Depeche Mode 'Exciter' 2001 |
Song Lyrics by Album
Dream On
author: Martin Gore
As your bony fingers close around me
Long and spindly
Death becomes me
Heaven can you see what I see
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Hey you pale and sickly child
You're death and living reconciled
Been walking home a crooked mile
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Paying debt to karma
You party for a living
What you take won't kill you
But careful what you're giving
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There's no time for hesitating
Pain is ready, pain is waiting
Primed to do it's educating
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Unwanted, uninvited kin
It creeps beneath your crawling skin
It lives without it lives within you
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Feel the fever coming
You're shaking and twitching
You can scratch all over
But that won't stop you itching
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Can you feel a little love
Can you feel a little love
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Dream on dream on
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Blame it on your karmic curse
Oh shame upon the universe
It knows its lines
It's well rehearsed
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It sucked you in, it dragged you down
To where there is no hallowed ground
Where holiness is never found
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Paying debt to karma
You party for a living
What you take won't kill you
But careful what you're giving
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Can you feel a little love
Can you feel a little love
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Dream on dream on
Shine
author: Martin Gore
Put on your blindfold
And a dress that's tight
And come with me
On a mystery night
Open your eyes
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Follow our stars under a painted sky
We'll leave the world behind
We're learning to fly
We used to get by
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Forget the pictures on your TV screen
We'll steal the visions
That you keep for your dreams
You can turn me on
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I was blind and I saw the light
My angel coming
In a brilliant white
Shine for me
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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
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Follow our stars under a painted sky
We'll leave the world behind
We're learning to fly
We used to get by
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Forget the pictures on your TV screen
We'll steal the visions
That you keep for your dreams
You can turn me on
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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
author: Martin 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
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What chance did I have
With the silver moon
Hanging in the sky
Opening old wounds
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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
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It's a sad disease
Creeping through my mind
Causing disabilities
Of the strangest kind
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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
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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
author: Martin Gore
To the soul's desires
The body listens
What the flesh requires
Keeps the heart imprisoned
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What the spirit seeks
The mind will follow
When the body speaks
All else is hollow
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I'm just an angel
Driving blindly
Through this world
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I'm just a slave here
At the mercy
Of a girl
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Oh I need your tenderness
Oh I need your touch
Oh I dream of one caress
Oh I pray too much
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To the soul's desires
The body listens
What the flesh requires
Keeps the heart imprisoned
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What the spirit seeks
The mind will follow
When the body speaks
All else is hollow
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You keep me waiting
For the promise
That is mine
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Please stop debating
Please stop wasting
Your time
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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
author: Martin Gore
We're the horniest boys
With the corniest ploys
Who take the easiest girls
To our sleaziest worlds
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With our lecherous plans
In our treacherous hands
You'd be wasting your time
Saying no, it's a crime
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All that we live for you'll regret
All you remember we'll forget
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We are the dead of night
We're in the zombie room
We're twilight's parasites
With self-inflicted wounds
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We are the dead of night
We're in the zombie room
Heavenly oversights
Eating from silver spoons
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With our decadent minds
And our innocent lines
You'll be playing our games
With your bodies in flames
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When delirious fun
Has seriously begun
You'll be down on your knees
You'll be begging us please
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All we're demanding you'll supply
All we're accused of we'll deny
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We are the dead of night
We're in the zombie room
We're twilight's parasites
With self-inflicted wounds
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We are the dead of night
We're in the zombie room
Heavenly oversights
Eating from silver spoons
Lovetheme
author: Martin Gore
Instrumental
Freelove
author: Martin 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
author: Martin Gore
Comatose, almost
You've got me dreaming
Slipping in
And Sliding out
Of conscious feeling
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Take a light
Start the flame
Play the game
I am lost
In your eyes
Hypnotised
Here I believe
Dreams never deceive
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Comatose, almost
You've got me dreaming
Slipping in
And sliding out
Life has no meaning
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Bodies move
Colours change
Girl you're strange
Here inside
I'm at home
I'm alive
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Don't be afraid
I'm floating away
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Comatose, almost
You've got me dreaming
Slipping in
And sliding out
Of conscious feeling
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Comatose, almost
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Comatose, almost
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Comatose
I Feel Loved
author: Martin 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
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I feel loved
I feel loved
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As the darkness closes in
In my head I hear whispering
Questioning and beckoning
But I'm not taken in
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I feel loved
I feel loved
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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
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I feel loved
I feel loved
Breathe
author: Martin 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
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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
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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
author: Martin Gore
Instrumental
I Am You
author: Martin 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
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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
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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
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Dark obsession in the name of love
This addiction that we're both part of
Leads us deeper into mystery
Keeps us craving endlessly
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Strange compulsions that I can't control
Pure possession of my heart and soul
I must live with this reality
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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
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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
author: Martin Gore
Here, somewhere in the heart of me
There is still a part of me
That cares
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And I'll, I'll still take the best you've got
Even though I'm sure it's not
The best for me
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When you're born a lover
You're born to suffer
Like all soul sisters
And soul brothers
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I, I can see the danger signs
They only help to underline
Your beauty
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I'm not looking for an easy ride
True happiness cannot be tried
So easily
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When you're born a lover
You're born to suffer
Like all soul sisters
And soul brothers
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Like all soul sisters
And soul brothers
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You can take your time
I'll be waiting in line
You don't even have to give me
The time of day
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When you're born a lover
You're born to suffer
Like all soul sisters
And soul brothers
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Like all soul sisters
And soul brothers
B-sides
Dirt
single: "I Feel Loved" / author: Ron Ashton, Scott Ashton, Dave Alexander and Iggy Pop (1970)
Ooh, I've been dirt
And I don't care
Ooh, I've been dirt
And I don't care
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'Cause I'm burning inside
'Cause I'm burning inside
I'm the fire of life
Yeah alright
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Ooh, I've been hurt
And I don't care
Ooh, I've been hurt
And I don't care
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'Cause I'm burning inside
'Cause I'm burning inside
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And do you feel it
Said do you feel it when you touch me
I said do you feel it when you touch me
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I'm a fire
Well there's a fire
Yeah, alright
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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
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There's a fire
There's a fire
A fire
Inside
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It was just a dreaming
Zenstation
single: "Freelove" / author: Martin Gore
Instrumental
2001
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