DEPECHE MODE - BLACK CELEBRATION (1986)
1. BLACK CELEBRATION
Let's
have a black celebration
Black celebration
Tonight
To
celebrate the fact
That we've seen the back
Of another black
day
I
look to you
How you carry on
When all hope is gone
Can't you
see
Your
optimistic eyes
Seem like paradise
To someone like
Me
I
want to take you
In my arms
Forgetting all I couldn't do today
Black
celebration
Black celebration
Tonight
To
celebrate the fact
That we've seen the back
Of another black
day
I
look to you
And your strong belief
Me, I want relief
Tonight
Consolation
I
want so much
Want to feel your touch
Tonight
Take
me in your arms
Forgetting all you couldn't do today
Black
celebration
I'll drink to that
Black celebration
Tonight
2.
FLY ON THE WINDSCREEN
Death
is everywhere
There are flies on the windscreen
For a
start
Reminding us
We could be torn apart
Tonight
Death
is everywhere
There are lambs for the slaughter
Waiting to
die
And I can sense
The hours slipping by
Tonight
Come
here
Kiss me
Now
Come here
Kiss me
Now
Death
is everywhere
The more I look
The more I see
The more I
feel
A sense of urgency
Tonight
Come
here
Touch me
Kiss me
Touch me
Now
Touch me
Touch
me
There
are flies on the windscreen
There are lambs for the
slaughter
There are flies on the windscreen
Come
here
Touch me
Kiss me
Touch me
Now
Touch me
Touch
me
3.
A QUESTION OF LUST
Fragile
Like
a baby in your arms
Be gentle with me
I'd never willingly
Do
you harm
Apologies
Are
all you ever seem to get from me
But just like a child
You make
me smile
When you care for me
And you know...
It's
a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's a question of
not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of
these things and more
That keep us together
Independence
Is
still important for us though (we realise)
It's easy to make
The
stupid mistake
Of letting go (do you know what I mean)
My
weakness
You know each and every one (it frightens me)
But I
need to drink
More than you seem to think
Before I'm
anyone's
And you know...
It's
a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's a question of
not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of
these things and more
That keep us together
Kiss
me goodbye
When I'm on my own
But you know that I'd
Rather
be home
It's
a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's
a question of not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to
dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together
4.
SOMETIMES
Sometimes
Only
sometimes
I question everything
And I'm the first to admit
If
you catch me in a mood like this
I can be tiring
Even
embarassing
But you must
Feel the same
When you look
around
You can't tell me honestly
You're happy with what you
see
Oh sometimes
Only sometimes
You must be...
You must
be...
As embarassing as me
Sometimes
5.
IT DOESN´T MATTER TWO
As
I lay here with you
The shame lies with us
We talk of love and
trust
That doesn't matter
Though
we may be the last in the world
We feel like pioneers
Telling
hopes and fears
To one another
And
oh what a feeling
Inside of me
It might last for an hour
Wounds
aren't healing
Inside of me
Though it feels good now
I know
it's only for now
The
feeling is intense
You grip me with your eyes
And then I
realise
It doesn't matter
6.
A QUESTION OF TIME
I've
got to get to you first
Before they do
It's just a question of
time
Before they lay their hands on you
And make you just like
the rest
I've got to get to you first
It's just a question of
time
Well
now you're only fifteen
And you look good
I'll take you under
my wing
Somebody should
They've persuasive ways
And you'll
believe what they say
It's
just a question of time
It's running out for you
It won't be
long
Until you do
Exactly what they want you to
I
can see them now Hanging around
To mess you up
To strip you
down
And have their fun
With my little one
It's
just a question of time
It's running out for you
It
won't be long
Until you do
Exactly what they want you to
Sometimes
I don't blame them
For wanting you
You look good
And they
need something to do
Until I look at you
And then I condemn
them
I know my kind
What goes on in our minds
It's
just a question of time
It should be better
It's just a
question of time
It should be better with you
It's just a
question of time
7.
STRIPPED
Come
with me
Into the trees
We'll lay on the grass
And let the
hours pass
Take
my hand
Come back to the land
Let's get away
Just for one
day
Let
me see you
Stripped down to the bone
Let me see you
Stripped
down to the bone
Metropolis
Has
nothing on this
You're breathing in fumes
I taste when we kiss
Take
my hand
Come back to the land
Where everything's ours
For a
few hours
Let
me see you
Stripped down to the bone
Let me see you
Stripped
down to the bone
Let
me hear you
Make decisions
Without your television
Let me
hear you speaking
Just for me
Let
me see you
Stripped down to the bone
Let
me hear you speaking
Just for me
Let
me see you
Stripped down to the bone
Let
me hear you crying
Just for me
8.
HERE IS THE HOUSE
Here
is the house
Where it all happened
Those tender moments
Under
this roof
Body and soul come together
As we come closer
together
And as it happens
It happens here
In this house
And
I feel your warmth
And it feels like home
And there's
someone
Calling on the telephone
Let's stay home
It's cold
outside
And I have so much
To confide to you
With
or without words
I'll confide everything
Here
is the house
Where it all happened
Those tender moments
Under
this roof
Body and soul come together
As we come closer
together
And as it happens
It happens here
In this house
So
we stay at home
And I'm by your side
And you know
What's
going on inside
Inside my heart
Inside this house
And I just
want to
Let it out for you
And
I feel your warmth
And it feels like home
And I feel your
warmth
And it feels like home
Here
is the house
Where it all happened
Those tender moments
Under
this roof
Body and soul come together
As we come closer
together
9.
WORLD FULL OF NOTHING
Close
Naked
Skin
on skin
Tears are falling
Tears of joy
Her first boy
His
first girl
Makes a change
In
a world full of nothing
Though it's not love
It means something
She's
lonely
And he says
It's for her only
That he lusts
She
doesn't trust him
Nothing is true
But he will do
In
a world full of nothing
Though it's not love
It means something
It's
easy to slip away
And believe it all
Though
it's not love
It means something
10.
DRESSED IN BLACK
She's
dressed in black again
And I'm falling down again
Down
to the floor again
I'm begging for more again
But
oh what can you do
When she's dressed in black
My
mind wanders endlessly
On paths where she's leading me
With
games that she likes to play
And words that she doesn't
say
Not when whe're alone
And she's dressed in
black
As
a picture of herself
She's a picture of the world
A
reflection of you
A reflection of me
And it's all
there to see
If you only give in
To the fire within
Dressed in black again
Shadows
fall onto me
As she stands there over me
And waits
to encompass me
I lay here helplessly
But oh what
can you do
When she's dressed in black
Dressed in black again
11.
NEW DRESS
Sex
jibe husband murders wife
Bomb blast victim fights for life
Girl
Thirteen attacked with knife
Princess Di is wearing a new dress
Jet
airliner shot from sky
Famine horror, millions die
Earthquake
terror figures rise
Princess Di is wearing a new dress
You
can't change the world
But you can change the facts
And when
you change the facts
You change points of view
If you change
points of view
You may change a vote
And when you change a
vote
You may change the world
In
black townships fires blaze
Prospects better premier says
Within
sight are golden days
Princess Di is wearing a new dress
You
can't change the world
But you can change the facts
And when
you change the facts
You change points of view
If you change
points of view
You may change a vote
And when you change a
vote
You may change the world
Princess Di is wearing a new dress
12.
BUT NOT TONIGHT
Oh
God it's raining
But I'm not complaining
It's filling me up
with new life
The stars in the sky
Bring tears to my
eyes
They're lighting my way tonight
And
I haven't felt so alive
In years
Just
for a day
On a day like today
I'll get away from this constant
debauchery
The wind in my hair
Makes me so aware
How good it
is to live tonight
And
I haven't felt so alive
In years
The
moon
Is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other
nights
But they're not like tonight
Oh
God it's raining
And I'm not containing
My pleasure at being so
wet
Here on my own
All on my own
How good it feels to be
alone tonight
And
I haven't felt so alive
In years
The
moon
Is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other
nights
When my eyes had been so red
I'd been mistaken for
dead
But not tonight
13.
BREATHING IN FUMES
Nothing
on this
I taste when we kiss
Come back to the land
For a few
hours
Let
me see you
Stripped down to the bone
Taste
when we kiss
I taste when we kiss
You're breathing in fumes
I
taste when we kiss
Let
me see you
Stripped down to the
I taste when we kiss
I taste
when we kiss
Let
me see you
Stripped down to the
Come back to the land
Come
back to the land
Let
me see you
Stripped down to the bone
Breathing
in fumes
I'm breathing in fumes
Breathing in fumes
You're
breathing in fumes
14.
BLACK DAY
Celebrate
the fact
That we've seen the back
Of another black
day
Celebrate
the fact
That we've seen the back
Of another black
day
Black
day
Black day
I
want to take you in my arms
Forgeting all I couldn't do
today
Black day