Depeche Mode

Released: October 13, 2005

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Ben Hillier

[Chorus]
If I could just hide
The sinner inside
And keep him denied
How sweet life would be
If I could be free
From the sinner in me

[Verse 1]
I'll never be a saint
That's not a picture that your memory paints
Not renowned for my patience
I'm not renowned for my restraint

[Pre-Chorus]
But you're always around
You can always be found
To pick me up when I'm on the ground

[Chorus]
If I could just hide
The sinner inside
And keep him denied
How sweet life would be
If I could be free
From the sinner in me

[Verse 2]
I'm still recovering
Still getting over all the suffering
More known for my anger
Than for any other thing

[Pre-Chorus]
But you've always tried
To be by my side
And catch my fall when I start to slide

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
If I could just hide
The sinner inside
And keep him denied
How sweet life would be
If I could be free
From the sinner in me

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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