Released: September 2, 1990
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Producer: Depeche Mode Flood
[Verse 1]
Sea of Sin
I'm swimming in
And I'm taking a dive
My mind's in need
So my body feeds
And it keeps me alive
[Pre-Chorus]
It gets better and better
As it gets wetter and wetter
[Chorus]
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
But I don't care
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
Sea of Sin
Through thick and thin
For better or worse
My mind's in need
So my body feeds
And it quenches my thirst
[Pre-Chorus]
You look cheaper and cheaper
As we sink deeper and deeper
[Chorus]
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
'Cause I've been there
[Bridge]
Here, under God's sky
His watchful eye
And all of the lies
My consolation prize
[Verse 3]
Sea of Sin
My second skin
My home from home
When I'm in doubt
My hands reach out
And I'm never alone
[Pre-Chorus]
It gets wetter and wetter
As it gets better and better
[Chorus]
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
And I'm prepared
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
Yes I'm aware
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
'Cause I've been there
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
And I don't care
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
And I don't care
Sea of Sin
I'm swimming in
And I'm taking a dive
My mind's in need
So my body feeds
And it keeps me alive
[Pre-Chorus]
It gets better and better
As it gets wetter and wetter
[Chorus]
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
But I don't care
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
Sea of Sin
Through thick and thin
For better or worse
My mind's in need
So my body feeds
And it quenches my thirst
[Pre-Chorus]
You look cheaper and cheaper
As we sink deeper and deeper
[Chorus]
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
'Cause I've been there
[Bridge]
Here, under God's sky
His watchful eye
And all of the lies
My consolation prize
[Verse 3]
Sea of Sin
My second skin
My home from home
When I'm in doubt
My hands reach out
And I'm never alone
[Pre-Chorus]
It gets wetter and wetter
As it gets better and better
[Chorus]
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
And I'm prepared
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
Yes I'm aware
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
'Cause I've been there
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
And I don't care
Sea of Sin
Know where you've been
And I don't care
MODE
- Oh Well [Single Edit]
- Photographic (Some Bizzare Version)
- Happiest Girl (Jack Mix)
- Sea of Sin (Tonal Mix)
- Black Day
- Newborn
- Sibeling
- Stjärna
- Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden
- Breathing in Fumes
- Kaleid
- Oberkorn (It’s a Small Town)
- Excerpt From: My Secret Garden
- Fly on the Windscreen
- Sonata No.14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata)
- Christmas Island
- Agent Orange
- Dressed in Black [Pre-Release Version]
- Dreaming of Me [Cold End]
- Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead [Flexi Version]
- Esque
- Fpmip
- Zenstation
- Easy Tiger (Full Version)
- Slowblow
- Painkiller
- Death’s Door (Jazz Mix)
- Heroes (Highline Sessions Version)
- The Great Outdoors!
- Better Days
- Memphisto
- Free
- In Your Memory
- All That’s Mine
- Always
- Happens All The Time
- Long Time Lie
- (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me
- Oh Well
- Ghost
- The Sun And The Moon And The Stars
- Light
- Pleasure, Little Treasure
- But Not Tonight
- Shout!
- Ice Machine
- Dangerous
- Death’s Door
- Dirt
- Headstar
- Surrender
- Martyr
- It’s Called a Heart
- Get the Balance Right!
- Fools
- Flexible
- My Joy
- Now, This Is Fun
- Only When I Lose Myself
- Route 66
- Shake the Disease
- Work Hard
- Any Second Now
- Violator (1990)
- World In My Eyes / Happiest Girl / Sea Of Sin (1990)
- DMBX: Singles 25-30 (2004)
- MODE (2020)
- Enjoy the Silence
- Personal Jesus
- Policy of Truth
- Where’s the Revolution
- Strangelove
- Never Let Me Down Again
- Just Can’t Get Enough
- Wrong
- Everything Counts
- Precious
- People Are People
- Behind the Wheel
- Cover Me
- Blasphemous Rumours
- Going Backwards
- Shake the Disease
- World in My Eyes
- Stripped
- It’s No Good
- Somebody
- I Feel You
- Halo
- Scum
- So Much Love