2001 texty :: Dmstrangers

DEPECHE MODE - EXCITER (2001)

1. DREAM ON

As your bony fingers close around me

Long and spindly

Death becomes me

Heaven can you see what I see

Hey you pale and sickly child

You're death and living reconciled

Been walking home a crooked mile

Paying debt to karma

You party for a living

What you take won't kill you

But careful what you're giving

There's no time for hesitating

Pain is ready, pain is waiting

Primed to do it's educating

Unwanted, uninvited kin

It creeps beneath your crawling skin

It lives without it lives within you

Feel the fever coming

You're shaking and twitching

You can scratch all over

But that won't stop you itching

Can you feel a little love

Can you feel a little love Dream on dream on

Blame it on your karmic curse

Oh shame upon the universe

It knows its lines

It's well rehearsed

It sucked you in, it dragged you down

To where there is no hallowed ground

Where holiness is never found

Paying debt to karma

You party for a living

What you take won't kill you

But careful what you're giving

Can you feel a little love

Can you feel a little love Dream on dream on

2. SHINE

Put on your blindfold

And a dress that's tight

And come with me

On a mystery night

Open your eyes

Follow our stars under a painted sky

We'll leave the world behind

We're learning to fly

We used to get by

Forget the pictures on your TV screen

We'll steal the visions

That you keep for your dreams

You can turn me on

I was blind and I saw the light

My angel coming

In a brilliant white

Shine for me

You've been hanging from a rope of mediocrity

Strung up by your insecurities

You can shine for me

Somebody has to

Shine for me

It's difficult not to

Shine for me

Follow our stars under a painted sky

We'll leave the world behind

We're learning to fly

We used to get by

Forget the pictures on your TV screen

We'll steal the visions

That you keep for your dreams

You can turn me on

You've been hanging from a rope of mediocrity

Strung up by your insecurities

You can shine for me

Somebody has to

Shine for me

It's difficult not to

Shine for me

Somebody has to

Shine for me

It's difficult not to Shine for me

3. THE SWEETEST CONDITION

Taken in by the delicate noise

Knocked to the ground by the subtle thunder

Shackled and bound by the sound of your voice

Wandering around in silent wonder

What chance did I have

With the silver moon

Hanging in the sky

Opening old wounds

Taking hold of the hem of your dress

Cleanliness only comes in small doses

Bodily whole but my head's in a mess

Fuelling obsession that borders psychosis

It's a sad disease

Creeping through my mind

Causing disabilities

Of the strangest kind

Getting lost in the folds of your skirt

There's a price that I pay for my mission

A body in heaven and a mind full of dirt

How I suffer the sweetest condition

Taken in by the delicate noise

Knocked to the ground by the subtle thunder

Shackled and bound by the sound of your voice

Wandering around in silent wonder

4. WHEN THE BODY SPEAKS

To the soul's desires

The body listens

What the flesh requires

Keeps the heart imprisoned

What the spirit seeks

The mind will follow

When the body speaks

All else is hollow

I'm just an angel

Driving blindly

Through this world

I'm just a slave here

At the mercy

Of a girl

Oh I need your tenderness

Oh I need your touch

Oh I dream of one caress

Oh I pray too much

To the soul's desires

The body listens

What the flesh requires

Keeps the heart imprisoned

What the spirit seeks

The mind will follow

When the body speaks

All else is hollow

You keep me waiting

For the promise

That is mine

Please stop debating

Please stop wasting

Your time

Oh I need your tenderness

Oh I need your touch

Oh I dream of one caress

Oh I pray too much

5. THE DEAD OF NIGHT

We're the horniest boys

With the corniest ploys

Who take the easiest girls

To our sleaziest worlds

With our lecherous plans

In our treacherous hands

You'd be wasting your time

Saying no, it's a crime

All that we live for you'll regret

All you remember we'll forget

We are the dead of night

We're in the zombie room

We're twilight's parasites

With self-inflicted wounds

We are the dead of night

We're in the zombie room

Heavenly oversights

Eating from silver spoons

With our decadent minds

And our innocent lines

You'll be playing our games

With your bodies in flames

When delirious fun

Has seriously begun

You'll be down on your knees

You'll be begging us please

All we're demanding you'll supply

All we're accused of we'll deny

We are the dead of night

We're in the zombie room

We're twilight's parasites

With self-inflicted wounds

We are the dead of night

We're in the zombie room

Heavenly oversights

Eating from silver spoons

6. LOVETHEME - INSTRUMENTAL

7. FREELOVE

If you've been hiding from love

I can understand where you're coming from

If you've suffered enough

I can understand what you're thinking of

I can see the pain that you're frightened of

And I'm only here

To bring you free love

Let's make it clear

That this is free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

I've been running like you

Now you understand why I'm running scared

I've been searching for truth

And I haven't been getting anywhere

No I haven't been getting anywhere

And I'm only here

To bring you free love

Let's make it clear

That this is free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

Hey girl

You've got to take this moment

Then let it slip away

Let go of complicated feelings

Then there's no price to pay

We've been running from love

And we don't know what we're doing here

No we don't know what we're doing here

We're only here

Sharing our free love

Let's make it clear

That this is free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

No hidden catch

No strings attached

Just free love

8. COMATOSE

Comatose, almost

You've got me dreaming

Slipping in

And sliding out

Of conscious feeling

Take a light

Start the flame

Play the game

I am lost

In your eyes

Hypnotised

Here I believe

Dreams never deceive

Comatose, almost

You've got me dreaming

Slipping in

And sliding out

Life has no meaning

Bodies move

Colours change

Girl you're strange

Here inside

I'm at home

I'm alive

Don't be afraid

I'm floating away

Comatose, almost

You've got me dreaming

Slipping in

And sliding out

Of conscious feeling

Comatose, almost

Comatose

9. I FEEL LOVED

It's the dark night of my soul

And temptation's taking hold

But through the pain and the suffering

Through the heartache and trembling

I feel loved

As the darkness closes in

In my head I hear whispering

Questioning and beckoning

But I'm not taken in

I feel loved

From the depths of my emptiness

Comes a feeling of inner bliss

I feel wanted, I feel desired

I can feel my soul on fire

I feel loved

10. BREATHE

I heard a rumour

They travel far

You know what it's like

The way people are

They talk and they talk

Though they don't understand

They'll whisper and whisper

And lie on demand

Please tell me now

I want to know

I have to hear it from your lips

Say it's not so

I heard it on Monday

And I laughed a while

I heard it on Tuesday

I managed to smile

I heard it on Wednesday

My patience was tried

I heard it on Thursday

And I hurt inside

I want to know

The depths of your mind

Tell me this whole thing is madness

And we're doing fine

Put your little hand in mine

And believe in love

Put your head on my chest

And breathe love

Breathe love

I heard it from Peter

Who heard it from Paul

Who heard it from someone

I don't know at all

I heard it from Mary

Who heard it from Ruth

Who swore on the bible

She's telling the truth

I heard it from Simon

Who heard it from James

Confirming with Sarah

That I was to blame

I heard it from Joseph

Who heard it from John

Who said with conviction

That all hope was gone

So I need to know

Your alibis

I need to hear that you love me

Before you say goodbye

11. EASY TIGER - INSTRUMENTAL

12. I AM YOU

You have bound my heart with subtle chains

So much pleasure that it feels like pain

So entwined now that we can't shake free

I am you and you are me

No escaping from the mess we're in

So much pleasure that it must be sin

I must live with this reality

I am yours eternally

There's no turning back

We're in this trap

No denying the facts

No, no, no

No excuses to give

I'm the one you're with

We've no alternative

No, no, no

Dark obsession in the name of love

This addiction that we're both part of

Leads us deeper into mystery

Keeps us craving endlessly

Strange compulsions that I can't control

Pure possession of my heart and soul

I must live with this reality

I am you and you are me

There's no turning back

We're in this trap

No denying the factsNo, no, no

No excuses to give

I'm the one you're with

We've no alternative

No, no, no

13. GOODNIGHT LOVERS

Here, somewhere in the heart of me

There is still a part of me

That cares

And I'll, I'll still take the best you've got

Even though I'm sure it's not

The best for me

When you're born a lover

You're born to suffer

Like all soul sisters

And soul brothers

I, I can see the danger signs

They only help to underline

Your beauty

I'm not looking for an easy ride

True happiness cannot be tried

So easily

When you're born a lover

You're born to suffer

Like all soul sisters

And soul brothers

Like all soul sisters

And soul brothers

You can take your time

I'll be waiting in line

You don't even have to give me

The time of day

When you're born a lover

You're born to suffer

Like all soul sisters

And soul brothers

Like all soul sisters

And soul brothers

14. DIRT

Ooh, I been dirt

And I don't care

Ooh, I been dirt

And I don't care

Cause I'm burning inside

I'm just a yearning inside

And I'm the fire's life

Ooh, I've been hurt

And I don't care

Ooh, I've been hurt

And I don't care

Cause I'm burning inside

I'm just a dreaming this life

And do you feel it?

Said do you feel it when you touch me?

There's a fire

Well, it's a fire

It was just a burning

Yeah, alright

Ooh!

Burning inside

Burning

Just a dreaming

It was just a dreaming

Play it for me, babe, with love

15. ZENSTATION - INSTRUMENTAL