Depeche Mode

Released: July 3, 2013

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Ben Hillier

[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
On another world by another star at another place and time
In another state of consciousness in another state of mind

[Chorus 1: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
Everything was almost perfect
Everything fell into place
The jury reached a different verdict
Before the judge dismissed the case

[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]
In a parallel universe that's happening right now
Things between us must be worse but it's hard to see just how

[Chorus 2: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
And everything could have been perfect
Everything in the right place
Then I wouldn't have to play the suspect
Accused, abandoned and disgraced

[Bridge: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
I didn't shoot, I didn't pull the trigger
It wasn't me, I'm just a plain and simple singer
I heard the sound, I turned my head around
To watch our love shot down

[Verse 3: Dave Gahan]
In another lonely universe, we're laying side by side
Well no one's hurt and no one's cursed and no one needs to hide

[Chorus 3: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
And everything is almost perfect
Everything is almost right
There are never any conflicts
There are never any fights

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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