Depeche Mode

Released: May 14, 2001

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Mark Bell

[Verse 1]
I heard a rumour, they travel far
You know what it's like, the way people are
They talk and they talk, though they don't understand
They'll whisper and whisper and lie on demand

[Chorus]
Please tell me now, I want to know
I have to hear it from your lips
Say it's not so

[Verse 2]
I heard it on Monday and I laughed a while
I heard it on Tuesday, I managed to smile
I heard it on Wednesday, my patience was tried
I heard it on Thursday and I hurt inside

[Chorus]
And I want to know the depths of your mind
Tell me this whole thing is madness
And we're doing fine

[Bridge]
Put your little hand in mine
And believe in love
Put your head on my chest
And breathe love, breathe love
Breathe love, breathe love

[Verse 3]
I heard it from Peter who heard it from Paul
Who heard it from someone I don't know at all
I heard it from Mary who heard it from Ruth
Who swore on the Bible she's telling the truth
I heard it from Simon who heard it from James
Confirming with Sarah that I was to blame
I heard it from Joseph who heard it from John
Who said with conviction that all hope was gone

[Chorus]
So I need to know your alibis
I need to hear that you love me
Before you say goodbye
Before you say goodbye
Before you say goodbye
Before you say goodbye

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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