Depeche Mode
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Black Celebration
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1. Black Celebration
Letīs have a black celebration
Black Celebration
Tonight
To celebrate the fact
That weīve seen the back
Of another black day
I look to you
How you carry on
When all hope is gone
Canīt you see
Your optimistic eyes
Seem like paradise
To someone like
Me
I want to take you
In my arms
Forgetting all I couldnīt do today
Black Celebration
Black Celebration
Tonight
To celebrate the fact
That weīve 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 couldnīt do today
Black Celebration
Iīll 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)
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
Iīd never willingly
Do you harm
Apologies
Are all you seem to get from me
But just like a child
You make me smile
When you care for me
And you know
Itīs a question of lust
Itīs a question of trust
Itīs a question of not letting
What weīve 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)
Itīs easy to make
The stupid mistake
Of letting go (do you know what I mean)
My weaknesses
You know each and every one (it frightens me)
But I need to drink
More than you seem to think
Before Iīm anyoneīs
And you know
Itīs a question of lust
Itīs a question of trust
Itīs a question of not letting
What weīve built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together
Kiss me goodbye
When Iīm on my own
But you know that Iīd
Rather be home
Itīs a question of lust
4. Sometimes
Sometimes
Only sometimes
I question everything
And Iīm the first to admit
If you catch me in a mood like this
I can be tiring
Even embarrassing
But you must
Feel the same
When you look around
You canīt tell me honestly
Youīre happy with what you see
Oh sometimes
Only sometimes
You must be
You must be
As embarrassing as me
Sometimes
5. It Doesnīt Matter Two
As I lay here with you
The shame lies with us
We talk of love and trust
That doesnīt 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 arenīt healing
Inside of me
Though it feel good now
I know itīs only for now
The feeling is intense
You grip me with your eyes
And then I realise
It doesnīt matte
6. A Question of Time
Iīve got to get to you first
Before they do
Itīs just a question of time
Before they lay their hands on you
And make you just like the rest
Iīve got to get to you first
Itīs just a question of time
Well now youīre only fifteen
And you look good
Iīll take you under my wing
Somebody should
Theyīve persuasive ways
And youīll believe what they say
Itīs just a question of time
Itīs running out for you
It wonīt be long until youīll 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
Itīs just a question of time
Itīs running out for you
It wonīt be long until youīll do
Exactly what they want you to
Sometimes I donīt 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
Itīs just a question of time
It should be better
Itīs just a question of time
It should be better with you
Itīs just a question of time
7. Stripped
Come with me
Into the trees
Weīll lay on the grass
And let the hours pass
Take my hand
Come back to the land
Letīs 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
Youīre breathing in fumes
I taste when we kiss
Take my hand
Come back to the land
Where everythingīs 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 happens
Those tender moments
Under this roof
Body and soul come together
As we come closer together
And is it happens
It happens here in this house
And I feel your warmth
And it feels like home
And thereīs someone
Calling on the telephone
Letīs stay home
Itīs cold outside
And I have so much
To confide to you
With or without words
Iīll confide everything
Here is the house
Where it all happens
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 Iīm by your side
And you know
Whatīs 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 happens
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
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 itīs not love
It means something
Sheīs lonely
And he says
Itīs for her only
That he lusts
She doesnīt trust him
Nothing is true
But he will do
In a world full of nothing
Though itīs not love
It means something
Itīs easy to slip away
And believe it all
Though itīs not love
It means something
10. Dressed in Black
Sheīs dressed in black again
And Iīm falling down again
Down to the floor again
Iīm begging for more again
But oh what can you do
When sheīs dressed in black
My mind wanders endlessly
On paths where sheīs leading me
With games that she likes to play
And words that she doesnīt say
Not when weīre alone
And sheīs dressed in black
As a picture of herself
Sheīs a picture of the world
A reflection of you
A reflection of me
And itīs all there to see
If you only give in
To the fire within
Dressed in black again
Shadows fall onto me
And she stands there over me
And waits to encompass me
I lay here helplessly
But oh what can you do
When sheīs 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
Princes Di is wearing a new dress
You canīt 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 canīt 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, itīs raining
But Iīm not complaining
Itīs filling me up
With new life
The stars in the sky
Bring tears to my eyes
Theyīre lighting my way
Tonight
And I havenīt felt so alive
In years
Just for a day
On a day like today
Iīll get away from this
Constant debauchery
The wind in my hair
Makes me so aware
How good it is to live
Tonight
And I havenīt felt so alive
In years
The moon
Is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other nights
But theyīre not like tonight
Oh God, itīs raining
And Iīm 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 havenīt felt so alive
In years
The moon
Is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other nights
When my eyes have been so red
Iīve been mistaken for dead
But not tonight
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