Depeche Mode

Released: October 13, 2005

Songwriter: Dave Gahan Christian Eigner Andrew Phillpott

Producer: Ben Hillier

[Verse 1]
I see a river
It's oceans that I want
You have to give me everything
Everything's not enough

[Pre-Chorus]
It's my desire
To give myself to you, sometimes

[Chorus]
Sometimes I try
Sometimes I lie, with you
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I die, it's true
Somewhere I find
Something that's kind

[Verse 2]
And I've crossed the line again
A line I drew in sand
Still, you give me everything
And everything's not enough

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm ready, but not willing
To give myself to you, sometimes

[Chorus]
Sometimes I try
Sometimes I lie, with you
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I die, it's true
Somewhere I find
Something that's kind

[Bridge]
Come on over, lay down beside me
And I'll try
Come on over, lay down beside me
And I'll try, and I'll try

[Outro]
I want it all

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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