The Singles 81>85

The Singles 81/85

Released October 1985 (UK and Europe only)
Remastered and re-released November 1998
MUTEL 1
HIGHEST CHART POSITION- UK: 6
Click on a song to see the lyrics
All songs written by Martin L. Gore except *
* Written by Vince Clarke

1. Dreaming of Me*
2. New Life*
3. Just Can't Get Enough*
4. See You
5. The Meaning of Love
6. Leave in Silence
7. Get the Balance Right
8. Everything Counts
9. Love, In Itself

10. People Are People
11. Master and Servant
12. Blasphemous Rumours
13. Somebody
14. Shake the Disease
15. It's Called a Heart
16. Photographic [Some Bizarre Version]*
17. Just Can't Get Enough [Schizo Mix]*

Dreaming of Me

Light switch, man switch
Film was broken only then
All the night, viewed tomorrow
Dancing with a distant friend

Filming and screening, I picture the scene
Filming and dreaming, dreaming of me

So we left, understanding
Clean cut, some were sounding fast
Talked of sad, I talked of war
I laughed and climbed the rising cast

Filming and screening, I picture the scene
Filming and dreaming, dreaming of me

Quickly, I remember
Viewed that sort of face before
Timing reason, understanding
Like Association Hall

Filming and screening, I picture the scene
Filming and dreaming, dreaming of me

Dreaming of me (Oooh, la la la ...)
Just dreaming of me
It's only me
Just me

Written by Vince Clarke
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "Speak and Spell" album
o "The Singles 81>85"
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" (US)
o 'Dreaming of Me' single

New Life

I stand still stepping on the shady streets
And I watch that man to a stranger
You think you only know me when you turn on the light
Now the room is lit with danger

Complicating, circulating
New life, new life
Operating, generating
New life, new life

Transition to another place
So the time will pass more slowly
Your features fuse and your shadow's red
Like a film I've seen now show me
Complicating, circulating
New life, new life
Operating, generating
New life, new life

Your face is hidden and we're out of sight
And the road just leads to nowhere
The stranger in the door is the same as before
So the question answer's nowhere

Complicating, circulating
New life, new life
Operating, generating
New life, new life

I stand still stepping on the shady streets
And I watch that man to a stranger
Think you only know me when you turn on the light
Now the room is lit, red danger

Complicating, circulating
New life, new life
Operating, generating
New life, new life

Written by Vince Clarke
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "Speak and Spell" album
o "The Singles 81>85"
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" (US)
o 'New Life' single

Just Can't Get Enough

When I'm with you baby, I go out of my head
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough
All the things you do to me and everything you said
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough

We slip and slide as we fall in love
And I just can't seem to get enough

We walk together, we're walking down the street
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough
Every time I think of you I know we have to meet
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough

It's getting hotter, it's our burning love
And I just can't seem to get enough

And when it rains, you're shining down for me
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough
Just like a rainbow you know you set me free
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough

You're like an angel and you give me your love
And I just can't seem to get enough

Written by Vince Clarke
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "Speak and Spell" album
o "The Singles 81>85"
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" (US)
o Live version appears on "101"
o 'Just Can't Get Enough' single

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'd walk through the woods
And 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 (oh that times change)
But I think that you will find
People are basically the same (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
And we can relive our youth

Oh but we'll 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?

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "A Broken Frame" album
o "The Singles 81>85"
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" (US)
o 'See You' single

The Meaning of Love

I've read more than a hundred books
Seen love mentioned many thousand times
But despite all the places I've looked
It's still no clearer it's just not enough
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?

The meaning of love
Tell me the meaning of love

From the notes that I've made so far
Love seems something like wanting a scar
But 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 look suggested that I'd lost my mind
Tell me the answer, my Lord high above
Tell me the meaning, the meaning of love

The meaning of love
Tell me the meaning of love

From the notes that I've made so far
Love seems something like wanting a scar
But I could be wrong, I'm just not sure you see,
I've never been in love before

Tell me the meaning of love

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "A Broken Frame" album
o "The Singles 81>85"
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" (US)
o 'The Meaning of Love' single

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 gonna 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

We've been running around in circles all year
Doing this and that and getting nowhere
This'll 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 stop this
I would set the wheels in motion

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

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "A Broken Frame" album
o "People Are People" album
o "The Singles 81>85" album
o 'Leave in Silence' single

Get the Balance Right

There's more besides joyrides
Little house in the countryside
Understand, learn to demand,
Compromise, sometimes lie

Get the Balance right, get the balance right

Be responsible, respectable,
Stable but gullible
Concerned and caring, help the helpless
But always remain ultimately selfish

Get the balance right, get the balance right

You think you've got a hold of it all
You haven't got a hold at all
When you reach the top, get ready to drop
Prepare yourself for the fall, you're gonna fall
It's almost predictable

Don't take this way, don't take that way
Straight down the middle until next Thursday
Push to the left, back to the right
Twist and turn 'til you've got it right

Get the balance right

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "People Are People" album
o "The Singles 81>85" album
o 'Get the Balance Right' single

Everything Counts

The handshake
Seals the contract
From the contract
There's no turning back
The turning point
Of a career
In Korea, being insincere
The holiday
Was fun packed
The contract
Still intact

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all

It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts

The graph
On the wall
Tells the story
Of it all
Picture it now
See just how
The lies and deceit
Gained a little more power
Confidence
Taken in
By a sun tan
And a grin

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all

It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "Construction Time Again" album
o "People Are People" album
o "The Singles 81>85" album
o Live version on "The Singles 86>98" album
o Live version on "101" album
o 'Everything Counts' and 'Everything Counts - live' singles

Love, In Itself

All of these insurmountable tasks
That lay before me
All of the firsts and the definite lasts
That lay in store for me

There was a time
When all on my mind was love
Now I find that most of the time
Love's not enough in itself

Consequently, I've a tendency to be unhappy
You see the thoughts in my head
All the words that were said
All the blues and the reds get to me

There was a time
When all on my mind was love
Now I find that most of the time
Love's not enough in itself

All of these absurdities
That lay before us
All of the doubts and the certainties
That lay in store for us

There was a time
When all on my mind was love (love love love)
Now I find that most of the time
Love's not enough in itself

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "Construction Time Again" album
o "The Singles 81>85" album
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" album (US)
o 'Love, In Itself' single

People Are People

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

So we're different colours
And we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me
Though I've done nothing wrong
I never even met you
So what could I have done

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

Help me understand

Now you're punching and you're kicking
And you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced
But I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fist

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man

Help me understand

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "Some Great Reward" album
o "People Are People" album (US)
o "The Singles 81>85" album
o Live version on "101" album
o 'People Are People' single

Master and Servant

There's a new game
We like to play you see
A game with added reality
You treat me like a dog
Get me down on my knees

We call it master and servant
We call it master and servant

It's a lot like life
This play between the sheets
With you on top and me underneath
Forget all about equality

Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant

It's a lot like life
And that's what's appealing
If you despise that throwaway feeling
From disposable fun
Then this is the one

Domination's the name of the game
In bed or in life
They're both just the same
Except in one you're fulfilled
At the end of the day

Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant

Let's play master and servant
Come on, master and servant

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "Some Great Reward" album
o "The Singles 81>85" album
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" album (US)
o Live version on "101" album
o 'Master and Servant' single

Blasphemous Rumours

Girl of sixteen, whole life ahead of her
Slashed her wrists, bored with life
Didn't succeed, thank the Lord
For small mercies

Fighting back the tears, mother reads the note again
Sixteen candles burn in her mind
She takes the blame, it's always the same
She goes down on her knees and prays

I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor
And when I die I expect to find Him laughing

Girl of eighteen, fell in love with everything
Found new life in Jesus Christ
Hit by a car, ended up
On a life support machine

Summer's day, as she passed away
Birds were singing in the summer sky
Then came the rain, and once again
A tear fell from her mother's eye

I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor
And when I die I expect to find Him laughing

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "Some Great Reward" album
o "The Singles 81>85" album
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" album (US)
o Live version on "101" album
o 'Blasphemous Rumours/Somebody' single

Somebody

I want somebody to share
Share the rest of my life
Share my innermost thoughts
Know my intimate details
Someone who'll stand by my side
And give me support
And in return
She'll get my support
She will listen to me
When I want to speak
About the world we live in
And life in general
Though my views may be wrong
They may even be perverted
She'll hear me out
And won't easily be converted
To my way of thinking
In fact she'll often disagree
But at the end of it all
She will understand me
Aaaahhhhh....

I want somebody who cares
For me passionately
With every thought and
With every breath
Someone who'll help me see things
In a different light
All the things I detest
I will almost like
I don't want to be tied
To anyone's strings
I'm carefully trying to steer clear of
Those things
But when I'm asleep
I want somebody
Who will put their arms around me
And kiss me tenderly
Though things like this
Make me sick
In a case like this
I'll get away with it
Aaaahhhhh....

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: Martin L. Gore

Appears on:
o "Some Great Reward" album
o "The Singles 81>85" album
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" album (US)
o Live version on "101" album
o 'Blasphemous Rumours/Somebody' single

Shake the Disease

I'm not going down on my knees,
Begging you to adore me
Can't you see it's misery
And torture for me
When I'm misunderstood
Try as hard as you can, I've tried as hard as I could
To make you see
How important it is for me

Here is a plea
From my heart to you
Nobody knows me
As well as you do
You know how hard it is for me
To shake the disease
That takes hold of my tongue
In situations like these

Understand me

Some people have to be
Permanently together
Lovers devoted to
Each other forever
Now I've got things to do
And I've said before that I know you have too
When I'm not there
In spirit I'll be there

Here is a plea
From my heart to you
Nobody knows me
As well as you do
You know how hard it is for me
To shake the disease
That takes hold of my tongue
In situations like these

Understand me

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "The Singles 81>85" album
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" album (US)
o Live version on "101" album
o 'Shake the Disease' single

It's Called a Heart

There's something beating here inside my body
And it's called a heart
You know how easy it is to tear it apart
If I lend it to you, would you keep it safe for me
I'll lend it to you, will you treat it tenderly
There's something beating here inside my body
And it's called a heart

There's a sun shining in the sky
But that's not the reason why I'm feeling warm inside
The answer isn't classified- it's my heart
From the moment I started
I tried to be good about it
Yes I've tried my best
And more or less, I spoke from my heart

There's a lot to be learned
And you learn when your heart gets burned

There's something beating here inside my body
And it's called a heart
You know how easy it is to tear it apart
If I lend it to you, would you keep it safe for me
I'll lend it to you, will you treat it tenderly
There's something beating here inside my body
And it's called a heart

Hearts can never be owned
Hearts only come on loan
If I want it back
I will take it back
I'll take my heart

But I will try my best
And more or less
I will speak from my heart
Yes, I will speak from my heart
Speak from my heart

There's a lot to be learned
And you learn when your heart gets burned

There's something beating here inside my body
And it's called a heart
You know how easy it is to tear it apart
If I lend it to you, would you keep it safe for me
I'll lend it to you, will you treat it tenderly
There's something beating here inside my body
And it's called a heart

Written by Martin L. Gore
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "The Singles 81>85" album
o "Catching Up With Depeche Mode" album (US)
o 'It's Called a Heart' single

Photographic

A white house, a white room
The program of today
Lights on, switch on
Your eyes are far away

The map represents you
And the tape is your voice
Follow all along you
Till you recognize the choice

I take pictures
Photographic pictures

Bright light, dark room
Bright light, dark room

I said I'd write a letter
But I never got the time
And looking to the day
I mesmerize the light

The years I spend just thinking
Of a moment we both knew
A second passed like an empty room
It seems it can't be true

I take pictures
Photographic pictures

Bright light, dark room
Bright light, dark room

Written by Vince Clarke
Vocals: David Gahan

Appears on:
o "Speak and Spell" album
o "The Singles 81/85" -(Some Bizzarre Version on 1999 re-issue)

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