Depeche Mode 'A Broken Frame' 1982 |
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Leave In Silence
author: Martin 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
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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
author: Martin 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
author: Martin 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 feel down
My monument
It feel 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
author: Martin Gore
Instrumental
See You
author: Martin 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
author: Martin 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
author: Martin 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
author: Martin 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
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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
author: Martin 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
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Leaves school to follow his ambition
Knows what he wants
To be a politician
Shouldn't have done that!
The Sun And The Rainfall
author: Martin 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
B-sides
Now, This Is Fun
single: "See You" / author: Martin 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
Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)
single: "The Meaning Of Love" / author: Martin Gore
Instrumental
1982
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