Released: April 14, 1997
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Producer: Tim Simenon
[Verse 1]
Do you mean this horny creep
Set upon weary feet
Who looks in need of sleep
That doesn't come?
[Verse 2]
This twisted, tortured mess
This bed of sinfulness
Who's longing for some rest
And feeling numb
[Pre-Chorus]
What do you expect of me?
What is it you want?
Whatever you've planned for me
I'm not the one
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
A vicious appetite
Visits me each night
And won't be satisfied
Won't be denied
[Verse 4]
An unbearable pain
A beating in my brain
That leaves the mark of Cain
Right here inside
[Pre-Chorus]
What am I supposed to do
When everything that I've done
Is leading me to conclude
I'm not the one?
[Chorus]
Whatever I've done
I've been staring down the barrel of a gun
Whatever I've done
I've been staring down the barrel of a gun
Whatever I've done (Whatever, whatever)
[Pre-Chorus]
Is there something you need from me?
Are you having your fun?
I never agreed to be
Your holy one
[Chorus]
Whatever I've done
I've been staring down the barrel of a gun
Whatever I've done (Whatever, whatever)
I've been staring down the barrel of a gun
Whatever I've done (Whatever, whatever)
I've been staring down the barrel of a gun
Do you mean this horny creep
Set upon weary feet
Who looks in need of sleep
That doesn't come?
[Verse 2]
This twisted, tortured mess
This bed of sinfulness
Who's longing for some rest
And feeling numb
[Pre-Chorus]
What do you expect of me?
What is it you want?
Whatever you've planned for me
I'm not the one
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
A vicious appetite
Visits me each night
And won't be satisfied
Won't be denied
[Verse 4]
An unbearable pain
A beating in my brain
That leaves the mark of Cain
Right here inside
[Pre-Chorus]
What am I supposed to do
When everything that I've done
Is leading me to conclude
I'm not the one?
[Chorus]
Whatever I've done
I've been staring down the barrel of a gun
Whatever I've done
I've been staring down the barrel of a gun
Whatever I've done (Whatever, whatever)
[Pre-Chorus]
Is there something you need from me?
Are you having your fun?
I never agreed to be
Your holy one
[Chorus]
Whatever I've done
I've been staring down the barrel of a gun
Whatever I've done (Whatever, whatever)
I've been staring down the barrel of a gun
Whatever I've done (Whatever, whatever)
I've been staring down the barrel of a gun
Ultra
- It’s No Good
- Headstar
- Jazz Thieves
- Junior Painkiller
- Uselink
- Barrel of a Gun (Live) [London 10/04/97]
- It’s No Good (Live) [London 10/04/97]
- Useless (Live) [London 10/04/97]
- Painkiller
- Surrender
- Only When I Lose Myself
- Barrel of a Gun
- The Love Thieves
- Home
- Useless
- Sister of Night
- Freestate
- The Bottom Line
- Insight
- Slowblow
- Ultra (1997)
- Teen Spirit (2001)
- Enjoy the Silence
- Personal Jesus
- Policy of Truth
- Where’s the Revolution
- Strangelove
- Never Let Me Down Again
- Just Can’t Get Enough
- Wrong
- Everything Counts
- Precious
- People Are People
- Behind the Wheel
- Cover Me
- Blasphemous Rumours
- Going Backwards
- Shake the Disease
- World in My Eyes
- Stripped
- It’s No Good
- Somebody
- I Feel You
- Halo
- Scum
- So Much Love