Depeche Mode

Released: September 13, 1992

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Steve Lyon Alan Wilder

[Verse 1: Martin L. Gore, Hildia Campbell & Samantha Smith]
Well I'm knocking on Death's door
Will I take my rest, among the blessed?
Mother, are you waiting? Father, are you pacing?
I'm coming home

[Verse 2: Martin L. Gore, Hildia Campbell & Samantha Smith]
I'm knocking on Death's door
Come to take my rest, in my Sunday best
Mother, are you anxious? Father, are you gracious?
I'm coming home

[Bridge: Martin L. Gore]
I've been away so long
For so long you've been strong
I've been away so long
I know that it was wrong
But I'm coming home

[Verse 3: Martin L. Gore, Hildia Campbell & Samantha Smith]
Well I'm knocking on Death's door
Will I take my rest, have I passed the test?
Mother, are you praying? Father, I am saying
I'm coming home

[Outro: Martin L. Gore]
"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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