On the silky-smooth guitar driven “Protection,” Allday deals with an ex-flame’s departure. The song is the second single from his upcoming third album, 2019’s Starry Night Over the Phone. The single follows the album’s lead “Wonder Drug.”
The track was released on March 22, 2019 under fellow Austra...
[Chorus]
Oh, my baby, now if you knew (Ah-ah-ah)
But you only look out for you (Ah-ah-ah)
Since you left, I'm heavy drinking
You gave up just way too easy
Oh, my baby, now if you knew (Ah-ah-ah)
But you only look out for you (Ah-ah-ah)
Since you left, I lack direction
No longer in your protection
[Verse 1]
Last cigarette on your final drag (Yeah)
At the end of your cul-de-sac (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Leave you on read, how cold is that?
I think this place will hold you back (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, had to change a lot to change our view (Ah-ah-ah)
What the hell was I meant to do? (Ah-ah)
All these angles and you had to be obtuse (Uh, you had to)
But none of these problems are acute, and this is not cute (Well)
[Chorus]
Oh, my baby, now if you knew (Ah-ah-ah)
But you only look out for you (Ah-ah-ah)
Since you left, I'm heavy drinking
You gave up just way too easy
Oh, my baby, now if you knew (Ah-ah-ah)
But you only look out for you (Ah-ah-ah)
Since you left, I lack direction
No longer in your protection
[Verse 2]
On my car roof beneath the power lines (Yeah)
Talking 'bout the future then it just arrives (Yeah)
You slept on my sofa like every night
Doing any job around to get us by (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
You missed every birthday, every New Year's Eve (Ah-ah-ah)
For that money, now you’re buying useless things (Ah-ah-ah)
You were never happy being a human being (Oh no)
Is anyone up there as blue as me, wherever you may be?
[Interlude]
Archangel Michael, protect me from all negative spirits
You know what I'm saying? Protect me from all negative spirits
Protect me from lower vibrational beings
You know what I'm saying?
Nothing's going to mess with you
Because you've got the protection
[Verse 3]
Yeah, our family name has curses
And some magic they can’t purchase
Me and that city linked, it's cursive
But I had to go all in, immersive
And they’ll hit you, hope you stay down
In your best jeans with your chain out
While you're wedged into a Greyhound
On the main road heading straight out
[Chorus]
Oh, my baby, now if you knew (Ah-ah-ah)
But you only look out for you (Ah-ah-ah)
Since you left, I'm heavy drinking
You gave up just way too easy
Oh, my baby, now if you knew (Ah-ah-ah)
But you only look out for you (Ah-ah-ah)
Since you left, I lack direction
No longer in your protection