Depeche Mode 'Memento Mori' 2023 |
My Cosmos Is Mine
author: Martin Gore
Don’t play with my world
Don’t mess with my mind
Don’t question my spacetime
My cosmos is mine
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Don’t toy with my heart
Don’t knock down my shrines
Don’t alter my headlines
My cosmos is mine
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No war, no war, no war, no war
No more, no more, no more, no more
No fear, no fear, no fear, no fear
Not here, not here, not here, not here
No rain, no clouds
No pain, no shrouds
No final breaths
No senseless deaths
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Don’t stare at my soul
I swear it is fine
Its borders are outlined
My cosmos is mine
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My cosmos is mine
Wogging Tongue
author: Dave Gahan and Martin Gore
You won't do well to silence me
With your words or wagging tongue
With your long tall tales to sorrow
Your song and to be sung
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But I won't be offended
If I let them cross the great divide
Believe me, they will follow
Just to watch another angel die
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Watch another angel die
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You won't do well to darken me
With your secrets and your lies
With your piercing code of silence
Relax, enjoy the ride
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I'll meet you by the river
Or maybe on the other side
You'll find it hard to swallow
When you watch another angel die
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Watch another angel die
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Another sun is rising
Another day has come
You can find me, I'll be waiting
Until the day is done
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I won't be persuaded
Kiss your doubts goodbye
Everything seems hollow
When you watch another angel die
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Watch another angel die
Watch another angel die
Watch another angel die
Watch another angel die
Ghosts Again
author: Martin Gore and Richard Butler
Wasted feelings
Broken meanings
Time is fleeting
See what it brings
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Hellos, goodbyes, a thousand midnights
Lost in sleepless lullabies
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Heaven's dreaming
Thoughtless thoughts, my friends
We know we'll be ghosts again
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Sundays shining
Silver linings
Weightless hours
All my flowers
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A place to hide the tears that you cried
Everybody says goodbye
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Faith is sleeping
Lovers in the end
Whisper we'll be ghosts again
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Heaven's dreaming
Thoughtless thoughts, my friends
We know we'll be ghosts again
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Faith is sleeping
Lovers in the end
Whisper we'll be ghosts again
Don't Say You Love Me
author: Martin Gore and Richard Butler
You'll be the killer
I'll be the corpse
You'll be the thriller
And I'll be the drama, of course
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If you play the sinner
I'll play the stain
If you play the winner
I'll be your permanent pain
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I'll be the boredom
You, the desire
I'll be the catcalls
And you'll be the sound of the choir
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You, anesthetic
I'll be the scream
You'll be the promise
And I'll be the end of your dreams
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So don't say you love me
'Cause you'll never love me
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You'll be the flowers
That some lover sent
I'll be the goodbye
Note that is hiding in them
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You are the singer
I am the song
The tune that will linger
The bitter taste left on your tongue
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So don't say you love me
How could you love me?
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Your flowers and the make-believe
The secrets aid the notes you keep
The promises left on the sheets
You'll never love me
Fool your friends, believe your lies
Make amends and alibis
In the end you can't disguise
That you'll never love me
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You'll be the killer
I'll be the corpse
You'll be the laughter
And I'll be the punchline, of course
My Favourite Stranger
author: Martin Gore and Richard Butler
Some perfect stranger
Sneaks on tip-toes
Steals my shadow
And goes where I go
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My favourite stranger
Stands in my mirror
Puts words in my mouth
All broke and bitter
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Some perfect stranger
My imitation
Drops my name in
My conversations
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Some perfect stranger
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Some perfect stranger
Speaks when I speak
Walks in my footsteps
And talks in my sleep
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My favourite stranger
Stands where I stand
Leaves crime in my wake
And blood on my hands
Soul With Me
author: Martin Gore
I'm heading for the ever after
Leaving my problems
And the world's disasters
I'm heading for the open sky
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I see the beauty
As the leaves start falling
Follow the light
Towards the voices calling
I'm going where the angels fly
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And I'm taking my soul with me
And I'm taking my soul with me
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I'm ready for the final pages
Kiss goodbye to all my earthly cages
I'm climbing up the golden stairs
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Go sing it from the highest tower
From the morning
Till the midnight hour
I'm going where there are no cares
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And I'm taking my soul with me
And I'm taking my soul with me
Caroline's Monkey
author: Martin Gore and Richard Butler
Caroline knows how fragile we are
With hope as our faith
We look to the stars
Caroline's monkey is crying again
There's no satisfaction
On Caroline's train
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Caroline leaks through holes in her skin
Her promise of sweetness
Forgiveness and everything
Caroline's monkey coos in her ear
Drives like a demon
Through Caroline's tears
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Caroline feels the ice in her veins
The minutes and hours
The naming of days
Caroline said her dreams never end
For Caroline's monkey
And Caroline's friends
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Fading's better than failing
Falling's better than feeling
Folding's better than losing
Fixing's better than healing
Sometimes
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Caroline's monkey claws at her back
Colder than winter
Darker than black
Caroline's monkey is hungry again
Running with scissors
On needles and pins
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Caroline's monkey lives where she lays
Sleeps like a thief
And steals through the days
Caroline's monkey makes up all the fun
Leaves chaos and ruin
On Caroline's tongue
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Caroline knows how fragile we are
With hope as our faith
We look to the stars
Caroline's monkey is crying again
There's no satisfaction
On Caroline's train
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Fading's better than failing
Falling's better than feeling
Folding's better than losing
Fixing's better than healing
Sometimes
Before We Drown
author: Dave Gahan , Peter Gordeno and Christian Eigner
I've been thinking I can come back home
So how would that be, you and I alone?
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All alone
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I have a feeling, you're not on my side
There's a distance, between you and I
You and I
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First we stand up, then we fall down
We have to move forward, before we drown
We drown
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I feel so naked, standing on the shore
Are you sure?
Nothing's out there, nothing else no more
No more
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First we stand up, then we fall down
We have to move forward, before we drown
We drown
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We drown
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First we stand up, then we fall down
We have to move forward, before we drown
We drown
People Are Good
author: Martin Gore
Keep telling myself
That people are good
Whisper it under my breath
So I don't forget
Keep fooling myself
That they do all they can
Sometimes they simply slip up
But it's not what they meant
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Heaven help me
Heaven help me
Heaven help us
Heaven help us
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Keep reminding myself
That people are good
And when they do bad things
They're just hurting inside
Keep fooling myself
That everyone cares
And they're all full of love
It's just their patience gets tried
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Heaven help me
Heaven help me
Heaven help us
Heaven help us
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Everything will be alright in time
It will be fine
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'Cause people are good
Whisper it under your breath
People are good
Keep fooling yourself
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People are good
Whisper it under your breath
People are good
Keep fooling yourself
Always You
author: Martin Gore
My love, the world's upside down
My love, no solid ground
My love, there are no more facts
My love, reality's cracked
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And then there's you
There's always you
You're all I need to keep believing
And then there's you
There's always you
The air that keeps my spirit breathing
And then there's you
There's always you, there's always you
There's always you, there's always you
There's always you
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My love, there are no more words
My love, life's too absurd
My love, I could not explain
My love, why insanity reigns
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And then there's you
There's always you
The light that leads me from the darkness
And then there's you
There's always you
Your grace and holiness are endless
And then there's you
There's always you, there's always you
There's always you, there's always you
There's always you
And then there's you
There's always you, there's always you
There's always you, there's always you
There's always you
Never Let Me Go
author: Martin Gore
I'm waiting for your love
I know you'll want me
When your body's had enough
Your senses will see
There's only so much time
We have to play with
To waste it is a crime
We have so much to give
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When uncertainty parts
You'll be ready to concede
It was plain from the start
You've been running from me
And I have been patient
I have been so calm
Bit my lips through the torment
Please fall into my arms
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Never let me go
Never let me go
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Watch our dreams unfold in colour
Underneath love's moon we'll wander
Never let me go
Never let me go
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The angels will praise us
The world will seem right
We'll pull it out of the darkness
And into the light
We will be beacons
Shining so bright
Like stars in the darkness
For lovers at night
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We will be beacons
Shining so bright
Like stars in the darkness
For lovers at night
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Never let me go
Never let me go
Speak To Me
author: Dave Gahan , Marta Salogni, Christian Eigner and James Ford
Speak to me, and I will follow
I heard you call my name
Lying, on the bathroom floor
No one here to blame
There's a message I know can be found
I'm listening, I hear you, your sound
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Speak to me, in a language
That I can understand
Tell me, that you're listening
Give me some kind of plan
Give me something, you'd be my drug of choice
You lead me, I follow, your voice
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I will disappoint you
I will let you down
I need to know
You're here with me
Turn it all around
It'd be grateful, I'd follow you around
I'm listening, I'm here now, I'm found
2023
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