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Get The Balance Right
author: Martin Gore
There's more besides
Joyrides
The little house in the countryside
Understand
Learn to demand
Compromise
And sometimes lie
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Get the balance right
Get the balance right
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Be responsible
Respectable
Stable but gullible
Concerned and caring
Help the helpless
But always remain
Ultimately selfish
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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
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Almost
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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
single: "Get The Balance Right" / author: Martin Gore
Instrumental
Shake The Disease
compilation: "The Singles 81>85" 1985 / author: Martin 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
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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
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Understand me
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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
It's Called A Heart
compilation: "The Singles 81>85" 1985 / author: Martin 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
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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
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There's a lot to be learnt
And you learn when you heart gets burnt
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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
Flexible
single: "Shake The Disease" / author: Martin Gore
Fame
Can have strange effects
Money
Can have strange effects
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I ask myself
Is it a sin
To be flexible
When the boat comes in
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Open the window and out go ideals
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Drink
Can alter you
Girls
Can have strange effects, too
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We all know boats don't last
We all know cars are fast
Only When I Lose Myself
compilation: "The Singles 86>98" 1998 / author: Martin Gore
It's only when I lose myself in someone else
That I find myself
I find myself
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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
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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
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It's only when I lose myself in someone else
That I find myself
I find myself
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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
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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
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It's only when I lose myself in someone else
That I find myself
I find myself
Surrender
single: "Only When I Lose Myself" / author: Martin 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
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I'm a man of flesh and bone
Rapture
Rushing through my veins
Passion
Flaming
In my heart
Heavenly surrender once again
Yeah
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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
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I'm a man of flesh and bone
Rapture
Rushing through my veins
Passion
Flaming
In my heart
Heavenly surrender once again
Yeah
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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
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I'm a man of flesh and bone
Rapture
Rushing through my veins
Yeah
Headstar
single: "Only When I Lose Myself" / author: Martin Gore
Instrumental
Martyr
compilation: "The Best Of Volume 1" 2007 / author: Martin 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
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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
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I knew what I was letting myself in for
I knew that I could never even the score
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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
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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
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I knew that I would have to suffer in vain
Aware that I would never outgrow the pain
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I've been a martyr for love...
1983 | 2007
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