"I Want to Protect You" is a download single available at the Eels

Eels (band)

Eels is an American indie rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E...

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ITunes Store

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. The song was released on the Eels website on March 3, 2006, and later included on the two-disc compilation Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006.

While promoting the album Hombre Lobo

Hombre Lobo

Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire is the seventh studio album by American rock band Eels, released on June 2, 2009. Hombre Lobo is Spanish for "werewolf." On March 31, 2009, the band made the track "Fresh Blood" available on Spinner.com, explaining that the song would be the lead single for the album...

, E explained that the lead single "Fresh Blood

Fresh Blood (song)

"Fresh Blood" is the first single from the 2009 Eels album Hombre Lobo. On March 31, 2009, the band made the track available on Spinner.com, explaining that the song would be the lead single for the album. The song is about a werewolf who desires "fresh blood"...

" is a sequel to "I Want to Protect You." "I wrote a song a few years ago called 'I Want to Protect You' that was about wanting to protect someone from the wolves. Now I am the wolf."