Depeche Mode

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A Pain That I'm Used To

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 unkown

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

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A Photograph Of You

What good is a photograph of you?
Everytime I look at it,
It makes me feel blue!

What use is a souveneir
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!

What good is a photograph of you?
Everytime I look at it,
It makes me feel blue.
What good is a photograph of you?
Everytime I look at it,
It makes me feel blue.

Feel blue.

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A Question Of Lust

Fragile
Like a baby in your arms
Be gentle with me
I'd never willingly
Do you harm

Apologies
Are all you 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 up 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 weaknesses
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...

Kiss me goodbye
When I'm on my own
But you know that I'd
Rather be home

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A Question Of Time

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 believe what they say

It's just a question of time
And 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

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And Then...

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
Fro 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 as 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 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

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Any Second Now (Voices)

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
Then 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

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Barrel Of A Gun

Do you mean this horny creep
Set upon weary feet
Who looks in need for 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 he 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 he 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

Words by Martin L. Gore (c) 1997 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd./EMI Music Publishing Ltd

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Behind The Wheel

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

Words by Martin L. Gore (c) 1987 Sonet Records & Publishing Ltd.

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Better Days

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

Written by Martin Gore (c) 2005 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd./EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

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Black Celebration

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

Words by Martin L. Gore (c) 1986 Sonet Records & Publishing Ltd.

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Blasphemous Rumours

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

Words by Martin L. Gore (c) 1984 Sonet Publishing

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Blue Dress

Put it on
And don't say a word
Put it on
The one that I prefer

Put it on
And stand befor 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

Words by Martin L. Gore (c) 1990 Sonet Records & Publishing Ltd.