Released: June 13, 1981
Songwriter: Vince Clarke
Producer: Daniel Miller Depeche Mode
[Verse 1]
She was silent, trying to be
Like the girl who acted on the TV
Always knowing when to say
Wishing for a moment so that they could see
[Pre-Chorus]
Staring in the night
A picture in my room
And I think that she knew her lines
[Chorus]
Break away tonight
I wanna hold your hand
We've got to get it right
We've got to understand
[Verse 2]
Carefully watching waiting
As I stood upon the back streets and we start to play
I was screaming louder
As the curtains fall between us in a twisted way
[Pre-Chorus]
Staring in the night
A picture in my room
And I think that she knew her lines
[Chorus]
Break away tonight
I wanna hold your hand
We've got to get it right
We've got to understand
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
Placing all the questions
In the minutes of a game we won so long ago
Dangerous and beautiful
The radio transmission that I have to know
[Pre-Chorus]
You could never run
You could never stay
And I think you belong to me
[Chorus]
Break away tonight
I wanna hold your hand
We've got to get it right
We've got to understand
[Chorus]
Break away tonight
I wanna hold your hand
We've got to get it right
We've got to understand
She was silent, trying to be
Like the girl who acted on the TV
Always knowing when to say
Wishing for a moment so that they could see
[Pre-Chorus]
Staring in the night
A picture in my room
And I think that she knew her lines
[Chorus]
Break away tonight
I wanna hold your hand
We've got to get it right
We've got to understand
[Verse 2]
Carefully watching waiting
As I stood upon the back streets and we start to play
I was screaming louder
As the curtains fall between us in a twisted way
[Pre-Chorus]
Staring in the night
A picture in my room
And I think that she knew her lines
[Chorus]
Break away tonight
I wanna hold your hand
We've got to get it right
We've got to understand
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
Placing all the questions
In the minutes of a game we won so long ago
Dangerous and beautiful
The radio transmission that I have to know
[Pre-Chorus]
You could never run
You could never stay
And I think you belong to me
[Chorus]
Break away tonight
I wanna hold your hand
We've got to get it right
We've got to understand
[Chorus]
Break away tonight
I wanna hold your hand
We've got to get it right
We've got to understand
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