Depeche Mode

Released: March 13, 1989

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Depeche Mode

[Verse 1]
Fragile, like a baby in your arms
Be gentle with me, I'd never willingly do you harm
Apologies are all you seem to get from me
But just like a child, you make me smile when you care for me
And you know

[Chorus]
It's a question of lust, a question of trust
The question of not letting what we've built up crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together

[Verse 2]
Independence is still important for us though
(We realise)
It's easy to make the stupid mistake of letting go
(Do you know what I mean?)
My weaknesses, you know each and every one
(It frightens me)
But I need to drink more than you seem to think before I'm anyone's
And you know

[Chorus]
It's a question of lust, a question of trust
A question of not letting what we've built up crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together

[Bridge]
Kiss me goodbye when I'm on my own
But you know that I'd rather be home

[Chorus]
It's a question of lust, a question of trust
A question of not letting what we've built up crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together
It's a question of lust, a question of trust
A question of not letting what we've built up crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
It's a question of lust, a question of trust
A question of not letting what we've built up crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together

[Outro]
"Thank you."

Depeche Mode are recognized as one of the most artistically influential bands of the late 20th century. Commercially, they have released 14 studio albums to date, and sold more than 100 million records. Their most recent album, Spirit, hit the streets in March 2017.

The band got their start in Basildon, Essex in 1980, and named themselves after a French fashion magazine. They rose to fame with hits that have become “Just Can’t Get Enough” (1981), “Everything Counts” (1983), and “People Are People” (1984), to name a few. One of their most famous concerts was at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in 1988.

Martin Gore has been the band’s primary songwriter since Vince Clarke left in the early 1980s (and went on to form Yazoo and Erasure). Alan Wilder replaced Clarke on keyboards in 1982, but left in 1995 (reinvesting his creative energy in his band, Recoil, which he had started in 1986). Since then, the band has comprised frontman Dave Gahan, multi-instrumentalist Martin Gore, and keyboardist Andy Fletcher—all of whom are original members.

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