Depeche Mode

Released: June 5, 2006

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Ben Hillier

[Verse 1]
Oh, Lillian
Look what you've done
You've stripped my heart, ripped it apart
In the name of fun
Oh, Lillian
I'm a poor man's son
And precious jewels weren't found in schools
Where I came from

[Refrain]
Pain and misery always hit the spot
Knowing you can't lose what you haven't got

[Verse 2]
Oh, Lillian
I should have run
I should have known each dress you own
Is a loaded gun

[Chorus]
Oh, Lillian

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
Oh, Lillian
I need protection
I hear your voice and any choice
I had is gone
Oh, Lillian
Once I began
I couldn't stop till every drop
Of blood was sung

[Refrain]
Pain and misery always hit the spot
Knowing you can't lose what you haven't got

[Verse 4]
Oh, Lillian
Look what you've done
You stripped my heart, ripped it apart
In the name of fun

[Chorus]
Oh, Lillian
Oh, Lillian
Oh, Lillian
Oh, Lillian

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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