Depeche Mode

Released: March 17, 2017

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Brendan Morawksi James Ford

[Verse 1]
Hey scum, hey scum
What have you ever done for anyone
Hey scum, hey scum
What are you going to do when karma comes

[Verse 2]
A' calling
And you're falling
And there's nowhere left to run
And you're weeping
And not sleeping
And you're begging for your gun

[Chorus]
Pull the trigger

[Verse 3]
Hey scum, hey scum
What have you ever done for anyone
Hey scum, hey scum
What will you do when judgement time has come

[Verse 4]
And you're kneeling
And you're squealing
And you're looking for someone
To bear witness
To your goodness
You can't even find your son

[Chorus]
Pull the trigger
Pull the trigger

[Bridge]
You wouldn't even offer up your crumbs

[Verse 5]
To the dying
And crying
You're dead inside, you're numb
You're hollow
And shallow
Your empty life is done

[Chorus]
Pull the trigger
Pull the trigger
Hey scum, hey scum
Pull the trigger
Hey scum, hey scum
Pull the trigger

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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