Depeche Mode

Released: March 25, 1986

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Depeche Mode Gareth Jones Daniel Miller

[Verse 1]
As I lay here with you
The shame lies with us
We talk of love and trust
That doesn't matter

[Verse 2]
Though we may be the last in the world
We feel like pioneers
Telling hopes and fears
To one another

[Bridge]
And, oh, what a feeling inside of me
It might last for an hour
Wounds aren't healing inside of me
Though it feels good now, I know it's only for now

[Verse 3]
The feeling is intense
You grip me with your eyes
And then I realise
It doesn't matter

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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