse 3: Shara Nelson] 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 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 [Outro: ?] I don't know where this one came from I don't know where this one came from I don't know where this, I don't know where this I don't know where this, I don't know where this I don't know where this one came from