Depeche Mode 'Some Great Reward' 1984 |
Song Lyrics by Album
Something To Do
author: Martin Gore
My little girl
Won't you come with me
Come with me
Tell me
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Is there something to do
I'm going crazy with boredom
Come with me
Tell me
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Grey sky over a black town
I can feel depression
All around
You've got your leather boots on
***
I can't stand another drink
It's surprising this town
Doesn't sink
You've got your leather boots on
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Your pretty dress is oil stained
From working too hard
For too little
You've got your leather boots on
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You're feeling the boredom too
I'd gladly go with you
I'd put your leather boots on
I'd put your pretty dress on
Lie To Me
author: Martin Gore
Come on and lay with me
Come on and lie to me
Tell me you love me
Say I'm the only one
***
Experiences have a lasting impression
But words once spoken
Don't mean a lot now
Belief is the way
The way of the innocent
And when I say innocent
I should say naive
So lie to me
But do it with sincerity
Make me listen
Just for a minute
Make me think
There's some truth in it
***
Promises made for convenience
Aren't necessarily
What we need
Truth is a word
That's lost its meaning
The truth has become
Merely half-truth
So lie to me
Like they do it in the factory
Make me think
That at the end of the day
Some great reward
Will be coming my way
People Are People
author: Martin Gore
People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully
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So we're different colours
And we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me
Though I've done nothing wrong
I've never even met you so what could I have done
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I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
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Help me understand
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Now you're punching
And you're kicking
And you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced
But I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fists
It Doesn't Matter
author: Martin Gore
I am happy
That I have you
Even though you're not here now
I know somewhere
You are dreaming
Though it's definitely not of me
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It doesn't matter
If all this shatters
Nothing lasts forever
But I'm praying
That we're staying
Together
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I am warmed
By your friendship
Even when you're far away
And I'm happy
In the knowledge
We may never see the day
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When I kiss you
And you kiss me
Don't pretend you miss me
The worst kind
Of diseases mind
Is on filled with jealousy
***
If we should meet again
Don't try to solve the puzzle
Just lay down next to me
And please don't move a muscle
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I will thank you
Most of all for
The respect you have for me
I'm embarrassed
It overwhelms me
Because I don't deserve any
Stories Of Old
author: Martin Gore
Take a look at unselected cases
You'll find love has been wrecked
By both sides compromising
Amounting to a disastrous effect
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You hear stories of old
Of princes bold
With riches untold
Happy souls
Casting it all aside
To take some bride
To have the girl of their dreams
At their side
But not me
I couldn't do that
Not me
I'm not like that
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I couldn't sacrifice
Anything at all
To love
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I really like you
I'm attracted to you
The way you move
The things you do
I'll probably burn in hell
For saying this
But I'm really in heaven
Whenever we kiss
But Oh no!
You won't change me
You can try
For an eternity
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I wouldn't sacrifice
Anything at all
To love
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Now I've got things to do
You have too
And I've got to be me
You've got to be you
So take my hand
And feel these lips
And let's savour a kiss
Like we'd savour a sip
Of vintage wine
One more time
Let's surrender
To this love divine
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But we won't sacrifice
Anything at all
To love
Somebody
author: Martin Gore
I want somebody to share
Share the rest of my life
Share my innermost thoughts
Know my intimate details
Someone who'll stand by my side
And give me support
And in return
She'll get my support
She will listen to me
When I want to speak
About the world we live in
And life in general
Though my views may be wrong
They may even be perverted
She will hear me out
And won't easily be converted
To my way of thinking
In fact she'll often disagree
But at the end of it all
She will understand me
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I want somebody who cares
For me passionately
With every thought and with every breath
Someone who'll help me see things
In a different light
All the things I detest
I will almost like
I don't want to be tied
To anyone's strings
I'm carefully trying to steer clear
Of those things
But when I'm asleep
I want somebody
Who will put their arms around me
And kiss me tenderly
Though things like this
Make me sick
In a case like this
I'll get away with it
Master And Servant
author: Martin Gore
There's a new game
We like to play you see
A game with added reality
You treat me like a dog
Get me down on my knees
***
We call it master and servant
We call it master and servant
***
It's a lot like life
This play between the sheets
With you on top and me underneath
Forget all about equality
***
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
***
It's a lot like life
And that's what's appealing
If you despise that throwaway feeling
From disposable fun
Then this is the one
***
Domination's the name of the game
In bed or in life
They're both just the same
Except in one you're fulfilled
At the end of the day
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Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
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Let's play master and servant
Come on master and servant
If You Want
author: Alan Wilder
Working week's come to its end
Party time is here again
Everyone can come if they want to
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
You can come with me if you want to
***
Exercise your basic right
We could build a building site
From the bricks of shame is built the hope
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
Even though you may still not want to
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Let tomorrow and today
Bring a life of ecstacy
Wipe away your tears of confusion
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
You can come with me if you want to
Even though you still may not want to
Blasphemous Rumours
author: Martin Gore
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
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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
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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
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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
B-sides
In Your Memory
single: "People Are People" / author: Alan Wilder
Put up the barriers
Shut down your senses
Cover up with all of your pretences
See no evil
Your eyes are blunted
We are the hunters
We are the hunted
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Place it in your memory
Leave it in your past
But don't forget
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Taking a tumble
I'm taking a dive
Sometimes I stumble
when my mind's made up
Reaction levels
Seem strangely muted
Ordinary acts of fun have been diluted
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Place it in your memory
Leave it in your past
But don't forget
(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me
single: "Master And Servant" / author: Martin Gore
Set me free
Remotivate me
Set me burning
After years in deep freeze
My body is yearning
For a new lease on life
Add a little spice
***
Set me free
Remotivate me
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Give me a reason
To scream and shout
Give me something
To get excited about
When everything is looking dull
I'm sure it isn't impossible to
***
Set me free
Remotivate me
***
Don't think I'm impatient
Because I'm willing to wait
But something must happen
Before it gets too late
It could be my imagination
But wasn't there more than this numb sensation
***
Set me free
Remotivate me
***
Set me free
1984
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