Depeche Mode

Released: September 24, 1984

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Depeche Mode Gareth Jones Daniel Miller

[Verse 1]
I am happy that I have you
Even though you're not here now
I know somewhere you are dreaming
Though it's definitely not of me

[Chorus]
It doesn't matter if this all shatters
Nothing lasts forever
But I'm praying that we're staying
Together

[Verse 2]
I am warmed by your friendship
Even when you're far away
And I'm happy in the knowledge
We may never see the day

[Verse 3]
When I kiss you and you kiss me
Don't pretend you miss me
The worst kind of diseased mind
Is one filled with jealousy

[Bridge]
If we should meet again
Don't try to solve the puzzle
Just lay down next to me
And please don't move a muscle

[Verse 4]
I will thank you most of all for
The respect you have for me
I'm embarrassed it overwhelms me
Because I don't deserve any

[Chorus]
It doesn't matter if this all shatters
Nothing lasts forever
But I'm praying that we're staying
Together

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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