Depeche Mode 'Playing The Angel' 2005 |
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A Pain That I'm Used To
author: Martin 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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
author: Martin 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
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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
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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
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Seven lies multiplied by seven
Multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets
Send them home on the morning train
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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
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By and By
By and By
By and By
By and By
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Seven lies multiplied by seven
Multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets
Send them home on the morning train
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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
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By and By
By and By
John the Revelator
By and By
John the Revelator
By and By
John the Revelator
Suffer Well
author: Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott
Where were you when I fell from grace
A frozen heart an empty space
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Something's changed and it's in your eyes
Please don't speak you'll only lie
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I found treasure not where I thought
Peace of mind can't be bought
Still I believe
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Just hang on
Suffer well
Sometimes it's hard
It's hard to tell
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An angel led me when I was blind
I said take me back I've changed my mind
Now I believe
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From the blackest room I was torn
You called my name my love was born
So I believev
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Just hang on
Suffer well
Sometimes it's hard
It's hard to tell
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Just hang on
Suffer well
Sometimes it's hard
So hard to tell
The Sinner In Me
author: Martin 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
author: Martin 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
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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
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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
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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
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I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your hearts for two
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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
author: Martin 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
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See the microcosm
In macro vision
Our bodies moving
With pure precision
One universal celebration
One evolution
One creation
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Thundering rhythm
Pounding within me
Driving me onwards
Forcing me to see
Clear and enlightening
Right there before me
Brilliantly shining
Intricate beauty
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See the microcosm
In macro vision
Our bodies moving
With pure precision
One universal celebration
One evolution
One creation
I Want It All
author: Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott
I see a river
It's oceans that I want
You have to give me everything
Everything's not enough
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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 find
Something that's kind
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And I've crossed the line again
A line I drew in sand
Still you give me everything
And everything's not enough
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I'm ready but not willing
To give myself to you
Sometimes
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Sometimes I try
Sometimes I lie, with you
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I die, it's true
Somewhere I find
Something that's kind
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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
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I want it all
Nothing's Impossible
author: 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
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Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing's impossible
I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing's impossible
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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
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Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing's impossible
I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing's impossible
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Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing's impossible
If you believe in love at first sight
Nothing's impossible
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I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing's impossible
Introspectre
author: Martin Gore
Instrumental
Damaged People
author: Martin 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 pretense
And you're crying
When you're by my side
There is no defense
I forget to sense
I'm dying
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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
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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
author: Martin Gore
Oh, Lillian
Look what you've done
You've stripped my heart
Ripped it apart
In the name of fun
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Oh, Lillian
I'm a poor man's son
And precious jewels
Weren't found in schools
Where I came from
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Pain and misery always hit the spot
Knowing you can't lose what you haven't got
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Oh, Lillian
I should have run
I should have known
Each dress you own
Is a loaded gun
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Oh, Lillian
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Oh, Lillian
I need protection
I hear your voice
And any choice I had is gone
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Oh, Lillian
Once I begun
I couldn't stop
'til every drop of blood was sung
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Pain and misery always hit the spot
Knowing you can't lose what you haven't got
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Oh, Lillian
Look what you've done
You stripped my heart
Ripped it apart
In the name of fun
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Oh, Lillian
Oh, Lillian
Oh, Lillian
Oh, Lillian
The Darkest Star
author: Martin Gore
Oh you sad one
Playing the angel
Isn't so easy where you're from
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Oh you wild one
Devil's companion
You won't stay satisfied for long
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I don't want you to change anything you do
I don't want you to be someone else for me
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Oh you dark one
Eternal outsider
Caught in the spider's web you've spun
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Oh you blind one
Gentle and kind one
Seeing the world as a loaded gun
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I don't want you to change anything you do
I don't want you to be someone else for me
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Stay as you are the darkest star
Shining for me
Majestically
B-sides
Free
single: "Precious" / author: Martin 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
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Oh what heartache
Oh what heartbreak
Following me
Calling to me
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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
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I will never be free
I will never be laid to rest
Sisters and brothers
I'll never recover
From this tenderness
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See what love brings
Hear what love sings
Sad melodies
Enticing me
Newborn
single: "A Pain That I'm Used To" / author: Martin 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
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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
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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
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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
Better Days
single: "Suffer Well" / author: Martin 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
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What are you waiting for
Answers that question more
Unexpected they will come
Are you expecting some
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You have seen better days
You have lived better ways
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Only time will tell
What will come of you
Only crime could sell
What you're trying to
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Where are you heading to
What plans will you pull through
With trouble in the wings
Will you risk anything
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You have seen better days
You have lived better ways
2005
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