Depeche Mode

Released: April 17, 2009

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Ben Hillier

[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
I could corrupt you
In a heartbeat
You think you're so special
Think you're so sweet

[Pre-Chorus 1: Dave Gahan]
What are you trying
Don't even tempt me
And soon you'll be crying
Unwishing you dreamt me

[Chorus 1: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
You'd be calling out my name
When you need someone to blame

[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]
I could corrupt you
It would be easy
Watching you suffer
Girl, it would please me

[Pre-Chorus 2: Dave Gahan]
But I wouldn't touch you
With my little finger
I know it would crush you
My memory would linger

[Chorus 2: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
You'd be crying out in pain
Begging me to play my games

[Verse 3: Dave Gahan]
I could corrupt you
It would be ugly
They could sedate you
But what good would drugs be?

[Pre-Chorus 3: Dave Gahan]
But I wouldn't touch you
Put my hands on your hips
It would be too much to
Place my lips on your lips

[Chorus 3: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
You'd be calling out my name
Begging me to play my games

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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