DEPECHE MODE - A BROKEN FRAME (1982)
1. LEAVE IN SILENCE
I've
told myself so many times before
But this time I think I mean it
for sure
We have reached a full stop
Nothing's going to save us
from the big drop
Reached
our natural conclusion
Outlived the illusion
I hate being in
these situations
That call for diplomatic relations
If I only
knew the answer
Or I thought we had a chance
Or I could stop
this
I would stop this thing
From spreading like a cancer
What
can I say
I don't want to play anymore
What can I say
I'm
heading for the door
I can't stand this emotional violence
Leave
in silence
Leave in silence
We've
been running around in circles all year
Doing this and that and
getting nowhere
This will be the last time
I think I said that
last time
If
I only had a potion
Some magical lotion
That could stop this
I
would set the wheels in motion
2.
MY SECRET GARDEN
My
secret garden's not so secret anymore
Run from the house holding
my head in my hands
Feeling dejected, feeling like a child might
feel
It all seems so absurd
That this should have occurred
My
very only secret
And I had to go and leak it!
My secret
garden's not so secret anymore!
No,
my secret garden's not so secret anymore!
Run through the fields,
down to the edge of the water
Can't stay long, here comes the
reason why -
She'll catch me if she can,
Take me by the
hand
I'll have to keep on running
And I just can't see the fun
in
My secret garden not being secret anymore!
It
used to be so easy
On days such as these she'd
Search and
search for hours
In among the flowers
I loved it! - I loved
her!
Play the fool, act so cruel - I loved it!
Read her book,
take a look - I loved her!
It
all seems so absurd
That this should have occurred
My very only
secret
And I had to go and leak it!
My secret garden's not so
secret anymore!
3.
MONUMENT
When
the site was found
We laid the foundations down
It didn't take
long before
They came back tumbling down
Don't build at
night
You need a little light
How else are you going to
see
What it is going to be like
So
we picked up our tools
And we worked in the morning light
With
the last stone placed
Wasn't it a wonderful site
But it fell
back down
And scattered all around
Anything passes
When you
need glasses
My
monument
It fell down
My monument
It fell down
Work
all of my days for this kind of praise
It fell down
Work all of
my days
It fell down
4.
NOTHING TO FEAR - INSTRUMENTAL
5.
SEE YOU
All
I want to do is see you again
Is that too much to ask for
I
just want to see your sweet smile
Smiled the way it was
before
Well I'll try not to hold you
And I'll try not to kiss
you
And I won't even touch you
All
I want to do is see you
Don't you know that it's true
I
remember the days
when we walked through the woods
We'd
sit on a
bench for a while
I treasure the way we used to
laugh and play
And look in each others eyes
You can keep me at
a distance
if you don't trust my resistance
But I swear I
won't touch you
All
I want to do is see you
Don't you know that it's true
Well
I know five years is a long time and that times change
But I think
that you'll find people are basically the same
If
the water's still flowing we can go for a swim
And do the things
we used to do
And if I'm reluctant you can pull me in
We can
relive our youth
But
we'll just stay friendly like sister and brother
Though I think I
still love you
All
I want to do is see you
Don't you know that it's true
All I want to do is see you...
6.
SATELLITE
Now
hear this my friends
I'll never be the same again
Going to lock
myself in a cold black room
Going to shadow myself in a veil of
gloom
I will function, operate
I will be a satellite of hate
Driven
to this point by a chain of events
Each one pushed me nearer the
edge
Going to send my message through to you
You'll receive the
signal too
I will function, operate
I will be a satellite of
hate
Higher, Higher
Disillusioned
- I was disenchanted
Forgot the love that had been implanted
Heard
the lies and I felt the cold
It broke my heart and I lost
control
Now I'm a satellite of a free state
I'm a satellite of
hate
7.
THE MEANING OF LOVE
I've
read more than a hundred books
Seeing love mentioned many thousand
times
But despite all the places I've looked
It's still no
clearer
I'm still no nearer
The meaning of love
Noted
down all my observations
Spent an evening watching
television
Still I couldn't say with precision
Know it's a
feeling and it comes from above
But what's the meaning
The
meaning of love
(tell me)
From
the notes that I've made so far
Love seems something like wanting
a scar
Well I could be wrong
I'm just not sure you see
I've
never been in love before
Next
I asked several friends of mine
If they could spare a few minutes
of their time
Their looks suggested that I've lost my mind
Tell
me the answer
My Lord high above
Tell me the meaning
The
meaning of love
From
the notes that I've made so far
Love seems something like wanting
a scar
Well I could be wrong
I'm just not sure you see
I've
never been in love before
The
meaning of love
(tell me)
Tell me the meaning of love
(tell
me)
8.
A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU
What
good is a photograph of you
Everytime I look at it
It makes me
feel blue
What
use is a souvenir
Of something we once had
When all it ever
does is
Make me feel bad
I
wish I could tear it up
But then again I haven't the guts
I
wish I could throw it on the fire
I wish I could
But to say I
would
I'd be a liar
What
good is a colour print
Of a little baby doll
When just one
little glance
Is enough to make me feel dull
I
hoped I would misplace it
But then I take such good care of it
I
wish it would disappear
I say I wish
But then I relish
It
being here
9.
SHOULDN´T HAVE DONE THAT
Plans
made in the nursery
Can change the course of history
Remember
that
Mummy's
annoyed, says go and play
Don't show your face
Stay away all
day
Shouldn't have done that
A
small boy and his infantry
Marching around so naturally
Shouldn't
have done that
Grows
up and goes to school
Such a nice boy
Obeys all the
rules
Mummy's proud of that
Leaves
school to follow his ambition
Knows what he wants
To be a
politician
Shouldn't have done that!
10.
THE SUN AND THE RAINFALL
Someone
will call
Something will fall
And smash on the floor
Without
reading the text
Know what comes next
Seen it before
And
it's painful
Things
must change
We must rearrange them
Or we'll have to estrange
them
All that I'm saying
A game's not worth playing
Over and
over again
You're
the one I like best
You retain my interest
You're the only
one
If it wasn't for you
Don't know what I'd do
Unpredictable
like the sun
And the rainfall
11.
NOW THIS IS FUN
He
speaks the voice of reason
It's talking to me loud and clearly
And
obviously
It's something to say
Here
comes another sentence
It is relentless
It tried my
patience
But neverless
It's more our concern
We
can't see the benefits
So we'll ignore it or disobey it
And
never say that this is fun
This
is real fun
This is fun
12.
OBERKORN (IT´S A SMALL TOWN) - INSTRUMENTAL
13.
MY SECRET GARDEN EXCERPT FROM: - INSTRUMENTAL