Depeche Mode

Released: October 3, 2005

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Ben Hillier

[Intro: Dave Gahan]
Damaged, broken
Damaged, broken

[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God, what have we done to you?
We always tried to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through

[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
Things get damaged, things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

[Interlude: Dave Gahan]
Damaged, broken
Damaged, broken

[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]
Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you
If God has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through

[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
Things get damaged, things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

[Interlude: Dave Gahan]
Damaged, broken
Damaged, broken

[Verse 3: Dave Gahan]
I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your hearts for two

[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
Things get damaged, things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

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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