Depeche Mode

Released: March 22, 2013

Songwriter: Dave Gahan Kurt Uenala

Producer: Ben Hillier

[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
When I look at you
I'm probably the same way too
I got a feeling that it's coming soon
Could this be the end?
And when I look around this room
It must be something I can do
Can I convince you that it isn't true?
We've come to the end

[Pre-Chorus: Dave Gahan]
Oh did I disappoint you?
I wanted to believe it's true
Oh the book of love
Was not enough to see us through

[Chorus: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
The problem should've been you (Should've been you)
Should've been you (Should've been you)
Should've been you (Could've been you)
Should've been you
If it hadn't been me
(Could've been you, could've been you)
Should've been you (Should've been you)
Should've been you (Could've been you)
Should've been you
If it hadn't been me

[Interlude]

[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]
It seems so obvious to you
You're feeling what I'm feeling too
The final chapter in the contract expires soon
We've come to the end
Thank God I'm not the same as you
You always know exactly what to do
Is who I am, is not for you
We've come to the end

[Pre-Chorus: Dave Gahan]
Oh did I disappoint you?
I wanted to believe it's true
Oh the book of love
Was not enough to see us through

[Chorus (Line 2 onward repeats until fade): Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
The problem should've been you (Should've been you)
Should've been you (Should've been you)
Should've been you (Could've been you)
Should've been you
If it hadn't been me
(Would've been you, could've been you)
Should've been you (Should've been you)
Should've been you (Could've been you)
Should've been you
If it hadn't been me

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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