Recopilación de las letras de las canciones de Depeche Mode de 1981 a 2013. Textos y carátulas obtenidos de www.depechemode.com

Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder

Depeche Mode. Las letras 81-13

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Título original: Depeche Mode. Las letras 81-13

Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder, 2015

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You can't change the world

But you can change the facts

And when you change the facts

You change points of view

If you change points of view

You may change a vote

And when you change a vote

You may change the world

Fragmento de New Dress

Índice alfabético

Agent Orange

All That's Mine

Alone

Always

And Then

Angel

Any Second Now

Are People People?

Barrel Of A Gun

Behind The Wheel

Better Days

Big Muff

Black Celebration

Black Day

Blasphemous Rumours

Blue Dress

The Bottom Line

Boys Say Go

Breathe

Breathing In Fumes

Broken

But Not Tonight

The Child Inside

Christmas Island

Clean

Comatose

Come Back

Condemnation

Corrupt

Damaged People

Dangerous

The Darkest Star

The Dead Of Night

Death's Door

Dirt

Dream On

Dreaming Of Me

Dressed In Black

Easy Tiger

Enjoy The Silence

Esque

Everything Counts

Flexible

Fly On The Windscreen

Fools

Fpmip

Fragile Tension

Free

Freelove

Freestate

Get Right With Me

Get The Balance Right

Ghost

Goodbye

Goodnight Lovers

The Great Outdoors

Halo

Happens All The Time

Happiest Girl

Headstar

Heaven

Here Is The House

Higher Love

Hold To Feed

Home

I Am You

I Feel Loved

I Feel You

I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead

I Want It All

I Want You Now

Ice Machine

If You Want

In Chains

In Sympathy

In Your Memory

In Your Room

Insight

Interlude No. 1 - Mission Impossible

Interlude No. 2 - Crucified

Interlude No. 3

Interlude No. 4

Introspectre

It Doesn't Matter

It Doesn't Matter Two

It's Called a Heart

It's No Good

Jazz Thieves

Jezebel

John The Revelator

Judas

Junior Painkiller

Just Can't Get Enough

Kaleid

The Landscape Is Changing

Leave In Silence

Lie To Me

Light

Lilian

Little 15

Little Soul

Long Time Lie

The Love Thieves

Love, In Itself

Lovetheme

Macro

Martyr

Master And Servant

The Meaning Of Love

Memphisto

Mercy In You

Miles Away / The Truth Is

Monument

Moonlight Sonata

More Than A Party

My Joy

My Little Universe

My Secret Garden

Never Let Me Down Again

Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth

New Dress

New Life

Newborn

Nodisco

Nothing

Nothing To Fear

Nothing's Impossible

Now This Is Fun

Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)

Oh Well

One Caress

Only When I Lose Myself

A Pain That I'm Used To

Painkiller

Peace

People Are People

Perfect

Personal Jesus

A Photograph Of You

Photographic

Pimpf

Pipeline

Pleasure, Little Treasure

Policy Of Truth

Precious

Puppets

A Question Of Lust

A Question Of Time

Route 66

Rush

Sacred

Satellite

Sea Of Sin

Secret To The End

See You

(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me

Shake The Disease

Shame

Shine

Should Be Higher

Shouldn't Have Done That

Shout

Sibeling

The Sinner In Me

Sister Of Night

Slow

Slowblow

Soft Touch / Raw Nerve

Somebody

Something To Do

Sometimes

Soothe My Soul

Spacewalker

Stjarna

Stories Of Old

Strangelove

Stripped

Suffer Well

The Sun And The Moon And The Stars

The Sun And The Rainfall

Surrender

The Sweetest Condition

Sweetest Perfection

The Things You Said

To Have And To Hold

Told You So

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Two Minute Warning

Useless

Uselink

Waiting For The Night

Walking In My Shoes

Welcome To My World

What's Your Name?

When The Body Speaks

Work Hard

World Full Of Nothing

World In My Eyes

Wrong

Zenstation

Speak & Spell (1981)

Es su album debut producido y publicado en 1981. En ese momento el grupo estaba formado por Vince Clarke, Andrew Fletcher, Martin L. Gore y Dave Gahan. Los 11 temas incluidos son:

New Life, I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead, Puppets, Boys Say Go, Nodisco, What's Your Name?, Photographic, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Big Muff, Any Second Now, Just Can't Get Enough

New Life

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

I stand still stepping on the shady streets

And I watched that man to a stranger

You think you only know me when you turn on the light

Now the room is lit, red danger

Complicating, circulating

New life, new life

Operating, generating

New life, new life

Transitions to another place

So the time will pass more slowly

Features fuse and your shadow's red

Like a film I've seen now show me

Your face is hidden and were out of sight

And the road just leads to nowhere

The stranger in the door is the same as before

So the question answers nowhere

I stand still stepping on the shady streets

And I watched that man to a stranger

You think you only know me when you turn on the light

Now the room is lit, red danger

I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

New sound all around

You can hear it too

Getting hot, never stop

Just for me and you

Playing on my radio and saying that you had to go

New day turn away

Wipe away the tear

New night, feel right

Knowing that you're here

Dancing with you all the time, and don't you think that it's a crime

Back street never meet

Never say goodbye

I know where you go

But I don't know why

You say that it's from above, and I say this is modern love

Puppets

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

Get that feeling

Head is reeling

You think you're in control

But you don't know me babe

I can move you

I can soothe you

I can take you places in a different way

I don't think you understand

What I'm trying to say

I'll be your operator baby

I'm in control

Watch your action

Close reaction

And everything you're thinking babe inside your head

Conversation, my creation

Nothing that you do

You do unless I said

You don't know the consequences

Of the things you say

I'll be your operator baby

I'm in control

All the things you tried to do babe

And all the words we said before

Are only part of what I started baby

And you can't stop me anymore

Boys Say Go

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

You don't understand

This is a demand

And I think that I have to show you

Try to look inside

Take me for a ride

In the day and the night

Get to know you

Boys meet boys get together

Boys meet boys live forever

Don't say no

Boys say go

I can run away

If you never stay

And the rain and the pain and the sorrow

I'm not very sure

When you close the door

If the end is the same as tomorrow

Boys!

Boys!

Boys say go!

Nodisco

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

I saw you in the picture

I saw you play the part

This ain't nodisco

There's a thousand watts in you

You take this too far

This ain't nodisco

Sometimes when I wonder if you're taking a chance

This ain't nodisco

And you know how to dance

Move me disco

Baby don't you let go

This ain't nodisco

Part one

Act one

Everyone pretend

This ain't nodisco

This is more a story

And we're reaching the end

This ain't nodisco

Always makes me happy when you're taking a chance

This ain't nodisco

And you know how to dance

Move me disco

Baby don't you let go

This ain't nodisco

What's Your Name?

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

Sometimes watch you walk the street at midnight

Sometimes I can feel you in the air

Looking good

Knew you would

All the time I understood

Hey, you're such a pretty boy,

Hey, you're such a pretty boy,

Hey, you're such a pretty boy,

You're so pretty

Everybody seems to look your way now

(Everybody seems to look your way)

Everybody wants to know your name

(Hey, hey, what's your name)

Feeling right

Just tonight

Hear them say you're out of sight

All the boys we got to get together

All the boys together we can stand

We can go

Never know

All the things we need to show

Hey you're such a pretty boy (you're so pretty)

Hey you're such a pretty boy (you're so pretty)

Hey you're such a pretty boy

You're so pretty (p-r-e, double-t-y)

Photographic

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

A white house, a white room

The program of today

Lights on, switch on

Your eyes are far away

The map represents you

And the tape is your voice

Follow all along you

Till you recognize the choice

I take pictures

Photographic pictures

Bright light

Dark room

Bright light

Dark room

I said I'd write a letter

But I never got the time

And I'm looking to the day

I mesmerise the light

The years I spend just thinking

Of a moment we both knew

A second boss looking into

It seems it can't be true

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

They were raining from the sky

Exploding in my heart

Is this a love in disguise

Or just a form of modern art

From the skies you could almost hear them cry

Tora Tora Tora

In the town they were going down

Tora Tora Tora

I had a nightmare only yesterday

You played a skeleton

You took my love then died that day

I played an American

From the skies you can almost hear them cry

Tora! Tora! Tora!

In the town they were going down

Tora! Tora! Tora!

I played an American

Big Muff

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Any Second Now

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

She remembered all the shadows and the doubts

The same film

Vivid pictures like a wall that's standing empty

And the night so still

Such a small affair a relapse someone closing

Like the nightclub door

Here again and when you speak I watch you move away

And seem so sure

She is hoping to forget and the moment

Almost slips away

When the colours move apart and I wonder

If you want to stay

And I need to change you like the words I'm reading

Don't you understand

This the warning and the message I remember

As you touch my hand

Just Can't Get Enough

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

When I'm with you baby

I go out of my head

And I just can't get enough

And I just can't get enough

All the things you do to me

And everything you said

I just can't get enough

I just can't get enough

We slip and slide as we fall in love

And I just can't seem to get enough of

We walk together

We're walking down the street

And I just can't get enough

And I just can't get enough

Every time I think of you

I know we have to meet

And I just can't get enough

I just can't get enough

It's getting hotter

It's a burning love

And I just can't seem to get enough of

And when it rains

You're shining down for me

And I just can't get enough

And I just can't get enough

Just like a rainbow

You know you set me free

And I just can't get enough

And I just can't get enough

You're like an angel

And you give me your love

And I just can't seem to get enough of

Dreaming Of Me (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Dreaming Of Me, Ice Machine, Shout

Dreaming Of Me

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

Light switch

Man switch

Film was broken only then

All the night

Fused tomorrow

Dancing with a distant friend

Filming and screening

I picture the scene

Filming and dreaming

Dreaming of me

So we left

Understanding

Cleancut so we're sounding fast

Talked of sad

I talked of war

I laughed and climbed the rising cast

Quickly I remembered

Fused and saw a face before

Timing reason

Understanding

Like association hall

Ice Machine

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

Running through my head secretly

The shouts of the boys in the factory

I ring you on the telephone silently

Like blood, like the wine in the darkroom scene

The darkroom scene

Darkroom scene

A letter

Once composed

Seven years long and as tall as a tree

Reading

On the wall

Emissions, efficiency

Efficiency

Efficiency

Resurrect

As a feeling

On my window

Of a past reunion

Resurrect

As a feeling

On my window

Of a past reunion

Vision

Of a picture

Like the city

And the air we breathe

The air we breathe

Air we breathe

She stood beside me once again

I knew her face

We met before in the street

Recalling all the children dancing at our feet

The dancing feet, dancing feet

Shout

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Vince Clarke

She was silent trying to be

Like the girl who acted on the TV

Always knowing when to say

Wishing for a moment so that they could see

Staring in the night

A picture in my room

And I think that she knew her lines

Break away tonight

I wanna hold your hand

We've got to get it right

We've got to understand

Carefully watching waiting as I

Stood upon the back streets and we start to play

I was screaming louder as the

Curtains fall between us in a twisted way

Staring in the night

A picture in my room

And I think that she knew her lines

Break away tonight

I wanna hold your hand

We've got to get it right

We've got to understand

Placing all the questions in the

Minutes of a game we won so long ago

Dangerous and beautiful the

Radio transmission that I have to know

You could never run

You could never stay

And I think you belong to me

Break away tonight

I wanna hold your hand

We've got to get it right

We've got to understand

A Broken Frame (1982)

Segundo album del grupo, primero sin Vince Clarke, producido y publicado en 1982. En ese momento el grupo estaba formado por Andrew Fletcher, Martin L. Gore y Dave Gahan. Durante la gira posterior, Alan Wilder participa como músico de apoyo, pasando a formar parte del grupo desde entonces. Los 10 temas incluidos son:

Leave In Silence, My Secret Garden, Monument, Nothing To Fear, See You, Satellite, The Meaning Of Love, A Photograph Of You, Shouldn't Have Done That, The Sun And The Rainfall

Leave In Silence

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I've told myself so many times before

But this time I think I mean it for sure

We have reached a full stop

Nothing's going to save us from the big drop

Reached our natural conclusion

Outlived the illusion

I hate being in these situations

That call for diplomatic relations

If I only knew the answer

Or I thought we had a chance

Or I could stop this

I would stop this thing

From spreading like a cancer

What can I say

I don't want to play anymore

What can I say

I'm heading for the door

I can't stand this emotional violence

Leave in silence

Leave in silence

We've been running around in circles all year

Doing this and that and getting nowhere

This will be the last time

I think I said that last time

If I only had a potion

Some magical lotion

That could stop this

I would set the wheels in motion

My Secret Garden

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

My secret garden's not so secret anymore

Run from the house holding my head in my hands

Feeling dejected, feeling like a child might feel

It all seems so absurd

That this should have occurred

My very only secret

And I had to go and leak it!

My secret garden's not so secret anymore!

No, my secret garden's not so secret anymore!

Run through the fields, down to the edge of the water

Can't stay long, here comes the reason why -

She'll catch me if she can,

Take me by the hand

I'll have to keep on running

And I just can't see the fun in

My secret garden not being secret anymore!

It used to be so easy

On days such as these she'd

Search and search for hours

In among the flowers

I loved it! - I loved her!

Play the fool, act so cruel - I loved it!

Read her book, take a look - I loved her!

It all seems so absurd

That this should have occurred

My very only secret

And I had to go and leak it!

My secret garden's not so secret anymore!

Monument

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

When the site was found

We laid the foundations down

It didn't take long before

They came back tumbling down

Don't build at night

You need a little light

How else are you going to see

What it is going to be like

So we picked up our tools

And we worked in the morning light

With the last stone placed

Wasn't it a wonderful site

But it fell back down

And scattered all around

Anything passes

When you need glasses

My monument

It fell down

My monument

It fell down

Work all of my days for this kind of praise

It fell down

Work all of my days

It fell down

Nothing To Fear

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

See You

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

All I want to do is see you again

Is that too much to ask for

I just want to see your sweet smile

Smiled the way it was before

Well I'll try not to hold you

And I'll try not to kiss you

And I won't even touch you

All I want to do is see you

Don't you know that it's true

I remember the days when we walked through the woods

We'd sit on a bench for a while

I treasure the way we used to laugh and play

And look in each others eyes

You can keep me at a distance if you don't trust my resistance

But I swear I won't touch you

Well I know five years is a long time and that times change

But I think that you'll find people are basically the same

If the water's still flowing we can go for a swim

And do the things we used to do

And if I'm reluctant you can pull me in

We can relive our youth

But we'll just stay friendly like sister and brother

Though I think I still love you

Satellite

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Now hear this my friends

I'll never be the same again

Going to lock myself in a cold black room

Going to shadow myself in a veil of gloom

I will function, operate

I will be a satellite of hate

Driven to this point by a chain of events

Each one pushed me nearer the edge

Going to send my message through to you

You'll receive the signal too

I will function, operate

I will be a satellite of hate

Higher, Higher

Disillusioned - I was disenchanted

Forgot the love that had been implanted

Heard the lies and I felt the cold

It broke my heart and I lost control

Now I'm a satellite of a free state

I'm a satellite of hate

The Meaning Of Love

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I've read more than a hundred books

Seeing love mentioned many thousand times

But despite all the places I've looked

It's still no clearer

I'm still no nearer

The meaning of love

Noted down all my observations

Spent an evening watching television

Still I couldn't say with precision

Know it's a feeling and it comes from above

But what's the meaning

The meaning of love

(tell me)

From the notes that I've made so far

Love seems something like wanting a scar

Well I could be wrong

I'm just not sure you see

I've never been in love before

Next I asked several friends of mine

If they could spare a few minutes of their time

Their looks suggested that I've lost my mind

Tell me the answer

My Lord high above

Tell me the meaning

The meaning of love

From the notes that I've made so far

Love seems something like wanting a scar

Well I could be wrong

I'm just not sure you see

I've never been in love before

The meaning of love

(tell me)

Tell me the meaning of love

(tell me)

A Photograph Of You

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

What good is a photograph of you

Everytime I look at it

It makes me feel blue

What use is a souvenir

Of something we once had

When all it ever does is

Make me feel bad

I wish I could tear it up

But then again I haven't the guts

I wish I could throw it on the fire

I wish I could

But to say I would

I'd be a liar

What good is a colour print

Of a little baby doll

When just one little glance

Is enough to make me feel dull

I hoped I would misplace it

But then I take such good care of it

I wish it would disappear

I say I wish

But then I relish

It being here

Shouldn't Have Done That

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Plans made in the nursery

Can change the course of history

Remember that

Mummy's annoyed, says go and play

Don't show your face

Stay away all day

Shouldn't have done that

A small boy and his infantry

Marching around so naturally

Shouldn't have done that

Grows up and goes to school

Such a nice boy

Obeys all the rules

Mummy's proud of that

Leaves school to follow his ambition

Knows what he wants

To be a politician

Shouldn't have done that!

The Sun And The Rainfall

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Someone will call

Something will fall

And smash on the floor

Without reading the text

Know what comes next

Seen it before

And it's painful

Things must change

We must rearrange them

Or we'll have to estrange them

All that I'm saying

A game's not worth playing

Over and over again

You're the one I like best

You retain my interest

You're the only one

If it wasn't for you

Don't know what I'd do

Unpredictable like the sun

And the rainfall

See You (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Now This Is Fun

Now This Is Fun

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Here speaks the voice of reason

It's talking to me

Loud and clearly

And obviously

It's something to say

Here comes another sentence

It is relentless

It tries my patience

But nevertheless

It's for our concern

We can't see the benefits

So we'll ignore it

Or disobey it

And then we'll say that

This is fun

This is real fun

This is fun

The Meaning Of Love (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)

Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Construction Time Again (1983)

Tercer album del grupo, donde vuelven a ser un cuarteto. Se publica en 1983, estando formado el grupo por Andrew Fletcher, Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan y Alan Wilder. El album incluye los siguientes 9 temas:

Love, In Itself, More Than A Party, Pipeline, Everything Counts, Two Minute Warning, Shame, The Landscape Is Changing, Told You So, And Then

Love, In Itself

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

All of these insurmountable tasks

That lay before me

All of the firsts

And the definite lasts

That lay in store for me

There was a time

When all on my mind was love

Now I find

That most of the time

Love's not enough

In itself

Consequently

I've a tendency

To be unhappy, you see

The thoughts in my head

All the words that were said

All the blues and the reds

Get to me

All of the absurdities

That lay before us

All of the doubts

And the uncertainties

That lay in store for us

More Than A Party

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Lots of surprises in store

This isn't a party

It's a whole lot more

We've had enough of this blind man's bluff

You've kept us in the dark for long enough

This is more than a party

More than a party

More than a party

Keep telling us we're to have fun

Then take all the ice cream so we've got none

The failed magician waves his wand

And in an instant the laughter's gone

Loads of surprises in store

This isn't a party

It's a whole lot more

Pipeline

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Get out the crane

Construction time again

What is it this time

We're laying a pipeline

Let the beads of sweat flow

Until the ends have met through

Could take a long time

Working on the pipeline

Taking from the greedy

Giving to the needy

On this golden day

Work's been sent our way

That could last a lifetime

Working on the pipeline

From the heart of our land

To the mouth of the man

Must reach him sometime

We're laying a pipeline

Taking from the greedy

Giving to the needy

Everything Counts

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

The handshake seals the contract

From the contract there's no turning back

The turning point of a career

In Korea being insincere

The holiday was fun-packed

The contract, still intact

The grabbing hands grab all they can

All for themselves —after all

The grabbing hands grab all they can

All for themselves —after all

It's a competitive world

Everything counts in large amounts

The graph on the wall

Tells the story of it all

Picture it now see just how

The lies and deceit gained a little more power

Confidence —taken in

By a suntan and a grin

The grabbing hands grab all they can

All for themselves —after all

The grabbing hands grab all they can

All for themselves —after all

It's a competitive world

Everything counts in large amounts

The grabbing hands grab all they can

Everything counts in large amounts

Two Minute Warning

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Alan Wilder

We're lying by the orange sky

Two million miles across the land

Scattered to the highest high

Expect they'll either laugh or cry

No sex, no consequence, no sympathy

You're good enough to heat

Two minute warning

Two minutes later

When time has come

My days are numbered

The dawning of another year

Marks time for those who understand

One in four still here

While you and I go hand in hand

No radio, no sound, no sin, no sanctuary

So welcome to your last

The sun, the solitude, the cemetary

So welcome to your last

Shame

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Do you ever get that feeling

When the guilt begins to hurt

Seeing all the children

Wallowing in dirt

Crying out with hunger

Crying out in pain

At least the dirt will wash off

When it starts to rain

Soap won't wash away your shame

Do you ever get that feeling

That something isn't right

Seeing your brother's fists

Clenched ready for the fight

Soon the fighting turns to weapons

And the weapons turn to wounds

So the doctors stitch and stitch

And stitch and stitch and stitch

And stitch and stitch

Surgery won't improve your pain

It all seems so stupid

It makes me want to give up

But why should I give up

When it all seems so stupid

Do you ever get the feeling

That something can be done

To eradicate these problems

And make the people one

Do you ever get that feeling

Something like a nagging itch

And all the while the doctors

Stitch and stitch and stitch

And stitch and stitch

Hope alone won't remove the stains

Shame

The Landscape Is Changing

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Alan Wilder

The landscape is changing

The landscape is crying

Thousands of acres of forest are dying

Carbon copies from the hills above the forest line

Acid streams are flowing ill across the countryside

'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere

Just take good care of the world

I don't care if you're going nowhere

Just take good care of the world

Now we're re-arranging

There's no use denying

Mountains and valleys, can't you hear them sighing

Evolution, the solution or the certainty

Can you imagine this intrusion of their privacy

Token gestures, some semblance of intelligence

Can we be blamed for the security of ignorance

Told You So

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

And do those feet in modern times

Walk upon the flowers

And walk upon their brothers

While their heads are busy lying low

Trying to keep to cover… oh

Something went wrong

Along the way

Everybody's waiting for

Judgment day

So they can go

Told you so

Bring me my gun of itching desire

Bring me my bullets and I will fire

Sights set higher than the tall church spire

Standing in line

The blind lead the blind

Waiting and waiting

For an overdue sign

Brothers and sisters

Playing Chinese whispers

If things aren't suited

Then they'll get diluted

There's one more dead with a hole in his head

He shouldn't have said all the things he said

Many tears were shed for the blood he bled

And Then

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Let's take a map of the world

Tear it into pieces

All of the boys and the girls

Will see how easy it is

To pull it all down and start again

From the top to the bottom and then

I'll have faith or, I prefer

To think that things couldn't turn out worse

All that we need at the start's

Universal Revolution (That's all!)

And if we trust in our hearts

We'll find the solutions

Took a plane across the world

Got in a car

When I had reached my destination

I hadn't gone far

Let's take the whole of the world

The mountains and the sand

Let all the boys and the girls

Shape it in their hands

Get The Balance Right (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Get The Balance Right, The Great Outdoors

Get The Balance Right

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

There's more besides

Joyrides

The little house in the countryside

Understand

Learn to demand

Compromise

And sometimes lie

Get the balance right

Get the balance right

Be responsible

Respectable

Stable but gullible

Concerned and caring

Help the helpless

But always remain

Ultimately selfish

When you think you've got a hold of it all

You haven't got a hold at all

When you reach the top

Get ready to drop

Prepare yourself for the fall

You're gonna fall

It's almost predictable

Almost

Don't turn this way

Don't turn that way

Straight down the middle until next Thursday

First to the left

Then back to the right

Twist and turn 'til you've got it right

The Great Outdoors

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore, Alan Wilder

Instrumental

Everything Counts (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Work Hard

Work Hard

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore and Alan Wilder

You've got to work hard

You've got to work hard

If you want anything at all

Nothing comes easy

And that's a fact

Nothing comes easy

But a broken back

Nothing comes easy

It never will

Nothing comes easy

But a broken will

So work hard

Love, In It Self (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Fools

Fools

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Alan Wilder

Don't know the reason why I

Think I've been here before

This place seems so familiar

But then I can't be sure

Here comes that time again when

You'll walk right out the door

Don't tell me secrets anymore

And fools don't run away

You'll be followed another day

And all the chances that fall your way

Are in the fire on your dying day

So call me now and tell me that you're home

Can't see the sense in crying

There's too many tears to fall

My thoughts are multiplying

So I'll try to save them all

Some Great Reward (1984)

Cuarto album de estudio de la banda, que se publica en 1984 con Andrew Fletcher, Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan y Alan Wilder como integrantes del grupo. El album incluye los siguientes 9 temas:

Something To Do, Lie To Me, People Are People, It Doesn't Matter, Stories Of Old, Somebody, Master And Servant, If You Want, Blasphemous Rumours

Something To Do

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

My little girl

Won't you come with me

Come with me

Tell me

Is there something to do

I'm going crazy with boredom

Come with me

Tell me

Grey sky over a black town

I can feel depression

All around

You've got your leather boots on

I can't stand another drink

It's surprising this town

Doesn't sink

You've got your leather boots on

Your pretty dress is oil stained

From working too hard

For too little

You've got your leather boots on

You're feeling the boredom too

I'd gladly go with you

I'd put your leather boots on

I'd put your pretty dress on

Lie To Me

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Come on and lay with me

Come on and lie to me

Tell me you love me

Say I'm the only one

Experiences have a lasting impression

But words once spoken

Don't mean a lot now

Belief is the way

The way of the innocent

And when I say innocent

I should say naive

So lie to me

But do it with sincerity

Make me listen

Just for a minute

Make me think

There's some truth in it

Promises made for convenience

Aren't necessarily

What we need

Truth is a word

That's lost its meaning

The truth has become

Merely half-truth

So lie to me

Like they do it in the factory

Make me think

That at the end of the day

Some great reward

Will be coming my way

People Are People

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

People are people

So why should it be

You and I should get along so awfully

So we're different colours

And we're different creeds

And different people have different needs

It's obvious you hate me

Though I've done nothing wrong

I've never even met you so what could I have done

I can't understand

What makes a man

Hate another man

Help me understand

Help me understand

Now you're punching

And you're kicking

And you're shouting at me

I'm relying on your common decency

So far it hasn't surfaced

But I'm sure it exists

It just takes a while to travel

From your head to your fists

It Doesn't Matter

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I am happy

That I have you

Even though you're not here now

I know somewhere

You are dreaming

Though it's definitely not of me

It doesn't matter

If all this shatters

Nothing lasts forever

But I'm praying

That we're staying

Together

I am warmed

By your friendship

Even when you're far away

And I'm happy

In the knowledge

We may never see the day

When I kiss you

And you kiss me

Don't pretend you miss me

The worst kind

Of diseases mind

Is on filled with jealousy

If we should meet again

Don't try to solve the puzzle

Just lay down next to me

And please don't move a muscle

I will thank you

Most of all for

The respect you have for me

I'm embarrassed

It overwhelms me

Because I don't deserve any

Stories Of Old

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Take a look at unselected cases

You'll find love has been wrecked

By both sides compromising

Amounting to a disastrous effect

You hear stories of old

Of princes bold

With riches untold

Happy souls

Casting it all aside

To take some bride

To have the girl of their dreams

At their side

But not me

I couldn't do that

Not me

I'm not like that

I couldn't sacrifice

Anything at all

To love

I really like you

I'm attracted to you

The way you move

The things you do

I'll probably burn in hell

For saying this

But I'm really in heaven

Whenever we kiss

But Oh no!

You won't change me

You can try

For an eternity

I wouldn't sacrifice

Anything at all

To love

Now I've got things to do

You have too

And I've got to be me

You've got to be you

So take my hand

And feel these lips

And let's savour a kiss

Like we'd savour a sip

Of vintage wine

One more time

Let's surrender

To this love divine

But we won't sacrifice

Anything at all

To love

Somebody

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I want somebody to share

Share the rest of my life

Share my innermost thoughts

Know my intimate details

Someone who'll stand by my side

And give me support

And in return

She'll get my support

She will listen to me

When I want to speak

About the world we live in

And life in general

Though my views may be wrong

They may even be perverted

She will hear me out

And won't easily be converted

To my way of thinking

In fact she'll often disagree

But at the end of it all

She will understand me

I want somebody who cares

For me passionately

With every thought and with every breath

Someone who'll help me see things

In a different light

All the things I detest

I will almost like

I don't want to be tied

To anyone's strings

I'm carefully trying to steer clear

Of those things

But when I'm asleep

I want somebody

Who will put their arms around me

And kiss me tenderly

Though things like this

Make me sick

In a case like this

I'll get away with it

Master And Servant

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

There's a new game

We like to play you see

A game with added reality

You treat me like a dog

Get me down on my knees

We call it master and servant

We call it master and servant

It's a lot like life

This play between the sheets

With you on top and me underneath

Forget all about equality

Let's play master and servant

Let's play master and servant

It's a lot like life

And that's what's appealing

If you despise that throwaway feeling

From disposable fun

Then this is the one

Domination's the name of the game

In bed or in life

They're both just the same

Except in one you're fulfilled

At the end of the day

Let's play master and servant

Let's play master and servant

Let's play master and servant

Come on master and servant

If You Want

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Alan Wilder

Working week's come to its end

Party time is here again

Everyone can come if they want to

If you want to be with me

If you want to be with me

You can come with me if you want to

Exercise your basic right

We could build a building site

From the bricks of shame is built the hope

If you want to be with me

If you want to be with me

Even though you may still not want to

Let tomorrow and today

Bring a life of ecstacy

Wipe away your tears of confusion

If you want to be with me

If you want to be with me

You can come with me if you want to

Even though you still may not want to

Blasphemous Rumours

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Girl of 16

Whole life ahead of her

Slashed her wrists

Bored with life

Didn't succeed

Thank the lord

For small mercies

Fighting back the tears

Mother reads the note again

16 candles burn in her mind

She takes the blame

It's always the same

She goes down on her knees

And prays

I don't want to start

Any blasphemous rumours

But I think that God's

Got a sick sense of humour

And when I die

I expect to find Him laughing

Girl of 18

Fell in love with everything

Found new life

In Jesus Christ

Hit by a car

Ended up

On a life support machine

Summer's day

As she passed away

Birds were singing

In the summer sky

Then came the rain

And once again

A tear fell

From her mother's eye

People Are People (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

In Your Memory

In Your Memory

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Alan Wilder

Put up the barriers

Shut down your senses

Cover up with all of your pretences

See no evil

Your eyes are blunted

We are the hunters

We are the hunted

Place it in your memory

Leave it in your past

But don't forget

Taking a tumble

I'm taking a dive

Sometimes I stumble when my mind's made up

Reaction levels

Seem strangely muted

Ordinary acts of fun have been diluted

Place it in your memory

Leave it in your past

But don't forget

Master & Servant (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me, Are People People?

(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Set me free

Remotivate me

Set me burning

After years in deep freeze

My body is yearning

For a new lease on life

Add a little spice

Set me free

Remotivate me

Give me a reason

To scream and shout

Give me something

To get excited about

When everything is looking dull

I'm sure it isn't impossible to

Set me free

Remotivate me

Don't think I'm impatient

Because I'm willing to wait

But something must happen

Before it gets too late

It could be my imagination

But wasn't there more than this numb sensation

Set me free

Remotivate me

Set me free

Are People People?

Vocalista principal: no clue

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

dang dang dang dang dang

zoom zoom zoom

bop bop bop

Shake The Disease (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Shake The Disease, Flexible

Shake The Disease

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I'm not going down on my knees

Begging you to adore me

Can't you see it's misery

And torture for me

When I'm misunderstood

Try as hard as you can

I've tried as hard as I could

To make you see

How important it is for me

Here is a plea

From my heart to you

Nobody knows me

As well as you do

You know how hard it is for me

To shake the disease

That takes hold of my tongue

In situations like these

Understand me

Some people have to be

Permanently together

Lovers devoted

To each other forever

Now I've got things to do

And I've said before

That I know you have too

When I'm not there

In spirit I'll be there

Flexible

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Fame

Can have strange effects

Money

Can have strange effects

I ask myself

Is it a sin

To be flexible

When the boat comes in

Open the window and out go ideals

Drink

Can alter you

Girls

Can have strange effects, too

We all know boats don't last

We all know cars are fast

It's Called A Heart (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

It's Called a Heart

It's Called a Heart

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

There's something beating here inside my body

And it's called a heart

You know how easy it is

To tear it apart

If I lend it to you

Will you keep it safe for me

I'll lend it to you

If you treat it tenderly

There's something beating here inside my body

And it's called a heart

There's a sun shining in the sky

But that's not the reason why

I'm feeling warm inside

The answer isn't classified, it's my heart

From the moment I started

I tried to be goodhearted

Yes I tried my best

And more or less

I spoke from my heart

There's a lot to be learnt

And you learn when you heart gets burnt

Hearts could never be owned

Hearts only come on loan

If I want it back

I will take it back, I'll take my heart

But I will try my best and more or less

I will speak from my heart

Yes I will speak from my heart

Speak from my heart

Black Celebration (1986)

Album publicado en 1986, quinto del grupo que lo integran en esos momentos Andrew Fletcher, Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan y Alan Wilder. El album está compuesto por 11 temas:

Black Celebration, Fly On The Windscreen, A Question Of Lust, It Doesn't Matter Two, Sometimes, A Question Of Time, Stripped, Here Is The House, World Full Of Nothing, Dressed In Black, New Dress

Black Celebration

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Let's have a black celebration

Black celebration

Tonight

To celebrate the fact

That we've seen the back

Of another black day

I look to you

How you carry on

When all hope is gone

Can't you see

Your optimistic eyes

Seem like paradise

To someone like

Me

I want to take you

In my arms

Forgetting all I couldn't do today

Black celebration

Black celebration

Tonight

To celebrate the fact

That we've seen the back

Of another black day

I look to you

And your strong belief

Me, I want relief

Tonight

Consolation

I want so much

Want to feel your touch

Tonight

Take me in your arms

Forgetting all you couldn't do today

Black celebration

I'll drink to that

Black celebration

Tonight

Fly On The Windscreen

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Death is everywhere

There are flies on the windscreen

For a start

Reminding us

We could be torn apart

Tonight

Death is everywhere

There are lambs for the slaughter

Waiting to die

And I can sense

The hours slipping by

Tonight

Come here

Kiss me

Now

Come here

Kiss me

Now

Death is everywhere

The more I look

The more I see

The more I feel

A sense of urgency

Tonight

Come here

Touch me

Kiss me

Touch me

Now

Touch me

Touch me

There are flies on the windscreen

There are lambs for the slaughter

There are flies on the windscreen

Come here

Touch me

Kiss me

Touch me

Now

Touch me

Touch me

A Question Of Lust

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Fragile

Like a baby in your arms

Be gentle with me

I'd never willingly

Do you harm

Apologies

Are all you ever seem to get from me

But just like a child

You make me smile

When you care for me

And you know…

It's a question of lust

It's a question of trust

It's a question of not letting

What we've built up

Crumble to dust

It is all of these things and more

That keep us together

Independence

Is still important for us though (we realise)

It's easy to make

The stupid mistake

Of letting go (do you know what I mean)

My weakness

You know each and every one (it frightens me)

But I need to drink

More than you seem to think

Before I'm anyone's

And you know…

It's a question of lust

It's a question of trust

It's a question of not letting

What we've built up

Crumble to dust

It is all of these things and more

That keep us together

Kiss me goodbye

When I'm on my own

But you know that I'd

Rather be home

It's a question of lust

It's a question of trust

It's a question of not letting

What we've built up

Crumble to dust

It is all of these things and more

That keep us together

It Doesn't Matter Two

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

As I lay here with you

The shame lies with us

We talk of love and trust

That doesn't matter

Though we may be the last in the world

We feel like pioneers

Telling hopes and fears

To one another

And oh what a feeling

Inside of me

It might last for an hour

Wounds aren't healing

Inside of me

Though it feels good now

I know it's only for now

The feeling is intense

You grip me with your eyes

And then I realise

It doesn't matter

Sometimes

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Sometimes

Only sometimes

I question everything

And I'm the first to admit

If you catch me in a mood like this

I can be tiring

Even embarassing

But you must

Feel the same

When you look around

You can't tell me honestly

You're happy with what you see

Oh sometimes

Only sometimes

You must be…

You must be…

As embarassing as me

Sometimes

A Question Of Time

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I've got to get to you first

Before they do

It's just a question of time

Before they lay their hands on you

And make you just like the rest

I've got to get to you first

It's just a question of time

Well now you're only fifteen

And you look good

I'll take you under my wing

Somebody should

They've persuasive ways

And you'll believe what they say

It's just a question of time

It's running out for you

It won't be long

Until you do

Exactly what they want you to

I can see them now Hanging around

To mess you up

To strip you down

And have their fun

With my little one

It's just a question of time

It's running out for you

It won't be long

Until you do

Exactly what they want you to

It won't be long

Until you do

Exactly what they want you to

Sometimes I don't blame them

For wanting you

You look good

And they need something to do

Until I look at you

And then I condemn them

I know my kind

What goes on in our minds

It's just a question of time

It should be better

It's just a question of time

It should be better with you

It's just a question of time

Stripped

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Come with me

Into the trees

We'll lay on the grass

And let the hours pass

Take my hand

Come back to the land

Let's get away

Just for one day

Let me see you

Stripped down to the bone

Let me see you

Stripped down to the bone

Metropolis

Has nothing on this

You're breathing in fumes

I taste when we kiss

Take my hand

Come back to the land

Where everything's ours

For a few hours

Let me see you

Stripped down to the bone

Let me see you

Stripped down to the bone

Let me hear you

Make decisions

Without your television

Let me hear you speaking

Just for me

Let me see you

Stripped down to the bone

Let me hear you speaking

Just for me

Let me see you

Stripped down to the bone

Let me hear you crying

Just for me

Here Is The House

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Here is the house

Where it all happened

Those tender moments

Under this roof

Body and soul come together

As we come closer together

And as it happens

It happens here

In this house

And I feel your warmth

And it feels like home

And there's someone

Calling on the telephone

Let's stay home

It's cold outside

And I have so much

To confide to you

With or without words

I'll confide everything

Here is the house

Where it all happened

Those tender moments

Under this roof

Body and soul come together

As we come closer together

And as it happens

It happens here

In this house

So we stay at home

And I'm by your side

And you know

What's going on inside

Inside my heart

Inside this house

And I just want to

Let it out for you

And I feel your warmth

And it feels like home

And I feel your warmth

And it feels like home

Here is the house

Where it all happened

Those tender moments

Under this roof

Body and soul come together

As we come closer together

World Full Of Nothing

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Close

Naked

Skin on skin

Tears are falling

Tears of joy

Her first boy

His first girl

Makes a change

In a world full of nothing

Though it's not love

It means something

She's lonely

And he says

It's for her only

That he lusts

She doesn't trust him

Nothing is true

But he will do

In a world full of nothing

Though it's not love

It means something

It's easy to slip away

And believe it all

Though it's not love

It means something

Dressed In Black

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

She's dressed in black again

And I'm falling down again

Down to the floor again

I'm begging for more again

But oh what can you do

When she's dressed in black

My mind wanders endlessly

On paths where she's leading me

With games that she likes to play

And words that she doesn't say

Not when whe're alone

And she's dressed in black

As a picture of herself

She's a picture of the world

A reflection of you

A reflection of me

And it's all there to see

If you only give in

To the fire within

Dressed in black again

Shadows fall onto me

As she stands there over me

And waits to encompass me

I lay here helplessly

But oh what can you do

When she's dressed in black

Dressed in black again

New Dress

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Sex jibe husband murders wife

Bomb blast victim fights for life

Girl Thirteen attacked with knife

Princess Di is wearing a new dress

Jet airliner shot from sky

Famine horror, millions die

Earthquake terror figures rise

Princess Di is wearing a new dress

You can't change the world

But you can change the facts

And when you change the facts

You change points of view

If you change points of view

You may change a vote

And when you change a vote

You may change the world

In black townships fires blaze

Prospects better premier says

Within sight are golden days

Princess Di is wearing a new dress

You can't change the world

But you can change the facts

And when you change the facts

You change points of view

If you change points of view

You may change a vote

And when you change a vote

You may change the world

Princess Di is wearing a new dress

Stripped (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

But Not Tonight, Breathing In Fumes, Black Day

But Not Tonight

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Oh God it's raining

But I'm not complaining

It's filling me up with new life

The stars in the sky

Bring tears to my eyes

They're lighting my way tonight

And I haven't felt so alive

In years

Just for a day

On a day like today

I'll get away from this constant debauchery

The wind in my hair

Makes me so aware

How good it is to live tonight

And I haven't felt so alive

In years

The moon

Is shining in the sky

Reminding me

Of so many other nights

But they're not like tonight

Oh God it's raining

And I'm not containing

My pleasure at being so wet

Here on my own

All on my own

How good it feels to be alone tonight

And I haven't felt so alive

In years

The moon

Is shining in the sky

Reminding me

Of so many other nights

When my eyes had been so red

I'd been mistaken for dead

But not tonight

Breathing In Fumes

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Nothing on this

I taste when we kiss

Come back to the land

For a few hours

Let me see you

Stripped down to the bone

Taste when we kiss

I taste when we kiss

You're breathing in fumes

I taste when we kiss

Let me see you

Stripped down to the

I taste when we kiss

I taste when we kiss

Let me see you

Stripped down to the

Come back to the land

Come back to the land

Let me see you

Stripped down to the bone

Breathing in fumes

I'm breathing in fumes

Breathing in fumes

You're breathing in fumes

Black Day

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore, Alan Wilder and Daniel Miller

Celebrate the fact

That we've seen the back

Of another black day

Celebrate the fact

That we've seen the back

Of another black day

Black day

Black day

I want to take you in my arms

Forgeting all I couldn't do today

Black day

A Question Of Lust (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Christmas Island

Christmas Island

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore, Alan Wilder

Instrumental

Music for the Masses (1987)

Album publicado en 1987, sexto del grupo que lo integran en esos momentos Andrew Fletcher, Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan y Alan Wilder. El album está compuesto por 11 temas:

Never Let Me Down Again, The Things You Said, Strangelove, Sacred, Little 15, Behind The Wheel, I Want You Now, To Have And To Hold, Nothing, Pimpf, Interlude No. 1 - Mission Impossible

Never Let Me Down Again

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I'm taking a ride

With my best friend

I hope he never lets me down again

He knows where he's taking me

Taking me where I want to be

I'm taking a ride

With my best friend

We're flying high

We're watching the world pass us by

Never want to come down

Never want to put my feet back down

On the ground

I'm taking a ride

With my best friend

I hope he never lets me down again

Promises me I'm safe as houses

As long as I remember who's wearing the trousers

I hope he never lets me down again

Never let me down

See the stars, they're shining bright

Everything's alright tonight

The Things You Said

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I heard it from my friends

About the things you said

I heard it from my friends

About the things you said

But they know me better than that

They know me better than that

They know my weaknesses

I never tried to hide them

They know my weaknesses

I never denied them

I heard it from my friends

About the things you said

I heard it from my friends

About the things you said

How can a view become so twisted

How can a view become so twisted

They know my weaknesses

I never tried to hide them

They know my weaknesses

You tried them

I get so carried away

You brought me down to earth

I thought we had something precious

Now I know what it's worth

I heard it from my friends

About the things you said

I heard it from my friends

About the things you said

I've never felt so disappointed

Never felt so disappointed

They know my weaknesses

I never tried to hide them

They know my weaknesses

Thought that you liked them

They know me better than that

Strangelove

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

There'll be times

When my crimes

Will seem almost unforgivable

I give in to sin

Because you have to make this life livable

But when you think I've had enough

From your sea of love

I'll take more than another riverful

And I'll make it all worthwhile

I'll make your heart smile

Strangelove

Strange highs and strange lows

Strangelove

That's how my love goes

Strangelove

Will you give it to me

Will you take the pain

I will give to you

Again and again

And will you return it

There'll be days

When I stray

I may appear to be

Constantly out of reach

I give in to sin

Because I like to practice what I preach

I'm not trying to say

I'll have it all my way

I'm always willing to learn

When you've got something to teach

And I'll make it all worthwhile

I'll make your heart smile

Pain will you return it

I'll say it again —pain

Pain will you return it

I won't say it again

I give in

Again and again

I give in

Will you give it to be

I give in

I'll say it again

I give in

I give in

Again and again

I give in

That's how my love goes

I give in

I'll say it again

I give in

Sacred

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Sacred

Holy

To put it in words

To write it down

That is walking on hallowed ground

But it's my duty

I'm a missionary

So here is my confesion

It's an obsession

I'm a firm believer

And a warm receiver

And I've made my decision

This is religion

There's no doubt

I'm one of the devout

Trying to sell the story

Of love's eternal glory

Spreading the news around the world

Taking the word to boys and girls

I'm a firm believer

And a warm receiver

And I will go down on my knees

When I see beauty

There's no doubt

I'm one of the devout

Trying to sell the story

Of love's eternal glory

Sacred

Holy

To put it in words

To write it down

That is walking on hallowed ground

Little 15

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Little 15

You help her forget

The world outside

You're not part of it yet

And if you could drive

You could drive her away

To a happier place

To a happier day

That exists in your mind

And in your smile

She could escape there

Just for a while

Little 15

Little 15

Why take the smooth with the rough

When things run smooth

It's already more than enough

She knows your mind

Is not yet in league

With the rest of the world

And it's little intrigues

Do you understand

Do you know what she means

As time goes by

And when you've seen what she's seen

You will

Little 15

Little 15

Why does she have to defend

Her feelings inside

Why pretend

She's not had a life

A life of near misses

Now all that she wants

Is 3 little wishes

She wants to see with your eyes

She wants to smile with your smile

She wants a nice surprise

Every once in a while

Little 15

Behind The Wheel

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

My little girl

Drive anywhere

Do what you want

I don't care

Tonight

I'm in the hands of fate

I hand myself

Over on a plate

Now

Oh little girl

There are times when I feel

I'd rather not be

The one behind the wheel

Come

Pull my strings

Watch me move

I do anything

Please

Sweet little girl

I prefer

You behind the wheel

And me the passenger

Drive

I'm yours to keep

Do what you want

I'm going cheap

Tonight

You're behind the wheel tonight

I Want You Now

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I want you now

Tomorrow won't do

There's a yearning inside

And it's showing through

Reach out your hands

And accept my love

We've waited for too long

Enough is enough

I want you now

My heart is aching

My body is burning

My hands are shaking

My head is turning

You understand

It's so easy to choose

We've got time to kill

We've got nothing to lose

I want you now

And I don't mean to sound

Like one of the boys

That's now what I'm trying to do

I don't want to be

Like one of the boys

I just want you now

Because I've got a love

A love that won't wait

A love that is growing

And it's getting late

Do you know what it means

To be left this way

When everyone's gone

And the feelings they stay

I want you now

To Have And To Hold

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I need to be cleansed

It's time to make amends

For all of the fun

The damage is done

And I feel diseased

I'm down on my knees

And I need forgiveness

Someone to bear witness

To the goodness within

Beneath the sin

Although I may flirt

With all kinds of dirt

To the point of disease

Now I want release

From all this decay

Take it away

And somewhere

There's someone who cares

With a heart of gold

To have and to hold

Nothing

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Sitting target

Sitting waiting

Anticipating

Nothing

Nothing

Life

Is full of surprises

It advertises

Nothing

Nothing

What am I trying to do

What am I trying to say

I'm not trying to tell you anything

You didn't know

When you woke up today

Sitting target

Sitting praying

God is saying

Nothing

Nothing

Always

Knows the prospects

Learn to expect

Nothing

Nothing

Pimpf

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Interlude No. 1 - Mission Impossible

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Strangelove (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Fpmip, Agent Orange

Fpmip

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Agent Orange

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Never Let Me Down Again (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Pleasure, Little Treasure

Pleasure, Little Treasure

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Everybody's looking for someone to follow

Finding the whole thing hard to swallow

Everybody's looking for a reason to live

If you're looking for a reason I've a reason to give

Pleasure, little treasure

Everybody's looking for a new sensation

Everybody's talking about the state of the nation

Everybody's searching for a promised land

Everybody's failing to understand

Pleasure, little treasure

Everybody's looking for a reason to live

If you're looking for a reason

I've a reason to give

Pleasure, little treasure

Maternity frocks and paternity suits

If that's what you want

They're waiting for you

Everybody needs some reason or other

You'll find a reason when you discover

Pleasure, little treasure

Everybody's looking for a reason to live

If you're looking for a reason

I've a reason to give

Pleasure, little treasure

Behind The Wheel (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Route 66

Route 66

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Robert William Troup Jr.

Well if you ever plan to motor west

Travel my way

Take the highway that's the best

Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it winds from Chicago

To LA

More than two thousand miles

All the way

Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it goes to St. Louis

Down to Missouri

Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty

You'll see Amarillo

Gallup, New Mexico

Flagstaff, Arizona

Don't forget Winona

Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

If you get hip to this kind of trip

And go take that California trip

Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it goes to St. Louis

Down to Missouri

Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty

You'll see Amarillo

Gallup, New Mexico

Flagstaff, Arizona

Don't forget Winona

Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

If you get hip to this kind of trip

And go take that California trip

Get your kicks on Route 66

Little 15 (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Stjarna, Moonlight Sonata

Stjarna

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Moonlight Sonata

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Ludwig Beethoven

Instrumental

Violator (1990)

Séptimo trabajo de estudio de la banda integrada por Andrew Fletcher, Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan y Alan Wilder. Publicado en 1990, el album está compuesto por 9 temas:

World In My Eyes, Sweetest Perfection, Personal Jesus, Halo, Waiting For The Night, Enjoy The Silence, Interlude No. 2 - Crucified, Policy Of Truth, Blue Dress, Interlude No. 3, Clean

World In My Eyes

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Let me take you on a trip

Around the world and back

And you won't have to move

You just sit still

Now let your mind do the walking

And let my body do the talking

Let me show you the world in my eyes

I'll take you to the highest mountain

To the depths of the deepest sea

And we won't need a map

Believe me

Now let my body do the moving

And let my hands do the soothing

Let me show you the world in my eyes

That's all there is

Nothing more than you can feel now

That's all there is

Let me put you on a ship

On a long, long trip

Your lips close to my lips

All the islands in the ocean

All the heaven's in motion

Let me show you the world in my eyes

That's all there is

Nothing more than you can touch now

That's all there is

Let me show you the world in my eyes

Sweetest Perfection

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

The sweetest perfection

To call my own

The slightest correction

Couldn't finely hone

The sweetest infection

Of body and mind

Sweetest injection

Of any kind

I stop and I stare too much

Afraid that I care too much

And I hardly dare to touch

For fear that the spell may be broken

When I need a drug in me

And it brings out the thug in me

Feel something tugging me

Then I want the real thing not tokens

Things you'd expect to be

Having effect on me

Pass undetectedly

But everyone knows what has got me

Takes me completely

Touches me sweetly

Reaches so deeply

I know that nothing can stop me

Sweetest perfection

An offer was made

An assorted collection

But I wouldn't trade

Takes me complelty

Touches so sweetly

Reaches so deeply

Nothing can stop me

Personal Jesus

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Reach out and touch faith

Your own personal Jesus

Someone to hear your prayers

Someone who cares

Your own personal Jesus

Someone to hear your prayers

Someone who's there

Feeling unknown

And you're all alone

Flesh and bone

By the telephone

Lift up the receiver

I'll make you a believer

Take second best

Put me to the test

Things on your chest

You need to confess

I will deliver

You know I'm a forgiver

Reach out and touch faith

Reach out and touch faith

Your own personal Jesus

Someone to hear your prayers

Someone who cares

Your own personal Jesus

Someone to hear your prayers

Someone who's there

Feeling unknown

And you're all alone

Flesh and bone

By the telephone

Lift up the receiver

I'll make you a believer

I will deliver

You know I'm a forgiver

Reach out and touch faith

Your own personal Jesus

Reach out and touch faith

Halo

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

You wear guilt

Like shackles on your feet

Like a halo in reverse

I can feel

The discomfort in your seat

And in your head it's worse

There's a pain

A famine in your heart

An aching to be free

Can't you see

All love's luxuries

Are here for you and me

And when our worlds

They fall apart

When the walls come tumbling in

Though we may deserve it

It will be worth it

Bring your chains

Your lips of tragedy

And fall into my arms

And when our worlds

They fall apart

When the walls come tumbling in

Though we may deserve it

It will be worth it

Waiting For The Night

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan and Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I'm waiting for the night to fall

I know that it will save us all

When everything's dark

Keeps us from the stark reality

I'm waiting for the night to fall

When everything is bearable

And there in the still

All that you feel

Is tranquility

There is a star in the sky

Guiding my way with its light

And in the glow of the moon

Know my deliverance will come soon

There is a sound in the calm

Someone is coming to harm

I press my hands to my ears

It's easier here just to forget fear

And when I squinted

The world seemed rose-tinted

And angels appeared to descend

To my surprise

With half-closed eyes

Things looked even better

Than when they were opened

Been waiting for the night to fall

Now everything is bearable

And here in the still

All that you hear

Is tranquility

Enjoy The Silence

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Words like violence

Break the silence

Come crashing in

Into my little world

Painful to me

Pierce right through me

Can't you understand

Oh my little girl

All I ever wanted

All I ever needed

Is here in my arms

Words are very unnecessary

They can only do harm

Vows are spoken

To be broken

Feelings are intense

Words are trivial

Pleasures remain

So does the pain

Words are meaningless

And forgettable

All I ever wanted

All I ever needed

Is here in my arms

Words are very unnecessary

They can only do harm

Interlude No. 2 - Crucified

Vocalista principal: Andrew Fletcher

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Crucified

Policy Of Truth

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

You had something to hide

Should have hidden it, shouldn't you

Now you're not satisfied

With what you're being put through

It's just time to pay the price

For not listening to advice

And deciding in your youth

On the policy of truth

Things could be so different now

It used to be so civilised

You will always wonder how

It could have been if you'd only lied

It's too late to change events

It's time to face the consequence

For delivering the proof

In the policy of truth

Never again is what you swore

The time before

Never again is what you swore

The time before

Now you're standing there tongue tied

You'd better learn your lesson well

Hide what you have to hide

And tell what you have to tell

You'll see your problems multiplied

If you continually decide

To faithfully pursue

The policy of truth

Never again is what you swore

The time before

Never again is what you swore

The time before

Blue Dress

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Put it on

And don't say a word

Put it on

The one that I prefer

Put it on

And stand before my eyes

Put it on

Please don't question why

Can you believe

Something so simple

Something so trivial

Makes me a happy man

Can't you understand

Say you believe

Just how easy

It is to please me

Because when you learn

You'll know what makes the world turn

Put it on

I can feel so much

Put it on

I don't need to touch

Put it on

Here before my eyes

Put it on

Because you realise

And you believe

Something so worthless

Serves a purpose

It makes me a happy man

Can't you understand

Say you believe

Just how easy

It is to please me

Because when you learn

You'll know what makes the world turn

Interlude No. 3

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Clean

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Clean

The cleanest I've been

An end to the tears

And the in-between years

And the troubles I've seen

Now that I'm clean

You know what I mean

I've broken my fall

Put an end to it all

I've changed my routine

Now I'm clean

I don't understand

What destiny's planned

I'm starting to grasp

What is in my own hands

I don't claim to know

Where my holiness goes

I just know that I like

What is starting to show

Sometimes

As years go by

All the feelings inside

Twist and they turn

As they ride with the tide

I don't advise

And I don't criticise

I just know what I like

With my own eyes

Sometimes

Sometimes

Personal Jesus (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Dangerous

Dangerous

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

The things you do

Aren't good for my health

The moves you make

You make for yourself

The means you use

Aren't meant to confuse

Although they do

They're the ones that I would choose

And I wouldn't want it any other way

You wouldn't let me anyway

Dangerous

The way you leave me wanting more

Dangerous

That's what I want you for

Dangerous

When I am in your arms

Dangerous

Know I will come to harm

The lies you tell

Aren't meant to deceive

They're not there

For me to believe

I've heard

Your vicious words

You know by now

It takes a lot to see me hurt

And I couldn't take it any other way

But there's a price I have to pay

Enjoy The Silence (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Memphisto, Sibeling

Memphisto

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Sibeling

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Policy Of Truth (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Kaleid

Kaleid

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

World In My Eyes (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Happiest Girl, Sea Of Sin

Happiest Girl

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Happiest girl I ever knew

Happiest girl I ever knew

Wanted to feel the joy

Flow between our lips

Wanted to feel the joy

Flow between our hips

Happiest girl I ever knew

Why do you smile the smile you do

Happiest girl I ever knew

Wanted to feel the joy

Pass between our eyes

Wanted to feel the joy

Pass between our thighs

And I would have to pinch her

Just to see if she was real

Just to watch the smile fade away

And see the pain she'd feel

Wanted to feel her joy

Feel it deep within

Wanted to feel her joy

Penetrate my skin

Happiest girl I ever knew

Why do you smile the smile you do

Sea Of Sin

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Sea of sin

I'm swimming in

And I'm taking a dive

My mind's in need

So my body feeds

And it keeps me alive

It gets better and better

As it gets wetter and wetter

Sea of sin

Know where you've been

But I don't care

Sea of sin

Through thick and thin

For better or worse

My mind's in need

So my body feeds

And it quenches my thirst

You look cheaper and cheaper

As we sink deeper and deeper

Sea of sin

Know where you've been

'Cause I've been there

Here under God's sky

His watchful eye

And all of the lies

My consolation prize

Sea of sin

My second skin

My home from home

When I'm in doubt

My hands reach out

And I'm never alone

It gets wetter and wetter

As it gets better and better

Sea of sin

Know where you've been

And I'm prepared

Sea of sin

Know where you've been

Yes I'm aware

Sea of sin

Know where you've been

'Cause I've been there

Sea of sin

Know where you've been

And I don't care

Sea of sin

Know where you've been

And I don't care

Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)

Octavo trabajo de estudio de la banda que integran Andrew Fletcher, Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan y Alan Wilder en 1993 cuando es publicado. El album está compuesto por 10 temas:

I Feel You, Walking In My Shoes, Condemnation, Mercy In You, Judas, In Your Room, Get Right With Me, Interlude No. 4, Rush, One Caress, Higher Love

I Feel You

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I feel you

Your sun it shines

I feel you

Within my mind

You take me there

You take me where

The kingdom comes

You take me to

And lead me through Babylon

This is the morning of our love

It's just the dawning of our love

I feel you

Your heart it sings

I feel you

The joy it brings

Where heaven waits

Those golden gates

And back again

You take me to

And lead me through oblivion

This is the morning of our love

It's just the dawning of our love

I feel you

Your precious soul

And I am whole

I feel you

Your rising sun

My kingdom comes

I feel you

Each move you make

I feel you

Each breath you take

Where angels sing

And spread their wings

My love's on high

You take me home

To glory's throne

By and by

This is the morning of our love

It's just the dawning of our love

Walking In My Shoes

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I would tell you about the things they put me through

The pain I've been subjected to

But the Lord himself would blush

The countless feasts laid at my feet

Forbidden fruits for me to eat

But I think your pulse would start to rush

Now I'm not looking for absolution

Forgiveness for the things I do

But before you come to any conclusions

Try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

You'll stumble in my footsteps

Keep the same appointments I kept

If you try walking in my shoes

If you try walking in my shoes

Morality would frown upon

Decency look down upon

The scapegoat fate's made of me

But I promise now, my judge and jurors

My intentions couldn't have been purer

My case is easy to see

I'm not looking for a clearer conscience

Peace of mind after what I've been through

And before we talk of any repentance

Try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

You'll stumble in my footsteps

Keep the same appointments I kept

If you try walking in my shoes

If you try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

Now I'm not looking for absolution

Forgiveness for the things I do

But before you come to any conclusions

Try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

You'll stumble in my footsteps

Keep the same appointments I kept

If you try walking in my shoes

You'll stumble in my footsteps

Keep the same appointments I kept

If you try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

If you try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

Condemnation

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Condemnation

Tried

Here on the stand

With the book in my hand

And truth on my side

Accusations

Lies

Hand me my sentence

I'll show no repentance

I'll suffer with pride

If for honesty

You want apologies

I don't sympathize

If for kindness

You substitute blindness

Please open your eyes

Condemnation

Why

Because my duty

Was always to beauty

And that was my crime

Feel elation

High

To know I can trust this

Fix of injustice

Time after time

If you see purity

As immaturity

Well it's no surprise

If for kindness

You substitute blindness

Please open your eyes

Mercy In You

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

You know what I need

When my heart bleeds

I suffer from greed

A longing to feed

On the mercy in you

I can't conceal

The way I'm healed

The pleasure I feel

When I have to deal

With the mercy in you

I would do it all again

Lose my way and fall again

Just so I could call again

On the mercy in you

When here in my mind

I feel inclined

To wrongly treat you unkind

I have faith I will find

The mercy in you

I would lose my way again

Be led hopelessly astray again

Just so I could pray again

For the mercy in you

When here in my mind

I have been blind

Emotionally behind

I have faith I will find

The mercy in you

Judas

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Is simplicity best

Or simply the easiest

The narrowest path

Is always the holiest

So walk on barefoot for me

Suffer some misery

If you want my love

If you want my love

Man will survive

The harshest conditions

And stay alive

Through difficult decisions

So make up your mind for me

Walk the line for me

If you want my love

If you want my love

Idle talk

And hollow promises

Cheating Judases

Doubting Thomases

Don't just stand there and shout it

Do something about it

You can fulfill

Your wildest ambitions

And I'm sure you will

Lose your inhibitions

So open yourself for me

Risk your health for me

If you want my love

If you want my love

If you want my love

If you want my love

In Your Room

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

In your room

Where time stands still

Or moves at your will

Will you let the morning come soon

Or will you leave me lying here

In your favourite darkness

Your favourite half-light

Your favourite consciousness

Your favourite slave

In your room

Where souls disappear

Only you exist here

Will you lead me to your armchair

Or leave me lying here

Your favourite innocence

Your favourite prize

Your favourite smile

Your favourite slave

I'm hanging on your words

Living on your breath

Feeling with your skin

Will I always be here

In your room

Your burning eyes

Cause flames to arise

Will you let the fire die down soon

Or will I always be here

Your favourite passion

Your favourite game

Your favourite mirror

Your favourite slave

I'm hanging on your words

Living on your breath

Feeling with your skin

Will I always be here

Will I always be here

Get Right With Me

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I will have faith in man

That is hard to understand

Show some humility

You have the ability

Get right with me

Friends, if you've lost your way

You will find it again some day

Come down from your pedestals

And open your mouths that's all

Get right with me

Life is such a short thing

That I cannot comprehend

But if this life were a bought thing

There are ways I know we'd mend

People, take my advice

Already told you once, once or twice

Don't waste your energy

Making apologies

Get right with me

Interlude No. 4

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Rush

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Walk with me

Open your sensitive mouth

And talk to me

Hold out your delicate hands

And feel me

Couldn't make any plans

To conceal me

Open your sensitive mouth

Hold out your delicate hands

With such a sensitive mouth

I'm easy to see through

When I come up

When I rush

I rush for you

Cry for you

Seen the tears

Roll down from my eyes for you

Heard my truth

Distorted to lies for you

Watched my love

Becoming a prize for you

Seen the tears in my eyes

Heard my truth turn to lies

Seen the tears in my eyes

I'm not proud of what I do

When I come up

When I rush

I rush for you

I come up to meet you

Up there somewhere

When I rush to greet you

My soul is bared

Gave more for you

Dropped my crutches

And crawled on the floor for you

Went looking behind every door for you

And because of the things

That I saw for you

I spiritually grew

When I come up

When I rush

I rush for you

One Caress

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Well I'm down on my knees again

And I pray to the only one

Who has the strength

To bear the pain

To forgive all the things that I've done

Oh girl

Lead me into your darkness

When this world is trying it's hardest

To leave me unimpressed

Just one caress

From you and I'm blessed

When you think you've tried every road

Every avenue

Take one more look

At what you found old

And in it you'll find something new

I'm shying from the light

I always loved the night

And now you offer me eternal darkness

I have to believe that sin

Can make a better man

It's the mood that I am in

That's left us back where we began

Higher Love

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I can taste more than feel

This burning inside is so real

I can almost lay my hands upon

The warm glow that lingers on

Moved, lifted higher

Moved, my soul's on fire

Moved, by a higher love

I surrender all control

To the desire that consumes me whole

And leads me by the hand to infinity

That lies in wait at the heart of me

Moved, lifted higher

Moved, my soul's on fire

Moved, by a higher love

Heaven bound on the wings of love

There's so much that you can rise above

Moved, lifted higher

Moved, moved, by a higher love

By a higher love

I surrender heart and soul

Sacrificed to a higher goal

Moved, moved by a higher love

By a higher love

Walking In My Shoes (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

My Joy

My Joy

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

My joy

The air that I breathe

My joy

In God I believe

My joy

You move me

My joy

The blood in my veins

My joy

Flows in your name

My joy

You move me

I'm not a mountain, no

You move me

My joy

Heavenly bliss

My joy

The pleasures I've missed

My joy

You move me

I'm not a mountain, no

You move me

Condemnation (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Death's Door

Death's Door

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Well I'm knocking on Death's door

Will I take my rest, among the blessed

Mother are you waiting

Father are you pacing

I'm coming home

I'm knocking on Death's door

Will I take my rest, in my Sunday best

Mother are you anxious

Father are you gracious

I'm coming home

I've been away too long

For so long you've been strong

I've been away too long

I know that it was wrong

But I'm coming home

Well I'm knocking on Death's door

Will I take my rest, have I passed the test

Mother are you praying

Father I am saying

I'm coming home

Ultra (1997)

La banda vuelve a ser un trío tras la marcha de Alan Wilder. Este noveno trabajo se publica en 1997 con Andrew Fletcher, Martin L. Gore, y Dave Gahan como integrantes. El album lo componen estos 12 temas:

Barrel Of A Gun, The Love Thieves, Home, It's No Good, Uselink, Useless, Sister Of Night, Jazz Thieves, Freestate, The Bottom Line, Insight, Junior Painkiller

Barrel Of A Gun

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Do you mean this horny creep

Set upon weary feet

Who looks in need of sleep

That doesn't come

This twisted, tortured mess

This bed of sinfulness

Who's longing for some rest

And feeling numb

What do you expect of me

What is it you want

Whatever you've planned for me

I'm not the one

A vicious appetite

Visits me each night

And won't be satisfied

Won't be denied

An unbearable pain

A beating in my brain

That leaves the mark of Cain

Right here inside

What am I supposed to do

When everything that I've done

Is leading me to conclude

I'm not the one

Whatever I've done

I've been staring down the barrel of a gun

Is there something you need from me

Are you having your fun

I never agreed to be

Your holy one

Whatever I've done

I've been staring down the barrel of a gun

The Love Thieves

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Oh the tears that you weep

For the poor tortured souls

Who fall at your feet

With all their love begging bowls

All the clerks and the tailors

The sharks and the sailors

All good at their trades

But they'll always be failures

Alms for the poor

For the wretched disciples

And the love that they swore

With their hearts on the bible

Beseeching the honour

To sit at your table

And feast on your holiness

As long as they're able

Love needs its martyrs

Needs its sacrifices

They live for your beauty

And pay for their vices

Love will be the death of

My lonely soul brothers

But their spirits shall live on in

The hearts of all lovers

You're holding court

With your lips and your smile

Your body's a halo

Their minds are on trial

Sure as adam is eve

Sure as Jonah turned whaler

They're crooked love thieves

And you are their jailor

Love needs its martyrs

Needs its sacrifices

They live for your beauty

And pay for their vices

Love will be the death of

My lonely soul brothers

But their spirit shall live on in

The hearts of all lovers

Home

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Here is a song

From the wrong side of town

Where I'm bound

To the ground

By the loneliest sound

That pounds from within

And is pinning me down

Here is a page

From the emptiest stage

A cage or the heaviest cross ever made

A gauge of the deadliest trap ever laid

And I thank you

For bringing me here

For showing me home

For singing these tears

Finally I've found

That I belong here

The heat and the sickliest

Sweet smelling sheets

That cling to the backs of my knees

And my feet

But I'm drowning in time

To a desperate beat

And I thank you

For bringing me here

For showing me home

For singing these tears

Finally I've found

That I belong

Feels like home

I should have known

From my first breath

God send the only true friend

I call mine

Pretend that I'll make amends

The next time

Befriend the glorious end of the line

And I thank you

For bringing me here

For showing me home

For singing these tears

Finally I've found

That I belong here

It's No Good

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I'm going to take my time

I have all the time in the world

To make you mine

It is written in the stars above

The gods decree

You'll be right here by my side

Right next to me

You can run, but you cannot hide

Don't say you want me

Don't say you need me

Don't say you love me

It's understood

Don't say you're happy

Out there without me

I know you can't be

'Cause it's no good

I'll be fine

I'll be waiting patiently

Till you see the signs

And come running to my open arms

When will you realise

Do we have to wait till our worlds collide

Open up your eyes

You can't turn back the tide

Don't say you want me

Don't say you need me

Don't say you love me

It's understood

Don't say you're happy

Out there without me

I know you can't be

'Cause it's no good

I'm going to take my time

I have all the time in the world

To make you mine

It is written in the stars above

Don't say you want me

Don't say you need me

Don't say you love me

It's understood

Don't say you're happy

Out there without me

I know you can't be

'Cause it's no good

Uselink

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Useless

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Well it's about time

It's beginning to hurt

Time you made up your mind

Just what is it all worth

All my useless advice

All my hanging around

All your cutting down to size

All my bringing you down

Watch the clock on the wall

Feel the slowing of time

Hear a voice in the hall

Echoing in my mind

All your stupid ideals

You've got your head in the clouds

You should see how it feels

With your feet on the ground

Here I stand the accused

With your fist in my face

Feeling tired and bruised

With the bitterest taste

All my useless advice

All my hanging around

All your cutting down to size

All my bringing you down

All your stupid ideals

You've got your head in the clouds

You should see how it feels

With your feet on the ground

Sister Of Night

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Sister of night

When the hunger descends

And your body's a fire

An inferno that never ends

An eternal flame

That burns in desire's name

Sister of night

When the longing returns

Giving voice to the flame

Calling you through flesh that burns

Breaking down your will

To move in for the kill

Oh sister

Come for me

Embrace me

Assure me

Hey sister

I feel it too

Sweet sister

Just feel me

I'm trembling

You heal me

Hey sister

I feel it too

Sister of night

In your saddest dress

As you walk through the light

You're desperate to impress

So you slide to the floor

Feeling insecure

Sister of night

With the loneliest eyes

Tell yourself it's alright

He'll make such a perfect prize

But the cold light of day

Will give the game away

Oh sister

Come for me

Embrace me

Assure me

Hey sister

I feel it too

Sweet sister

Just feel me

I'm trembling

You heal me

Hey sister

I feel it too

Jazz Thieves

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Freestate

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I can hear your soul crying

Listen to your spirit sighing

I can feel your desperation

Emotional deprivation

Let yourself go

Let yourself go

Let your feelings show

Picking up the conversation

Deep in your imagination

Tune into the lonely voices

Talking of their only choices

Let yourself go

Let yourself go

Let your spirit grow

Step out of your cage

And onto the stage

It's time to start

Playing your part

Freedom awaits

Open the gates

Open your mind

Freedom's a state

I can taste the tears falling

The bitterness inside you calling

Yearning for a liberation

Emotional emancipation

Let yourself go

Let yourself go

Let your senses overflow

Step out of your cage

And onto the stage

It's time to start

Playing your part

Freedom awaits

Open the gates

Open your mind

Freedom's a state

The Bottom Line

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Like a cat

Dragged in from the rain

Who goes straight back out

To do it all over again

I'll be back for more

It's something

That is out of our hands

Something we will never understand

It's a hidden law

The apple falls

Destiny calls

I follow you

Like a pawn

On the eternal board

Who's never quite sure

What he's moved towards

I walk blindly on

And heaven is in front of me

Your heaven beckons me enticingly

When I arrive

It's gone

The river flows

The wise man knows

I follow you

I'm yearning

I'm burning

I feel love's wheels turning

Like a moth on love's bright light

I will get burned

each and every night

I'm dying to(o)

The sun will shine

The bottom line

I follow you

Insight

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

This is an insight

Into my life

This is a strange flight

I'm taking

My true will

Carries me along

This is a soul dance

Embracing me

This is the first chance

To put things right

Moving on

Guided by the light

And the spirit of love

Is rising within me

Talking to you now

Telling you clearly

The fire still burns

Wisdom of ages

Rush over me

Heighten my senses

Enlighten me

Lead me on

Eternally

And the spirit of love

Is rising within me

Talking to you now

Telling you clearly

The fire still burns

I'm talking to you now

The fire still burns

Whatever you do now

you've got to give love

The world still turns

I'm talking to you now

Junior Painkiller

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Barrel of a gun (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Painkiller

Painkiller

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

It's no good (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Slowblow

Slowblow

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Only When I Lose Myself (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Only When I Lose Myself, Surrender, Headstar

Only When I Lose Myself

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

It's only when I lose myself in someone else

That I find myself

I find myself

Something beautiful is happening inside for me

Something sensual, it's full of fire and mystery

I feel hypnotised

I feel paralysed

I have found heaven

There's a thousand reasons

Why I shouldn't spend my time with you

For every reason not to be here

I can think of two

To keep me hanging on

Feeling nothing's wrong

Inside your heaven

It's only when I lose myself in someone else

That I find myself

I find myself

I can feel the emptiness inside me

Fade and disappear

There's a feeling of contentment

Now that you are here

I feel satisfied

I belong inside

Your velvet heaven

Did I need to sell my soul for pleasure like this

Did I have to lose control to treasure your kiss

Did I need to place my heart in the palm of your hand

Before I could even start to understand

It's only when I lose myself in someone else

That I find myself

I find myself

Surrender

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Laying on your holy bed

By the hallowed door

Feeling like an infidel

Not worthy of your call

Tempted by your innocence

Beckoned to my fate

I won't face the consequence

I wouldn't hesitate

I'm a man of flesh and bone

Rapture

Rushing through my veins

Passion

Flaming

In my heart

Heavenly surrender once again

Yeah

Shackled like an animal

Chained to my desires

Just another sacrifice

To love's eternal fight

Tame me with your tenderness

And break my brittle heart

Easily and elegantly

Tear my world apart

I'm a man of flesh and bone

Rapture

Rushing through my veins

Passion

Flaming

In my heart

Heavenly surrender once again

Yeah

We're living in a world full of illusion

Everything is so unreal

My mind is in a state of confusion

But I can't deny the way I feel

I'm a man of flesh and bone

Rapture

Rushing through my veins

Yeah

Headstar

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Exciter (2001)

El trío, en su composición definitiva hasta nuestros días, publica su décimo album en 2001. El trabajo incluye estos 13 temas:

Dream On, Shine, The Sweetest Condition, When The Body Speaks, The Dead Of Night, Lovetheme, Freelove, Comatose, I Feel Loved, Breathe, Easy Tiger, I Am You, Goodnight Lovers

Dream On

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

As your bony fingers close around me

Long and spindly

Death becomes me

Heaven can you see what I see

Hey you pale and sickly child

You're death and living reconciled

Been walking home a crooked mile

Paying debt to karma

You party for a living

What you take won't kill you

But careful what you're giving

There's no time for hesitating

Pain is ready, pain is waiting

Primed to do it's educating

Unwanted, uninvited kin

It creeps beneath your crawling skin

It lives without it lives within you

Feel the fever coming

You're shaking and twitching

You can scratch all over

But that won't stop you itching

Can you feel a little love

Can you feel a little love

Dream on dream on

Blame it on your karmic curse

Oh shame upon the universe

It knows its lines

It's well rehearsed

It sucked you in, it dragged you down

To where there is no hallowed ground

Where holiness is never found

Paying debt to karma

You party for a living

What you take won't kill you

But careful what you're giving

Can you feel a little love

Can you feel a little love

Dream on dream on

Shine

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Put on your blindfold

And a dress that's tight

And come with me

On a mystery night

Open your eyes

Follow our stars under a painted sky

We'll leave the world behind

We're learning to fly

We used to get by

Forget the pictures on your TV screen

We'll steal the visions

That you keep for your dreams

You can turn me on

I was blind and I saw the light

My angel coming

In a brilliant white

Shine for me

You've been hanging from a rope of mediocrity

Strung up by your insecurities

You can shine for me

Somebody has to

Shine for me

It's difficult not to

Shine for me

Follow our stars under a painted sky

We'll leave the world behind

We're learning to fly

We used to get by

Forget the pictures on your TV screen

We'll steal the visions

That you keep for your dreams

You can turn me on

You've been hanging from a rope of mediocrity

Strung up by your insecurities

You can shine for me

Somebody has to

Shine for me

It's difficult not to

Shine for me

Somebody has to

Shine for me

It's difficult not to

Shine for me

The Sweetest Condition

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Taken in by the delicate noise

Knocked to the ground by the subtle thunder

Shackled and bound by the sound of your voice

Wandering around in silent wonder

What chance did I have

With the silver moon

Hanging in the sky

Opening old wounds

Taking hold of the hem of your dress

Cleanliness only comes in small doses

Bodily whole but my head's in a mess

Fuelling obsession that borders psychosis

It's a sad disease

Creeping through my mind

Causing disabilities

Of the strangest kind

Getting lost in the folds of your skirt

There's a price that I pay for my mission

A body in heaven and a mind full of dirt

How I suffer the sweetest condition

Taken in by the delicate noise

Knocked to the ground by the subtle thunder

Shackled and bound by the sound of your voice

Wandering around in silent wonder

When The Body Speaks

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

To the soul's desires

The body listens

What the flesh requires

Keeps the heart imprisoned

What the spirit seeks

The mind will follow

When the body speaks

All else is hollow

I'm just an angel

Driving blindly

Through this world

I'm just a slave here

At the mercy

Of a girl

Oh I need your tenderness

Oh I need your touch

Oh I dream of one caress

Oh I pray too much

To the soul's desires

The body listens

What the flesh requires

Keeps the heart imprisoned

What the spirit seeks

The mind will follow

When the body speaks

All else is hollow

You keep me waiting

For the promise

That is mine

Please stop debating

Please stop wasting

Your time

Oh I need your tenderness

Oh I need your touch

Oh I dream of one caress

Oh I pray too much

The Dead Of Night

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

We're the horniest boys

With the corniest ploys

Who take the easiest girls

To our sleaziest worlds

With our lecherous plans

In our treacherous hands

You'd be wasting your time

Saying no, it's a crime

All that we live for you'll regret

All you remember we'll forget

We are the dead of night

We're in the zombie room

We're twilight's parasites

With self-inflicted wounds

We are the dead of night

We're in the zombie room

Heavenly oversights

Eating from silver spoons

With our decadent minds

And our innocent lines

You'll be playing our games

With your bodies in flames

When delirious fun

Has seriously begun

You'll be down on your knees

You'll be begging us please

All we're demanding you'll supply

All we're accused of we'll deny

We are the dead of night

We're in the zombie room

We're twilight's parasites

With self-inflicted wounds

We are the dead of night

We're in the zombie room

Heavenly oversights

Eating from silver spoons

Lovetheme

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Freelove

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

If you've been hiding from love

If you've been hiding from love

I can understand where you're coming from

I can understand where you're coming from

If you've suffered enough

If you've suffered enough

I can understand what you're thinking of

I can see the pain that you're frightened of

And I'm only here

To bring you free love

Let's make it clear

That this is free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

I've been running like you

I've been running like you

Now you understand why I'm running scared

Now you understand why I'm running scared

I've been searching for truth

I've been searching for truth

And I haven't been getting anywhere

No I haven't been getting anywhere

And I'm only here

To bring you free love

Let's make it clear

That this is free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

Hey girl

You've got to take this moment

Then let it slip away

Let go of complicated feelings

Then there's no price to pay

We've been running from love

We've been running from love

And we don't know what we're doing here

No we don't know what we're doing here

We're only here

Sharing our free love

Let's make it clear

That this is free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

Comatose

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Comatose, almost

You've got me dreaming

Slipping in

And sliding out

Of conscious feeling

Take a light

Start the flame

Play the game

I am lost

In your eyes

Hypnotised

Here I believe

Dreams never deceive

Comatose, almost

You've got me dreaming

Slipping in

And sliding out

Life has no meaning

Bodies move

Colours change

Girl you're strange

Here inside

I'm at home

I'm alive

Don't be afraid

I'm floating away

Comatose, almost

You've got me dreaming

Slipping in

And sliding out

Of conscious feeling

Comatose, almost

Comatose, almost

Comatose.

I Feel Loved

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

It's the dark night of my soul

And temptation's taking hold

But through the pain and the suffering

Through the heartache and trembling

I feel loved

I feel loved

As the darkness closes in

In my head I hear whispering

Questioning and beckoning

But I'm not taken in

I feel loved

I feel loved

From the depths of my emptiness

Comes a feeling of inner bliss

I feel wanted, I feel desired

I can feel my soul on fire

I feel loved

I feel loved

Breathe

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I heard a rumour

They travel far

You know what it's like

The way people are

They talk and they talk

Though they don't understand

They'll whisper and whisper

And lie on demand

Please tell me now

I want to know

I have to hear it from your lips

Say it's not so

I heard it on Monday

And I laughed a while

I heard it on Tuesday

I managed to smile

I heard it on Wednesday

My patience was tried

I heard it on Thursday

And I hurt inside

I want to know

The depths of your mind

Tell me this whole thing is madness

And we're doing fine

Put your little hand in mine

And believe in love

Put your head on my chest

And breathe love

Breathe love

Breathe love

Breathe love

I heard it from Peter

Who heard it from Paul

Who heard it from someone

I don't know at all

I heard it from Mary

Who heard it from Ruth

Who swore on the bible

She's telling the truth

I heard it from Simon

Who heard it from James

Confirming with Sarah

That I was to blame

I heard it from Joseph

Who heard it from John

Who said with conviction

That all hope was gone

So I need to know

Your alibis

I need to hear that you love me

Before you say goodbye

Before you say goodbye

Before you say goodbye

Before you say goodbye

Easy Tiger

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

I Am You

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

You have bound my heart with subtle chains

So much pleasure that it feels like pain

So entwined now that we can't shake free

I am you and you are me

No escaping from the mess we're in

So much pleasure that it must be sin

I must live with this reality

I am yours eternally

There's no turning back

We're in this trap

No denying the facts

No, no, no

No excuses to give

I'm the one you're with

We've no alternative

No, no, no

Dark obsession in the name of love

This addiction that we're both part of

Leads us deeper into mystery

Keeps us craving endlessly

Strange compulsions that I can't control

Pure possession of my heart and soul

I must live with this reality

I am you and you are me

I am you and you are me

I am you and you are me

I am you and you are me

There's no turning back

We're in this trap

No denying the facts

No, no, no

No excuses to give

I'm the one you're with

We've no alternative

No, no, no

Goodnight Lovers

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Here, somewhere in the heart of me

There is still a part of me

That cares

And I'll, I'll still take the best you've got

Even though I'm sure it's not

The best for me

When you're born a lover

You're born to suffer

Like all soul sisters

And soul brothers

I, I can see the danger signs

They only help to underline

Your beauty

I'm not looking for an easy ride

True happiness cannot be tried

So easily

When you're born a lover

You're born to suffer

Like all soul sisters

And soul brothers

Like all soul sisters

And soul brothers

You can take your time

I'll be waiting in line

You don't even have to give me

The time of day

When you're born a lover

You're born to suffer

Like all soul sisters

And soul brothers

Like all soul sisters

And soul brothers

I Feel Loved (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Dirt

Dirt

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Ron Ashton, Scott Ashton, Dave Alexander and Iggy Pop

Ooh, I've been dirt

And I don't care

Ooh, I've been dirt

And I don't care

'Cause I'm burning inside

'Cause I'm burning inside

I'm the fire of life

Yeah alright

Ooh, I've been hurt

And I don't care

Ooh, I've been hurt

And I don't care

'Cause I'm burning inside

'Cause I'm burning inside

And do you feel it

Said do you feel it when you touch me

I said do you feel it when you touch me

I'm a fire

Well there's a fire

Yeah, alright

It's just a burning inside

It's just a burning inside

Said do you feel it

Said do you feel it when you cut me

Said do you feel it when you cut me

There's a fire

There's a fire

A fire

Inside

It was just a dreaming

Freelove (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Zenstation

Zenstation

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Playing the Angel (2005)

Trabajo número once que el grupo publica en 2005. Es el primer album que incluye una canción escrita por Dave Gahan. Los 12 temas que componen el album son:

A Pain That I'm Used To, John The Revelator, Suffer Well, The Sinner In Me, Precious, Macro, I Want It All, Nothing's Impossible, Introspectre, Damaged People, Lilian, The Darkest Star

A Pain That I'm Used To

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I'm not sure

What I'm looking for anymore

I just know

That I'm harder to console

I don't see who I'm trying to be

Instead of me

But the key

Is a question of control

Can you say

What you're trying to play anyway

I just pay

While you're breaking all the rules

All the signs that I find

Have been underlined

Devils thrive on the drive

That is fuelled

All this running around

Well it's getting me down

Just give me a pain that I'm used to

I don't need to believe

All the dreams you conceive

You just need to achieve

Something that rings true

There's a hole in your soul

Like an animal

With no conscience

Repentance unknown

Close your eyes

Pay the price for your paradise

Devils feed on the seeds

That are sown

Can't conceal what I feel

What I know is real

No mistaking the faking

I care

With a prayer in the air

I will leave it there

On a note full of hope

Not despair

All this running around

Well it's getting me down

Just give me a pain that I'm used to

I don't need to believe

All the dreams you conceive

You just need to achieve

Something that rings true

John The Revelator

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

John the Revelator

Put him in an elevator

Take him up to the highest high

Take him up to the top

Where the mountains stop

Let him tell his book of lies

John the Revelator

He's a smooth operator

It's time we cut him down to size

Take him by the hand

And put him on the stand

Let us hear his alibis

By claiming God

As his holy right

He's stealing a God

From the Israelites

Stealing a God

From the Muslim too

There is only one God

Through and through

Seven lies multiplied by seven

Multiplied by seven again

Seven angels with seven trumpets

Send them home on the morning train

Well who's that shouting

John the Revelator

All he ever gives us is pain

Well who's that shouting

John the Revelator

He should bow his head in shame

By and By

By and By

By and By

By and By

Suffer Well

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott

Where were you when I fell from grace

A frozen heart an empty space

Something's changed and it's in your eyes

Please don't speak you'll only lie

I found treasure not where I thought

Peace of mind can't be bought

Still I believe

Just hang on

Suffer well

Sometimes it's hard

It's hard to tell

An angel led me when I was blind

I said take me back I've changed my mind

Now I believe

From the blackest room I was torn

You called my name my love was born

So I believe

Just hang on

Suffer well

Sometimes it's hard

It's hard to tell

The Sinner In Me

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

If I could just hide

The sinner inside

And keep him denied

How sweet life would be

If I could be free

From the sinner in me

I'll never be a saint

That's not a picture

That your memory paints

Not renowned for my patience

I'm not renowned for my restraint

But you're always around

You can always be found

To pick me up

When I'm on the ground

If I could just hide

The sinner inside

And keep him denied

How sweet life would be

If I could be free

From the sinner in me

I'm still recovering

Still getting over all the suffering

More known for my anger

Than for any other thing

But you've always tried

To be by my side

And catch my fall

When I start to slide

If I could just hide

The sinner inside

And keep him denied

How sweet life would be

If I could be free

From the sinner in me

Precious

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Precious and fragile things

Need special handling

My God what have we done to you

We always tried to share

The tenderest of care

Now look what we have put you through

Things get damaged

Things get broken

I thought we'd manage

But words left unspoken

Left us so brittle

There was so little left to give

Angels with silver wings

Shouldn't know suffering

I wish I could take the pain for you

If God has a master plan

That only He understands

I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through

Things get damaged

Things get broken

I thought we'd manage

But words left unspoken

Left us so brittle

There was so little left to give

I pray you learn to trust

Have faith in both of us

And keep room in your hearts for two

Things get damaged

Things get broken

I thought we'd manage

But words left unspoken

Left us so brittle

There was so little left to give

Macro

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Overflowing senses

Heightened awareness

I hear my blood flow

I feel its caress

Whispering cosmos

Talking right to me

Unlimited endless

God breathing through me

See the microcosm

In macro vision

Our bodies moving

With pure precision

One universal celebration

One evolution

One creation

Thundering rhythm

Pounding within me

Driving me onwards

Forcing me to see

Clear and enlightening

Right there before me

Brilliantly shining

Intricate beauty

See the microcosm

In macro vision

Our bodies moving

With pure precision

One universal celebration

One evolution

One creation

I Want It All

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott

I see a river

It's oceans that I want

You have to give me everything

But everything's not enough

It's my desire

To give myself to you

Sometimes

Sometimes I try

Sometimes I lie with you

Sometimes I cry

Sometimes I die it's true

Somewhere I'll find something that's kind in you

And I've crossed the line again

A line I drew in sand

And still you give me everything

But everything's not enough

I'm ready but not willing

To give myself to you

Sometimes

Come on over lay down beside me

And I'll try

Come on over lay down beside me

And I'll try

And I'll try

I want it all

Nothing's Impossible

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott

Just give me a reason some kind of sign

I'll need a miracle to help me this time

I heard what you said and I feel the same

I know in my heart that I'll have to change

Even the stars look brighter tonight

Nothing's impossible

I still believe in love at first sight

Nothing's impossible

How did we get to be this far apart

How did we get to be this far apart

I want to be with you have something to share

I want to be here I'm not there

Even the stars look brighter tonight

Nothing's impossible

I still believe in love at first sight

Nothing's impossible

Even the stars look brighter tonight

Nothing's impossible

If you believe in love at first sight

Nothing's impossible

I still believe in love at first sight

Nothing's impossible

Introspectre

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Damaged People

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

We're damaged people

Drawn together

By subtleties that we are not aware of

Disturbed souls

Playing out forever

These games that we once thought we would be scared of

When you're in my arms

The world makes sense

There is no pretence

And you're crying

When you're by my side

There is no defence

I forget to sense I'm dying

We're damaged people

Praying for something

That doesn't come from somewhere deep inside us

Depraved souls

Trusting in the one thing

The one thing that this life has not denied us

When I feel the warmth of your very soul

I forget I'm cold

And crying

When your lips touch mine

And I lose control

I forget I'm old

And dying

Lilian

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Oh Lilian

Look what you've done

You've stripped my heart

Ripped it apart

In the name of fun

Oh Lilian

I'm a poor man's son

And precious jewels

Weren't found in schools

Where I came from

Pain and misery

Always hit the spot

Knowing you can't lose

What you haven't got

Oh Lilian

I should have run

I should have known

Each dress you own

Is a loaded gun

Oh Lilian

Oh Lilian

I need protection

I hear your voice

And any choice

I had is gone

Oh Lilian

Once I'd begun

I couldn't stop

Till every drop

Of blood was sung

Pain and misery

Always hit the spot

Knowing you can't lose

What you haven't got

Oh Lilian

Look what you've done

You've stripped my heart

Ripped it apart

In the name of fun

Oh Lilian…

The Darkest Star

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Oh you sad one

Playing the angel

Isn't so easy where you're from

Oh you wild one

Devil's companion

You won't stay satisfied for long

I don't want you to change anything you do

I don't want you to be someone else for me

Oh you dark one

Eternal outsider

Caught in the spider's web you've spun

Oh you blind one

Gentle and kind one

Seeing the world as a loaded gun

I don't want you to change anything you do

I don't want you to be someone else for me

Stay as you are the darkest star

Shining for me

Majestically

I don't want you to change anything you do

I don't want you to be someone else for me

Precious (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Free

Free

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I will never be free

I shall never be released

From the chains that bind me

That torture and blind me

And keep me from peace

Oh what heartache

Oh what heartbreak

Following me

Calling to me

I will never be free

I shall never be released

From the chains that bind me

That torture and blind me

And keep me from peace

I will never be free

I will never be laid to rest

Sisters and brothers

I'll never recover

From this tenderness

See what love brings

Hear what love sings

Sad melodies

Enticing me

A Pain That I'm Used To (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Newborn

Newborn

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Newborn

For the first time

I'm not born again

I have never lived at all

I've opened up my eyes

Now I hear the world talking

Opened up my eyes

I've just started walking

I've just started walking

I've got someone who cares for me

Someone who believes in me

I've got someone understanding me

Someone crying over me

For all the right reasons

For all the right reasons

Newborn

For the first time

I'm not born again

I have never lived at all

I've opened up my eyes

Now I hear the world talking

Opened up my eyes

I've just started walking

I've just started walking

I've got someone seeing grace in me

Someone respecting me

I've got someone who's there for me

Someone saying prayers for me

For all the right reasons

For all the right reasons

Suffer Well (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Better Days

Better Days

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

What are you hiding from

You are part of the sum

What has been going on

Your confidence has gone

You have seen better days

You have lived better ways

What are you waiting for

Answers that question more

Unexpected they will come

Are you expecting some

You have seen better days

You have lived better ways

Only time will tell

What will come of you

Only crime could sell

What you're trying to

Where are you heading to

What plans will you pull through

With trouble in the wings

Will you risk anything

You have seen better days

You have lived better ways

Martyr (Single)

En este sencillo aparecen los siguientes temas nuevos:

Martyr

Martyr

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I've been a martyr for love

And I will die in the flames

As I draw my last breath

As I'm closing on death

I will call out your name

I've been a martyr for love

Nailed up on the cross

While you're having your fun

As the damage is done

I'm assessing the cost

I knew what I was letting myself in for

I knew that I could never even the score

I've been a martyr for love

I need to be by your side

I have knelt at your feet

I have felt your deceit

Couldn't leave if I tried

I've been a martyr for love

Tortured every hour

From the day I was born

I've been moved like a pawn

By the greatest of powers

I knew that I would have to suffer in vain

Aware that I would never outgrow the pain

I've been a martyr for love…

Sounds Of The Universe (2009)

Duodécimo disco de estudio de la banda, que se publica en 2009. Es el segundo album con temas compuestos por Dave Gahan. Los 18 temas incluidos son:

In Chains, Hold To Feed, Wrong, Fragile Tension, Little Soul, In Sympathy, Peace, Come Back, Spacewalker, Perfect, Miles Away / The Truth Is, Jezebel, Corrupt, Light, The Sun And The Moon And The Stars, Ghost, Esque, Oh Well

In Chains

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

The way you move

Has got me yearning

The way you move

Has left me burning

I know you know what you're doing to me

I know my hands will never be free

I know what it's like to be

In chains

The way you move

Is meant to haunt me

The way you move

To tempt and taunt me

I know you knew on the day you were born

I know somehow I should have been warned

I know I walk every midnight till dawn

In chains

You've got me dying for you

It's you that I'm living through

You've got me praying to you

Saying to you

Anything you want me to

You've got me reaching for you

My soul's beseeching me to

You've got me singing to you

Bringing to you

Anything you ask me to

The way you move

Is mesmerising

The way you move

Is hypnotising

I know I crumble when you are around

Stutter, mumble, a pitiful sound

Stagger, stumble, shackled and bound

In chains

You've got me dying for you

It's you that I'm living through

You've got me praying to you

Saying to you

Anything you want me to

You've got me reaching for you

My soul's beseeching me too

You've got me singing to you

Bringing to you

Anything you ask me to

I'm in chains

In chains

Hold To Feed

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott

We are here

We can love

We share something

I'm sure that you mean the world to me

Your name was the one

That was always chosen

Your words and their kindness

Have set me free

Shame has a hold

That's kept us frozen

You opened my eyes to a world

That I could believe

Words can leave you

Broken inside

You'll have to decide

I'm hanging on to my pride

We are here

We can love

We share something

I'm sure that you mean the world to me

When you get what you need

There's no way of knowing

What you'll have

Is another hole to feed

The games that were played

Have left us hoping

The gift that we have —the life

That we breathe

This world can leave you

Broken inside

With nowhere to hide

I'm hanging on to my pride

We are here

We've been chosen

We've been blessed with a place

We need to find and then open

We are here

We can love

We share something

I'm sure that you mean the world to me

When you get what you need

There's no way of knowing

What you'll have

Is another hole to feed

Wrong

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I was born with the wrong sign

In the wrong house

With the wrong ascendancy

I took the wrong road

That led to

The wrong tendencies

I was in the wrong place

At the wrong time

For the wrong reason

And the wrong rhyme

On the wrong day

Of the wrong week

Used the wrong method

With the wrong technique

Wrong

Wrong

There's something wrong with me chemically

Something wrong with me inherently

The wrong mix

In the wrong genes

I reached the wrong ends

By the wrong means

It was the wrong plan

In the wrong hands

The wrong theory

For the wrong man

The wrong eyes

On the wrong prize

The wrong questions

With the wrong replies

Wrong

Wrong

I was marching to the wrong drum

With the wrong scum

Pissing out the wrong energy

Using all the wrong lines

And the wrong signs

With the wrong intensity

I was on the wrong page

Of the wrong book

With the wrong rendition

Of the wrong look

With the wrong moon

Every wrong night

With the wrong tune playing

Till it sounded right, yeah

Wrong

Wrong

Too long

Fragile Tension

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

There's a fragile tension

That's keeping us going

It may not last forever

But oh when it's flowing

There's something magical in the air

Something so tragic we have to care

There's a strange obsession

That's drawing us nearer

We don't understand it

It never gets clearer

There's something mystical in our genes

So simplistic it kicks and screams

Oh when we're teetering

On the edge of collapse

Nothing can keep us down

There's a dizzying feeling

That's keeping us flying

Through glittering galas

Without even trying

There's something radical in our hands

Nothing logical to our plans

Little Soul

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

My little light

Is going to shine

Shine out so bright

And illuminate your mind

My little soul will leave a footprint

This little voice

Is going to sing

I have no choice

It will infinitely ring

My little soul will leave a footprint

I'm channelling the universe

That's focusing itself

Inside of me

A singularity

My little words

Are going to sting

Haven't you heard

The pain and joy they bring

My little soul will leave a footprint

I'm channelling the universe

That's focusing itself

Inside of me

A singularity

Your little eyes

They're going to see

I can't disguise

The beauty inside me

My little soul will leave a footprint

In Sympathy

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

They're almost falling over you

Why don't they call a truce

Whatever they are trying to do

It's of little use

They're drowning you in compliments

Trying to furnish proof

And though they speak with eloquence

There is little truth

You're bright, you're strong

You know your right from wrong

At least to some degree

You're wise, you're tough

You've heard their lies enough

You smile in sympathy

I'm watching your serenity

The way your soul transcends

Their tedious obscenities

Your patience never ends

And as the night begins to fade

You're heading for the door

Followed by a sad parade

You're on your own once more

You're bright, you're strong

You know your right from wrong

At least to some degree

You're wise, you're tough

You've heard their lies enough

You smile in sympathy

Peace

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Peace will come to me

Peace will come to me

I'm leaving bitterness

Behind this time

I'm cleaning out my mind

There is no space

For the regrets

I will remember to forget

Just look at me

I am walking love incarnate

Look at the frequencies

At which I vibrate

I'm going to light up the world

Peace will come to me

Peace will come to me

I'm leaving anger in the past

With all the shadows

That it cast

There is a radar in my heart

I should have trusted

From the start

Just look at me

I'm a living act of holiness

Giving all the positivity

That I possess

I'm going to light up the world

Peace will come to me

Just wait and see

Peace will come to me

It's meant to be

Peace will come to me

Just wait and see

Peace will come to me

It's an inevitability

Come Back

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott

Come back, come back to me

I'll be waiting, patiently

Come back, come back to me

I'll be waiting here patiently

Walking a thin white line between love and hate

Wasting all of my time in another world

In another place

I could use a little company

A little kindness could go a long way

Weeks turn into months

Months turn into years

Reaching the same conclusions

Gathering up the fear

Come back, come back to me

I'll be waiting, patiently

Come back, come back to me

I'll be waiting here patiently

Light will always shine in the heart of you

In truth and in reality

Only blindness can hide it away

I could use a little restraint

A little kindness can go a long way

Weeks turn into months

Months turn into years

Reaching the same conclusions

Gathering up the fear

Living the same delusion

Gathering up the fear

Come back

Spacewalker

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Perfect

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

On another world by another star

At another place and time

In another state of consciousness

In another state of mind

Everything was almost perfect

Everything fell into place

The jury reached a different verdict

Before the judge dismissed the case

In a parallel universe

That's happening right now

Things between us must be worse

But it's hard to see just how

And everything could have been perfect

Everything in the right place

Then I wouldn't have to play the suspect

Accused, abandoned and disgraced

I didn't shoot, I didn't pull the trigger

It wasn't me I'm just a plain and simple singer

I heard the sound, I turned my head around

To watch our love shot down

In another lonely universe

We're laying side by side

And no one's hurt and no one's cursed

And no one needs to hide

And everything is almost perfect

Everything is almost right

There are never any conflicts

There are never any fights

Miles Away / The Truth Is

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott

It's one of those conversations we've, we've had them before

The ones that leave you empty and wanting for more

Your eyes they tell me something that I understand

Your eyes they hold the truth and the truth is

You're miles away

Excuse me for my hesitation I've, I've met you before

Your face seems so familiar and longing for more

Your eyes they tell me something that I understand

Your eyes they hold the truth and the truth is

You're miles away

With all your superstitions and empty lines

I could be just like you

Withdrawn but alive

Life it has it's limitations we all have our needs

Love could be the only answer it lies underneath

Your eyes they tell me something that I understand

Your eyes they hold the truth and the truth is

You're miles away

Jezebel

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

They call you Jezebel

Whenever we walk in

You're going straight to hell

For wanton acts of sin

They say

And that I'll have to pay

But I need you

Just this way

They call you Jezebel

For what you like to wear

You're morally unwell

They say you'll never care

For me

But what they fail to see

Is that your games

Are the key

Open their eyes to the beauty

Open their hearts to the fun

Open their minds to the idea

That you don't own someone

They call you Jezebel

Whenever men walk by

They say that they can tell

The longing in your eyes

Is real

And how you really feel

But they can't see

Your appeal

Jezebel!

Corrupt

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I could corrupt you

In a heartbeat

You think you're so special

Think you're so sweet

What are you trying

Don't even tempt me

Soon you'll be crying

And wishing you'd dreamt me

You'll be calling out my name

When you need someone to blame

I could corrupt you

It would be easy

Watching you suffer

Girl, it would please me

But I wouldn't touch you

With my little finger

I know it would crush you

My memory would linger

You'd be crying out in pain

Begging me to play my games

I could corrupt you

It would be ugly

They could sedate you

But what good would drugs be

But I wouldn't touch you

Put my hands on your hips

It would be too much to

Place my lips on your lips

You'd be calling out my name

Begging me to play my games

Light

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Take my hand

And walk in the light

Understand, there's a fire to ignite

You know we have a responsibility

It's true we've been chosen

And now we have the possibility

Of melting what's frozen

Walk with me with the rapture inside

Can't you see it's not our place to decide

You know we have to make a case for love

It's more of a duty

It's clear we have a mission from above

A mission of beauty

You know I wouldn't lie to you

What would I achieve by that

It's more than I would try to do

These are the facts

Take your place here

With love in your heart

Just embrace what you've known from the start

We are fulfilling our only destiny

The angels have spoken

And all the gods in the universe agree

The spell can't be broken

The Sun And The Moon And The Stars

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

One subtle look

God help me

Is all it took

To sell me

One single word

Unspoken

Your name unheard

And I'm broken

The sun and the moon

and the stars in the sky are laughing

They've seen it all before

For the wind in the trees

and the waves on the seas

It's the same thing

They can't take any more

One gentle touch

and I'm helpless

It's all too much

For my senses

One simple prayer

Denied me

When you're not there

Beside me

The sun and the moon

and the stars in the sky are laughing

They've seen it all before

For the wind in the trees

And the waves on the seas

It's the same thing

They can't take any more

Ghost

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I'm the ghost in your house

Calling your name

My memory lingers

You'll never be the same

I'm the hole in your heart

I'm the stain in your bed

The phantom in your fingers

The voices in your head

One touch is all it took

To draw you in

To leave you hooked

One kiss, you paid the price

You had a taste

Of paradise

Now you're running in circles

Chasing imaginary footsteps

Reaching for shadows

In the bed where I once slept

I'm the ghost in your house

Calling your name

My memory lingers

You'll never be the same

I'm the hole in your heart

I'm the stain in your bed

The phantom in your fingers

The voices in your head

One thought is all it takes

You lose control

You make mistakes

This pain will never leave

Until I die

You'll always grieve

Now you're falling to pieces

Seeing my face wherever you go

Talking to strangers

From a place they'll never know

Esque

Vocalista principal: Ninguno, tema instrumental

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Instrumental

Oh Well

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan / Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Martin L. Gore

Oh you've got a way about you

Oh I know so much about you

Girl

Life won't be the same without you

Life will surely be the one to tell

Listen to what she's trying to tell you

She could be the one who's going to save you

Oh well

Oh well

Life won't be the same without you

Life will surely be the one to tell

It's nothing to feel ashamed about

Nothing I can complain about

Oh well

Oh well

Oh well

Oh well

Wooooaaaa mumma

Listen to what she's trying to tell you

She could be the one who's going to save you

Oh well

Oh well

It's nothing to feel ashamed about

Nothing I can complain about

O-oh well

Oh well

Oh well

Oh well

Oh you've got a way about you

Oh I know so much about you

Girl

Life won't be the same without you

Life will surely be the one to tell

Oh well

Oh well

Oh well

Oh well

Life won't be the same without you

Life will surely be the one to tell

Oh well

Oh well

Oh well

Oh well

Delta Machine (2013)

En 2013, la banda publica el que es su album número 13 y último hasta la fecha. En el se incluyen 17 temas:

Welcome To My World, Angel, Heaven, Secret To The End, My Little Universe, Slow, Broken, The Child Inside, Soft Touch / Raw Nerve, Should Be Higher, Alone, Soothe My Soul, Goodbye, Long Time Lie, Happens All The Time, Always, All That's Mine

Welcome To My World

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Welcome to my world

Step right through the door

Leave your tranquilisers at home

You don't need them anymore

All the drama queens have gone

And the devil got dismayed

He packed up and fled this town

His master plan delayed

And if you stay a while

I'll penetrate your soul

I'll bleed into your dreams

You'll want to lose control

I'll weep into your eyes

I'll make your visions sing

I'll open endless skies

And ride your broken wings

Welcome to my world

Welcome to my world

Welcome to my world

We'll watch the sunrise set

And the moon begin to blush

Our naked innocence

Translucently too much

And I'll hold you in my arms

And keep you by my side

And we'll sleep the devil's sleep

Just to keep him satisfied

Angel

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

The angel of love was upon me

And Lord I felt so small

The legs beneath me weakened

And I began to crawl

Confused and contented

I slithered around

With feelings beyond me

I was lost, I was found

The angel of love was upon me

And Lord I felt so weak

I felt my tongue move in my mouth

And I began to speak

A strange kind of language

I don't understand

A babbling fountain

I couldn't have planned

Oh leave me here forevermore

I've found the peace I've been searching for

The angel of love was upon me

And Lord I felt so high

I swear I could have reached up

Placed my hands upon the sky

A radiant rainbow was following me around

With elevated senses I could see and taste sound

The angel of love was upon me

And Lord I felt so clean

Like a preacher on Sunday

My heart was serene

I waded into the water

I was bathed, I was drowned

Like all sinners before me

I knelt down on the ground

Oh leave me here forevermore

I've found the peace I've been searching for

Oh let me sleep forevermore

I've found the peace I've been searching for

Heaven

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Sometimes I slide away silently

I slowly lose myself over and over

Take comfort in my skin endlessly

Surrender to my will forever and ever

I dissolve in trust

I will sing with joy

I will end up dust

I'm in heaven

I stand in golden rays radiantly

I burn a fire of love over and over

Reflecting endless light relentlessly

I have embraced the flame forever and ever

I will scream the word

Jump into the void

I will guide the herd

Up to Heaven

Secret To The End

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Kurt Uenala

Oh when I look at you

I'm probably the same way too

I got a feeling that it's coming soon

Could this be the end

When I look around this room

There must be something I can do

Can I convince you that it isn't true

We've come to the end

Did I disappoint you

I wanted to believe it's true

Oh the book of love was not enough

To see us through

The problem

Should have been you (Should have been you)

Should have been you (Could have been you)

Should have been you (Would have been you)

(Should have been you, Would have been you)

If it hadn't been me

(Would have been you, Could have been you)

Should have been you (Should have been you)

Should have been you (Would have been you)

(Should have been you)

If it hadn't been me

It seems so obvious to you

You're feeling what I am feeling too

The final chapter in the contract expires soon

We've come to the end

Thank God I'm not the same as you

You always know exactly what to do

It's who I am, it's not like you

We've come to the end

Did I disappoint you

I wanted to believe it's true

The book of love was not enough

To see us through

The problem

Should have been you (Should have been you)

Should have been you (Could have been you)

Should have been you (Would have been you)

(Should have been you, Could have been you)

If it hadn't been me

(Would have been you, Could have been you)

Should have been you (Should have been you)

Should have been you (Would have been you)

(Should have been you)

If it hadn't been me

My Little Universe

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

My Little Universe

Is expanding

Slowly

And those who know me

Say I'm growing every day

Beautiful emptiness

Surrounds me

I take small steps

I'm making progress

In a non-specific way

Here I am king

I decide everything

I let no-one in

No-one

No-one

No-one

Limited consciousness

Preserves me

It protects me

And just connects enough

To keep the wolves at bay

My Little Universe

Is expanding

Slowly

And those who know me

Say I'm growing every day

Here I am king

I decide everything

I let no-one in

No-one

No-one

No-one

Slow

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Slow, slow

As slow as you can go

So I can feel all I want to know

Slow, slow

I'll go with your flow

Let the world keep its carnival pace

I prefer to look into your beautiful face

What a waste

Let the stars continue to fly by

I don't have one desire to understand why

I don't try

Slow, slow

As slow as you can go

I want my senses to overflow

Slow, slow

And doesn't it show

I don't need a race in my bed

When speed's in my heart

And speed's in my head instead

It's tempting for fools to rush in

When something's so good

Why should we rush a thing

It's a sin

Slow, slow

As slow as you can go

That's how I like it

I like it

I don't need a race in my bed

When speed's in my heart

And speed's in my head instead

Slow, slow

As slow as you can go

That's how I like it

I like it

Broken

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Kurt Uenala

If you want control

Without any pain

How long will you suffer

How long you reign

You see the friend that I need

Cannot be found

Replaced by another

Wearing his crown

There's a place where I go

Without any sound

Only you can reach me

Only you're allowed

Then you're so far away

You're so far from here

Do you remember

A time without tears

When you're falling I will catch you

You don't have to fall that far

You can make it, I will be there

You were broken from the start

When you were a child

You'd dream all day long

You'd dream of the future

And get lost in your songs

Now that time is gone

It's lost for you now

Words long forgotten

Forgotten somehow

When you're falling I will catch you

You don't have to fall that far

You can make, it I will be there

You were broken from the start

The Child Inside

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

There is darkness and death in your eyes

What have you got buried inside

The shallow grave in your soul

The ghosts there have taken control

You really should have dug a little deeper there

Body parts are starting to appear and scare

The child inside away

Each tear that flows down your face

Trickles then picks up the pace

And turns to a river inside

A river that will not subside

I can hear that dreadful overflowing sound

And watching from afar I see a child is drowned

The child inside your heart

I can see you drifting away

Heading for the light

I can see you drifting away

Every night

Why were you always inside

On days when the weather was fine

And while we were running around

You were nowhere to be found

You know you should have taken all your dolls to bed

But you were made to play games with your soul instead

The child inside you died

Soft Touch / Raw Nerve

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

Have I got a soft touch

Have I got a soft touch

Is my radar that off

Is my radar that off

I'm thinking if you're sinking

Then I'll drown

I've got a confession

Your depression will take me down

Am I on the right track

Am I on the right track

Have I picked a bad time

Have I picked a bad time

It's seeming that you're dreaming through my eyes

Why protest when your success is my prize

Oh brother, give me a helping hand

Oh brother, tell me you understand

Have I hit a raw nerve

Have I hit a raw nerve

Have I got a soft touch

Have I got a soft touch

I'm thinking if you're sinking

Then I'll drown

I've got a suspicion that your position is unsound

Oh brother, give me a helping hand

Oh brother, tell me you understand

Have I hit a raw nerve

Have I hit a raw nerve

Have I got a soft touch

Have I got a soft touch

Should Be Higher

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Kurt Uenala

I dream of a day when I dare to believe you're the answer

When the shame and the guilt are removed and the truth appears

Oh the touch of your hand, I lose who I am if I want to

I try to resist but succumb to the bliss of your kiss

You should be higher

I'll take you higher

Don't be afraid

You'll just have to pray

Your lies are more attractive than the truth

Love is all I want

Your lies are written down there in your book

Love is all I want

Your arms are infected

They're holding the truth

Oh stop all your crying

This one you'll lose

You should be higher

I'll take you higher

Don't be afraid

You'll just have to pray

Your lies are more attractive than the truth

Love is all I want

Your lies are written down there in your book

Love is all I want

You should be higher

You should be higher

Alone

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I was there when you needed me most

I was there when you wanted me least

I was your father, your son and your Holy Ghost and priest

Through your failures and success

Through your losses and gains

I didn't see much happiness or pain

I couldn't save your soul

I couldn't even take you home

I couldn't fill that hole

Alone

I saw you at your best

I knew you at your worst

I couldn't tell if you were blessed or cursed

There's a thin grey line

Between the black and the white

It's evidently hard to find at night

I couldn't save your soul

I couldn't even take you home

I couldn't play that role

Alone

Now it's too

Too late for

Words that should have been said long ago

I was there when you needed me most

I was there when you wanted me least

I was your father, your son and your Holy Ghost and priest

I couldn't save your soul

I couldn't even take you home

I couldn't fill that hole

Alone

Soothe My Soul

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

I'm coming for you

When the sun goes down

I'm coming for you

When there's no-one around

I'll come to your house

Break down the door

Girl I'm shaking

And I need more

There's only one way to soothe my soul

Only one way (only one way)

I'm coming for you

I need to feel your skin

I'm coming for you

To stop this crawling

I'm taking my place

By your side

And I'm not leaving

Until I'm satisfied

There's only one way to soothe my soul

Only one way (only one way)

I'm coming for you

My body's hungry

I'm coming for you

Like a junkie

I can't stop

Desire in me

I'm not waiting

Patiently

There's only one way to soothe my soul

Only one way (only one way)

Goodbye

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

It was you that took my soul

Threw it in the fire

Tamed it in the rapture

Filled me with desire

Now I'm pure, now I'm clean

I feel cured and serene in you

There is no denying

How I have been changed

You won't hear me crying

Now misery is strange

I can dream, I can fly

Now it seems I get by with you

Goodbye pain

Goodbye again

I was always looking

Looking for someone

Someone to stick my hook in

Pull it out and run

Now I'm caught on your line

All my thoughts are entwined in you

Goodbye pain

Goodbye again

If you see me walking

To the Golden Gates

Turn around, start talking

Stop and hesitate

I'll be waiting up there

With my fate in the air for you

Goodbye

Long Time Lie

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Martin L. Gore

It's been a while since you did something

Not so long since you complained

You sit around here doing nothing

Every day

You're the coward who points the finger

I understand that I'm helping you

You have delusions in some spaced-out fantasy

That's what you do

He loves to wallow in the glory

Loves to cut you down to size

Try to make you believe in all of his lies

It's been a long long long long long long time

It's been a long long long long long long time

A long time lie

Don't you ever look in the mirror

Don't you know there's so much more

Locked up inside that box behind your door

All your twisted conversations

When you're sitting all alone

Just remember we know your secret

While you moan

He loves to wallow in the glory

Loves to cut you down to size

Try to make you believe in all of his lies

It's been a long long long long long long time

It's been a long long long long long long time

A long time lie

Happens All The Time

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Kurt Uenala

No need to feel ashamed

There's nothing to be gained

When your dreams are in the past

Like stars, we crash and burn

Only to return

Life goes by so fast

So who is left to blame

Nothing's quite the same

We can't live in the past

I'm burning as hot as the sun

And I've only just begun

Love, it fades so fast

Sometimes I forget

All I will regret

When I leave this world behind

Sometimes I'm not sure

What I'm fighting for

It happens all the time

I know I've had enough

Maybe far too much

It's easy to be blind

When it's just me and you

I know what I have to do

I can leave this world behind

No need to feel ashamed

There's nothing to be gained

When your dreams are in the past

Like stars, we crash and burn

Only to return

Times they change so fast

Sometimes I forget

All I will regret

When I leave this world behind

Sometimes I'm not sure

What I'm fighting for

It happens all the time

It happens all the time

It happens all the time

Always

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Martin L. Gore

The well is dry and the stream runs shallow

And the sun is high and the field lies fallow

My tongue is tied and my body aching

Now I'm open wide and afraid of breaking

The food is hot and the table's ready

But my stomach's knots make my hands unsteady

So I take to pacing up and down the room

While my heart keeps racing and my mind's consumed

I just want to be part of the light of the light of the light of the light of the light in your eyes

I just want to be part of the light of the light of the light of the light of the light in your eyes

The bed is made and the candles burning

All our games are played and the clock keeps turning

We're out of tricks with the silence cutting

And the daggers stick as the doors keep shutting

I just want to be part of the fight of the fight of the fight of the fight of the fight in your eyes

I just want to be part of the fight of the fight of the fight of the fight of the fight in your eyes

Always

Always, forever

All That's Mine

Vocalista principal: Dave Gahan

Escrita por: Dave Gahan, Kurt Uenala

I know it's hard to reach you

I know it's hard to breathe

I know it's hard to be you sometimes

I can't imagine what that means

This must be someone else's story

I can't follow what you've planned

How can this be about me

Am I supposed to understand

Like a ship on the ocean

Heading out to sea

You can hardly see it now

It's a lot like you

Lost like me

You're still looking for redemption

Still can't find a trace

If there is nothing after

There'll be no saving grace

I'm giving you control now

I need some kind of sign

Come take away this sorrow now

I gave you all that's mine

Like a ship on the ocean

Heading out to sea

You can hardly see it now

It's a lot like you

Like a ship on the ocean

Heading out to sea

You can hardly see it now

It's a lot like you

Lost like me

Otras Canciones

Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth

Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth

Vocalista principal: Martin L. Gore

Escrita por: Written by Ron Mael (originally performed by Sparks)[1].

When she's on her best behaiviour

Don't be tempted by her favours

Never turn your back on mother earth

Towns are hurled from A to B

By hands that looked so smooth to me

Never turn your back on mother earth

Grasp at straws that don't want grasping

Gaze at clouds that come down crashing

Never turn your back on mother earth

Three days and two nights away from my friends

Amen to anything that brings a quick return

To my friends

To my friends

Never turn your back on mother earth

I'll admit I was unfaithful

But from now I'll be more faithful

Never turn your back on mother

Never turn your back on mother

Never turn your back on mother earth

DEPECHE MODE (Basildon, Essex, Reino Unido, 1980). Es una banda británica de música electrónica formada por Vince Clarke, Andrew Fletcher y Martin Gore, a quienes se unió poco después David Gahan, quien en realidad fue el autor del nombre. Tras su álbum debut Speak & Spell en 1981, Clarke dejó el grupo y fue sustituido por el músico Alan Wilder, quien permaneció hasta 1995. Actualmente, Gahan, Gore y Fletcher continuan con el proyecto como un trío.

Según el documental de Historia del Rock de la BBC «son los padres del rock electrónico»; está considerado uno de los mejores exponentes del género, siendo importantes precursores del uso del sintetizador como instrumento y del sampler como recurso musical, así como de la realización de videos musicales. Depeche Mode ha vendido más de 115 millones de álbumes, sumando el total de ventas de sus discos en todo el mundo, incluyendo sencillos, convirtiéndose en el más exitoso grupo de música electrónica en la historia. También fue elegido entre los 50 mejores grupos de música de todos los tiempos y uno de los 10 más influyentes de la música contemporánea.

Depeche Mode se convirtió en «la banda de rock electrónico más popular que el mundo ha conocido», según la revista Q, y «uno de los más grandes grupos de pop británico de todos los tiempos», de acuerdo al Sunday Telegraph.

Notas

[1] Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth es una canción del grupo de rock estadounidense Sparks. La canción fué grabada por el grupo a mediados de los setenta y publicada a finales de 1974 como primer sencillo del cuarto album del grupo, Propaganda. Depeche Mode grabó una versión de la canción en un flexi-disc, de una sola cara, que envió a los miembros de su club oficial de fans en la navidades de 1987. Martin Gore, grabó otra versión del tema para su primer EP en solitario Counterfeit de 1989. Fuente: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Turn_Your_Back_on_Mother_Earth. <<