Depeche Mode 'Violator' 1990 |
Song Lyrics by Album
World In My Eyes
author: Martin Gore
Let me take you on a trip
Around the world and back
And you won't have to move
You just sit still
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Now let your mind do the walking
And let my body do the talking
Let me show you the world in my eyes
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I'll take you to the highest mountain
To the depths of the deepest sea
And we won't need a map
Believe me
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Now let my body do the moving
And let my hands do the soothing
Let me show you the world in my eyes
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That's all there is
Nothing more than you can feel now
That's all there is
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Let me put you on a ship
On a long, long trip
Your lips close to my lips
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All the islands in the ocean
All the heaven's in motion
Let me show you the world in my eyes
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That's all there is
Nothing more than you can touch now
That's all there is
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Let me show you the world in my eyes
Sweetest Perfection
author: Martin Gore
The sweetest perfection
To call my own
The slightest correction
Couldn't finely hone
The sweetest infection
Of body and mind
Sweetest injection
Of any kind
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I stop and I stare too much
Afraid that I care too much
And I hardly dare to touch
For fear that the spell may be broken
When I need a drug in me
And it brings out the thug in me
Feel something tugging me
Then I want the real thing not tokens
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Things you'd expect to be
Having effect on me
Pass undetectedly
But everyone knows what has got me
Takes me completely
Touches me sweetly
Reaches so deeply
I know that nothing can stop me
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Sweetest perfection
An offer was made
An assorted collection
But I wouldn't trade
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Takes me complelty
Touches so sweetly
Reaches so deeply
Nothing can stop me
Personal Jesus
author: Martin Gore
Reach out and touch faith
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Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
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Feeling unknown
And you're all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
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Take second best
Put me to the test
Things on your chest
You need to confess
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
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Reach out and touch faith
Reach out and touch faith
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Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
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Feeling unknown
And you're all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
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Reach out and touch faith
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Your own personal Jesus
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Reach out and touch faith
Halo
author: Martin Gore
You wear guilt
Like shackles on your feet
Like a halo in reverse
I can feel
The discomfort in your seat
And in your head it's worse
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There's a pain
A famine in your heart
An aching to be free
Can't you see
All love's luxuries
Are here for you and me
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And when our worlds
They fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
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Bring your chains
Your lips of tragedy
And fall into my arms
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And when our worlds
They fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
Waiting For The Night
author: Martin Gore
According to the band's website, the original title for "Waiting for the Night" was "Waiting for the Night to Fall" and the rest of the title was omitted due to a printing error.
I'm waiting for the night to fall
I know that it will save us all
When everything's dark
Keeps us from the stark reality
I'm waiting for the night to fall
When everything is bearable
And there in the still
All that you feel
Is tranquility
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There is a star in the sky
Guiding my way with its light
And in the glow of the moon
Know my deliverance will come soon
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There is a sound in the calm
Someone is coming to harm
I press my hands to my ears
It's easier here just to forget fear
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And when I squinted
The world seemed rose-tinted
And angels appeared to descend
To my surprise
With half-closed eyes
Things looked even better
Than when they were opened
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Been waiting for the night to fall
Now everything is bearable
And here in the still
All that you hear
Is tranquility
Enjoy The Silence
author: Martin Gore
Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world
Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand
Oh my little girl
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All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm
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Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable
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All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm
Interlude "Crucified"
author: Martin Gore
Instrumental
Policy Of Truth
author: Martin Gore
You had something to hide
Should have hidden it, shouldn't you
Now you're not satisfied
With what you're being put through
It's just time to pay the price
For not listening to advice
And deciding in your youth
On the policy of truth
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Things could be so different now
It used to be so civilised
You will always wonder how
It could have been if you'd only lied
It's too late to change events
It's time to face the consequence
For delivering the proof
In the policy of truth
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Never again is what you swore
The time before
Never again is what you swore
The time before
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Now you're standing there tongue tied
You'd better learn your lesson well
Hide what you have to hide
And tell what you have to tell
You'll see your problems multiplied
If you continually decide
To faithfully pursue
The policy of truth
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Never again is what you swore
The time before
Never again is what you swore
The time before
Blue Dress
author: Martin Gore
Put it on
And don't say a word
Put it on
The one that I prefer
Put it on
And stand before my eyes
Put it on
Please don't question why
Can you believe
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Something so simple
Something so trivial
Makes me a happy man
Can't you understand
Say you believe
Just how easy
It is to please me
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Because when you learn
You'll know what makes the world turn
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Put it on
I can feel so much
Put it on
I don't need to touch
Put it on
Here before my eyes
Put it on
Because you realise
And you believe
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Something so worthless
Serves a purpose
It makes me a happy man
Can't you understand
Say you believe
Just how easy
It is to please me
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Because when you learn
You'll know what makes the world turn
Interlude
author: Martin Gore
Instrumental
Clean
author: Martin Gore
Clean
The cleanest I've been
An end to the tears
And the in-between years
And the troubles I've seen
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Now that I'm clean
You know what I mean
I've broken my fall
Put an end to it all
I've changed my routine
Now I'm clean
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I don't understand
What destiny's planned
I'm starting to grasp
What is in my own hands
I don't claim to know
Where my holiness goes
I just know that I like
What is starting to show
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Sometimes
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As years go by
All the feelings inside
Twist and they turn
As they ride with the tide
I don't advise
And I don't criticise
I just know what I like
With my own eyes
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Sometimes
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Sometimes
B-sides
Dangerous
single: "Personal Jesus" / author: Martin Gore
The things you do
Aren't good for my health
The moves you make
You make for yourself
The means you use
Aren't meant to confuse
Although they do
They're the ones that I would choose
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And I wouldn't want it any other way
You wouldn't let me anyway
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Dangerous
The way you leave me wanting more
Dangerous
That's what I want you for
Dangerous
When I am in your arms
Dangerous
Know I will come to harm
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The lies you tell
Aren't meant to deceive
They're not there
For me to believe
I've heard
Your vicious words
You know by now
It takes a lot to see me hurt
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And I couldn't take it any other way
But there's a price I have to pay
Happiest Girl
single: "World in My Eyes" / author: Martin Gore
Happiest girl I ever knew
Happiest girl I ever knew
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Wanted to feel the joy
Flow between our lips
Wanted to feel the joy
Flow between our hips
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Happiest girl I ever knew
Why do you smile the smile you do
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Happiest girl I ever knew
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Wanted to feel the joy
Pass between our eyes
Wanted to feel the joy
Pass between our thighs
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And I would have to pinch her
Just to see if she was real
Just to watch the smile fade away
And see the pain she'd feel
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Wanted to feel her joy
Feel it deep within
Wanted to feel her joy
Penetrate my skin
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Happiest girl I ever knew
Why do you smile the smile you do
Sea Of Sin
single: "World in My Eyes" / author: Martin Gore
Sea of sin
I'm swimming in
And I'm taking a dive
My mind's in need
So my body feeds
And it keeps me alive
It gets better and better
As it gets wetter and wetter
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Sea of sin
Know where you've been
But I don't care
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Sea of sin
Through thick and thin
For better or worse
My mind's in need
So my body feeds
And it quenches my thirst
You look cheaper and cheaper
As we sink deeper and deeper
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Sea of sin
Know where you've been
'Cause I've been there
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Here under God's sky
His watchful eye
And all of the lies
My consolation prize
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Sea of sin
My second skin
My home from home
When I'm in doubt
My hands reach out
And I'm never alone
It gets wetter and wetter
As it gets better and better
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Sea of sin
Know where you've been
And I'm prepared
Sea of sin
Know where you've been
Yes I'm aware
Sea of sin
Know where you've been
'Cause I've been there
Sea of sin
Know where you've been
And I don't care
Sea of sin
Know where you've been
And I don't care
1990
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