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Welcome to my world
Step right through the door
Leave your tranquilizers at home
You don't need them anymore

All the dramaqueens have gone
And the devil got dismayed
He backed up and fled this town
His masterplan delayed

And if you stay a while
I'll penetrate your soul
I'll bleed into your dreams
You'll want to lose control
I'll weep into your eyes
I'll make your vision sing
I'll open endless skies
And ride your broken wings
Welcome to my world
Welcome to my world
Welcome to my world

Watch the sunrise set
And the moon begin to blush
I'm naked in a search
Translucently too much

And I hold you in my arms
I keep you by my side
And we sleep the devil's sleep
Just to keep him satisfied

And if you stay a while
I'll penetrate your soul
I'll bleed into your dreams
You'll want to lose control
I'll weep into your eyes
I'll make your vision sing
I'll open endless skies
And ride your broken wings
Welcome to my world
Welcome to my world
Welcome to my world

(x)

The angel of love was upon me
Oh Lord, I felt so small
The legs beneath me weaken
And I began to crawl
Confused and contented
I slithered around
Reveal is beyond me
I was lost
I was found

The angel of love was upon me
Oh Lord, I felt so weak
I felt my tongue within my mouth
And I began to speak
A strange kind of language
I don't understand
A bubbling fountain
I couldn't have planned

Oh, leave me here forevermore
I found the peace I've been searching for

The angel of love was upon me
Oh Lord, I felt so high
I swear I could have reach up
Place my hands upon the sky
Rain in the rainbow
Was following me around
With elevated senses
I can see and taste sound

The angel of love was upon me
Oh Lord, I felt so clean
Like a preacher on Sunday
My heart was serene
I wade into the water
I was bathed, I was drowned
Like the sailors before me
I knelt down on the ground

Oh, leave me here forevermore
I found the peace I've been searching for
Oh, let me sleep forevermore
I found the peace I've been searching for

(x)

Sometimes I slide away, silently
I slowly lose myself
Over and over

Take comfort in my skin, endlessly
Surrender to my will
Forever and ever

I dissolve in trust
I will sing with joy
I will end up dust
I'm in heaven

I stand in golden rays, radiantly
I burn a fire of love
Over and over

Reflecting endless light, relentlessly
I have embraced the flame
Forever and ever

I will scream The Word
Jump into the void
I will guide the world
Up to heaven

(x)

When I look at you
I'm probably the same way too
I got a feeling that it's coming soon
Could this be the end?

And when I look around this room
It must be something I can do
Can I convince you that it isn't true?
We've come to the end

Oh did I disappoint you?
I wanted to believe it's true
Oh the book of love
Was not enough to see us through

The problem should've been you (should've been you)
Should've been you (should've been you)
Should've been you (could've been you)
Should've been you
If it hadn't been me
(Could've been you, could've been you)
Should've been you (should've been you)
Should've been you (could've been you)
Should've been you
If it hadn't been me

It seems so obvious to you
You're feeling what I'm feeling too
The final chapter in the contract expires soon
We've come to the end

Thank God I'm not the same as you
You always know exactly what to do
Is who I am, is not for you
We've come to the end

Oh did I disappoint you?
I wanted to believe it's true
Oh the book of love
Was not enough to see us through

The problem should've been you (should've been you)
Should've been you (should've been you)
Should've been you (could've been you)
Should've been you
If it hadn't been me
(Would've been you, could've been you)
Should've been you (should've been you)
Should've been you (could've been you)
Should've been you
If it hadn't been me

(Could've been you, could've been you)
Should've been you (should've been you)
Should've been you (could've been you)
Should've been you
If it hadn't been me
(Could've been you, could've been you)
If it hadn't been me
(Could've been you, could've been you)
If it hadn't been me
Should've been you (should've been you)
(Could've been you, should've been you)
If it hadn't been me
(Could've been you, could've been you)
If it hadn't been me


(x)

My little universe is expanding
Slowly
Those who know me
Say I'm growing every day

Beautiful emptiness surrounds me
I take small steps
I'm making progress in a nonspecific way

Here I am king
I decide everything
I let no one in
No one
No one
No one

Limited consciousness preserves me
It protects me
Just connects enough to keep the walls at bay

My little universe is expanding
Slowly
Those who know me
Say I'm growing every day

Here I am king
I decide everything
I let no one in
No one
No one
No one

(x)

Slow, slow, slow as you can go
So I can feel all I want to know
Slow, slow
I go with your flow

Let the world keep its carnival pace
I prefer to look into your beautiful face
What a waste

At the stars continue to fly by
I don't have one desire to understand why
I don't try

Slow, slow, slow as you can go
I want my senses to overflow
Slow, slow
And doesn't it show

I don't need a race in my bed
The speed's in my heart and the speed's in my head
Instead

It's tempting for fools to rush in
When something's so good why should we rush a thing
It's a sin

Slow, slow, slow as you can go
That's how I like it
I like it

I don't need a race in my bed
It speeds in my heart and speeds in my head
Instead

Slow, slow, slow as you can go
That's how I like it
I like it
That's how I like it
That's how I like it

(x)

If you want control
Without any pain
How long will you suffer
How long will you rain

You see the friend that I knew
Can not be found
Replaced by another
Wearing his crown

There's a place where I go
Without any sound
Only you can reach me
Only you're allowed
Then you're so far away
You're so far from here
Do you remember
A time without tears

When you're falling
I will catch you
You don't have to fall that far
You can make it
I will be there
You were broken from the start

And you were a child
You dream all day long
You dream of your future
Get lost in your songs
Now that time has gone
It's lost for you now
Words long forgotten
Forgotten somehow

When you're falling
I will catch you
You don't have to fall that far
You can make it
I will be there
You were broken from the start

(x)

There is darkness and death in your eyes
What have you got buried inside
The shallow grave in your soul
The ghost that have taken control

You really should have dug a little deeper there
Bodyparts are starting to appear and scare
The child inside away

Each tear that flows down your face
Trickles then picks up the pace
And turns to a river inside
A river that will not subside

I can hear that dreadful overflowing sound
Watching from afar I see a child is drowned
The child inside your heart

I can see you drifting away
Heading for the light
I can see you drifting away
Every night

Why were you always inside
On days when the weather was fine
And while we were running around
You were nowhere to be found

You know you should have taken all your dolls to bed
But you were made to play games with your soul instead
The child inside you died

(x)

Have I got soft touch
Have I got soft touch
Is my radar that off
Is my radar that off

I'm thinking
That you're sinking
When I'll drown
I've got a confession
That your depression
Will take me down

Am I on the right track
Am I on the right track
Have I picked a bad time
Have I picked a bad time

It's seeming
That you're dreaming
Through my eyes
Why protest
When your substance
Is my prize

Oh brother
Give me a helping hand
Oh brother
Tell me you understand

Have I hit a raw nerve
Have I hit a raw nerve
Have I got a soft touch
Have I got a soft touch

I'm thinking
That you're sinking
When I'll drown
I've got a suspicion
That your position
Is unsound

Oh brother!
Give me a helping hand
Oh brother!
Tell me you understand

Have I hit a raw nerve
Have I hit a raw nerve
Have I got a soft touch
Have I got a soft touch
[2x]

(x)

I dream of a day
When I dare to believe
You're the answer

When the shame
And the guilt are removed
And the truth appears

Of the touch of your hand
I lose who I am
If I want to

I try to resist but
Succumb to the bliss
Of your kiss

You shoold be higher
I'll take you higher
Well don't be afraid
You'll just have to pray

Your lies are more attractive
Than the truth
Love is all I want
Your lies are written down there
In your book
Love is all I want

Your arms are infected
They're holding the truth
Oh stop all your crying
This one you'll lose

You should be higher
I'll take you higher
So don't be afraid
You'll just have to pray

Your lies are more attractive
Than the truth
Love is all I want
Your lies are written down there
In your book
Love is all I want

You should be higher
Love

(x)

I was there when you needed me most
I was there when you wanted me least
I was your father, your son, and your holy ghost and priest

Through your failures and success
Through your losses and gains
I didn't see much happiness or pain

I couldn't save your soul
I couldn't even take you home
I couldn't fill that hole
Alone

I saw you at your best
I knew you at your worst
I couldnt tell if you were blessed or cursed

There's a thin grey line
Between the black and white
It's evidently hard to find at night

I couldn't save your soul
I couldn't even take you home
I couldn't play that role
Alone

Now it's too, too late for words
That should have been said long ago

I was there when you needed me most
I was there when you wanted me least
I was your father, your son, and your holy ghost and priest

I couldn't save your soul
I couldn't even take you home
I couldn't fill that hole
Alone

(x)

I'm coming for you
When the sun goes down
I'm coming for you
When there's no one around

I come to your house
Break down the door
Girl I'm shaking
I need more

There's only one way to soothe my soul
There's only one way to soothe my soul
Only one way
Only one way
Only one way
Only one way

I'm coming for you
I need to feel your skin
I'm coming for you
To stop this crawling

I'm taking my place
By your side
I'm not leaving
Until I'm satisfied

There's only one way to soothe my soul
There's only one way to soothe my soul
Only one way
Only one way
Only one way
Only one way

I'm coming for you
My body's hungry
I'm coming for you
Like a junkie

I can't stop
The desire in me
I'm not waiting
Patiently

There's only one way to soothe my soul
There's only one way to soothe my soul
There's only one way to soothe my soul
There's only one way to soothe my soul
Only one way
Only one way
Only one way
Only one way
There's only one way to soothe my soul

(x)

It was you that took my soul
And threw a hidden fire
And tamed it in the rapture
And filled me with desire

Now I'm pure, now I'm clean
I feel cured and surreal
In you

There is no denying
How I have been changed
You won't hear me crying
Now misery is strange

I can dream, I can fly
Now it seems I get by
With you

Good goodbye again
Good goodbye again

I was always looking, looking for someone
Someone to stick my hook in
And pull it out and run

Now I'm caught on your arm
All my thoughts are entwined
In you

Good goodbye again
Good goodbye again

If you see me walking
To the golden gates
The turn arounds stop talking
Stop and hesitate

I'll be waiting up there
Weave my fate in the air
For you

Good goodbye
Good goodbye
Good goodbye
Good goodbye
Good goodbye
Good goodbye
Good goodbye
Good goodbye
Good goodbye
Good goodbye
Good goodbye

(x)

We are not there yet
We have not evolved
We have no respect
We have lost control
We're going backwards
Ignoring the realities
Going backwards
Are you counting all the casualties?

We are not there yet
Where we need to be
We are still in debt
To our insanities
We're going backwards
Turning back our history
Going backwards
Piling on the misery

[Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore:]
We can track it all with satellites
See it all in plain sight
Watch men die in real time
But we have nothing inside
We feel nothing inside

We are not there yet
We have lost our soul
The course has been set
We're digging our own hole
We're going backwards
Armed with new technology
Going backwards
To a caveman mentality

We can emulate on consoles
Killings we can control
With senses that have been dulled
Because there's nothing inside
We feel nothing inside

We feel nothing inside
(We feel nothing, nothing inside)
We feel nothing inside
(We feel nothing, nothing inside)
We feel nothing inside
(We feel nothing, nothing inside)
We feel nothing inside
(We feel nothing, nothing inside)
We feel nothing inside
(We feel nothing, nothing inside)
Because there's nothing inside
Because there's nothing inside

(x)

You've been kept down
You've been pushed 'round
You've been lied to
You've been fed truths
Who's making your decisions?
You or your religion
Your government, your countries
You patriotic junkies

[Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore:]
Where's the revolution?
Come on, people
You're letting me down
Where's the revolution?
Come on, people
You're letting me down

[Dave Gahan:]
You've been pissed on
For too long
Your rights abused
Your views refused
They manipulate and threaten
With terror as a weapon
Scare you till you're stupefied
Wear you down until you're on their side

[Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore:]
Where's the revolution?
Come on, people
You're letting me down
Where's the revolution?
Come on, people
You're letting me down

The train is coming
The train is coming
The train is coming
The train is coming
So get on board
Get on board
Get on board
Get on board
The engine's humming
The engine's humming
The engine's humming
The engine's humming
So get on board
Get on board
Get on board
Get on board (Where's the revolution?)
The train is coming
The train is coming
The train is coming
The train is coming
So get on board
Get on board
Get on board
Get on board (Where's the revolution?)
The engine's humming
The engine's humming
The engine's humming
The engine's humming
So get on board
Get on board

Where's the revolution?
Come on, people
You're letting me down
Where's the revolution?
Come on, people
You're letting me down
Where's the revolution?
Come on, people
You're letting me down
Where's the revolution?
Come on, people
You're letting me down

(x)

There's a lynching in the square
You will have to join us
Everyone's going to be there
We're setting up the truss
Once there were solutions
Now we have no excuses
They got lost in confusion
So we're preparing the nooses

And oh we had so much time
How could we commit the worst crime?

Blame misinformation
Misguided leaders
Apathetic hesitation
Uneducated readers
For whatever reason
We now find ourselves in this
We are all charged with treason
There is no one left to hiss

And oh we had so much time
How could we commit the worst crime?

We're the judge and the jury
The hangman, the convict
It's too late for fury
Our indictment was handpicked
So step up to the gallows
And accept your sentence
For being so shallow
You must pay your penance

And oh we had so much time
How could we commit the worst crime?

And oh we had so much time
How could we commit the worst crime?

(x)

Hey scum, hey scum
What have you ever done for anyone
Hey scum, hey scum
What are you going to do when karma comes

A' calling
And you're falling
And there's nowhere left to run
And you're weeping
And not sleeping
And you're begging for your gun

Pull the trigger

Hey scum, hey scum
What have you ever done for anyone
Hey scum, hey scum
What will you do when judgement time has come

And you're kneeling
And you're squealing
And you're looking for someone
To bear witness
To your goodness
You can't even find your son

Pull the trigger
Pull the trigger

You wouldn't even offer up your crumbs

To the dying
And crying
You're dead inside, you're numb
You're hollow
And shallow
Your empty life is done

Pull the trigger
Pull the trigger
(Hey scum, hey scum)
Pull the trigger
(Hey scum, hey scum)
Pull the trigger

(x)

We had something but that was yesterday
Temptations knocking at my door
You talk to me about the life we could've had
But we don't have that life no more

But I like the way you move
Yeah I like the way you move for me tonight
I like the way you move
I like the way you move for me tonight
Alright now

If you give me something that you and I can play
Let me ring your bell
I don't need you, I don't need your ball and chain
There's no water in that well

But I like the way you move
I like the way you move for me tonight
I like the way you move
I like the way you move for me tonight
Alright yeah
All night
Alright now
All night

Imagination is all it takes
You came knocking at my door
You talk to me about the life we should have
You know, you could have given more

But I like the way you move
Yeah I like the way you move for me tonight
Yeah I like the way you move
I like the way you move for me tonight
Alright now
All night

(x)

I've felt better
I've been up all night
I can feel it coming
The morning light

The air is so cold here
It's so hard to breathe
We better take cover
Will you cover me?

Way up here with the northern lights
Beyond you and me
I dreamt of us in another life
One we've never reached

And you know we're sinking
We could fade away
I'm not going down
Not today

The air is so cold here
Too cold to see
We have to take cover
Cover me

Way up here with the northern lights
Beyond these broken bars
I pictured us in another life
Where we're all superstars

(x)

Poor little one
I will protect you
And surround you with my love
As well as any man can
As well as any man could
I will be there for you
Always
And when the black cloud
Rises
And the radiation falls
I will look you in the eye
And kiss you
And give you all my love
As well as any man can
As well as any man could
You are my eternal
Eternal
Love

(x)

You have poison in your heart
Yeah I'm sure of it
I knew right from the start
From the moment we met
You know we have to break up
You'll always be alone

You know you've never ever been a friend
Now we're closer to the edge
Oh oh oh, no
Oh oh oh, no

There's poison in your mind
Yeah I'm sure of it
You've never been that kind
With all due respect
You know it's time to break up
You'll always be alone

You know you've never ever been a friend
Now we're closer to the end
Oh oh oh, no
Oh oh oh, no

We've been walking far too long this icy road
My broken heart is colder than a stone
I know you've never ever been a friend
Now you've pushed me to the end

Oh oh oh, no
Oh oh oh, no

(x)

I can't lie
I can't fake
I can't act
My hands shake
There's disclosure
I must make
There is so much love in me

I can't run
I have tried
There's a thorn
In my side
There is something
I can't hide
There is so much love in me

You can forsake me
Try to break me
But you can't shake me
No
You can despise me
Demonise me
It satisfies me
So

There's a fire
In my veins
The desire
Causes pain
I will say it
Again
There is so much love in me

You can forsake me
Try to break me
But you can't shake me
No
You can despise me
Demonise me
It satisfies me
So

There is so much love in me
There is so much love in me
There is so much love in me
There is so much love in me

(x)

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Hey, there's no news
Poor man's still got the blues
He's walking around in worn out shoes
With nothing to lose

Hey, he's on the road
Pushing along his heavy load
Heading for no fixed abode
Shuffling slow

Hey

Corporations get the breaks
Keeping almost everything they make
And tell us just how long it's going to take
For it to trickle down
When will it trickle down?

Hey, he's on the street
Laying in the snow and sleet
Begging for something to eat
Looking beat

Hey, passers-by
They don't dare to catch his eye
Couldn't even tell you why
Or what's happenin' inside

Corporations get the breaks
Keeping almost everything they make
Tell us just how long it's going to take
For it to trickle down
When will it trickle down?

(x)

One more ride, I can't explain
Our hesitation, we stop and start again
Repeat the process, we repeat the lie
Time and time again, by and by

This is the last time
I'll say goodbye
The last time
Then we won't have to lie
The last time
Call it what you want
You don't mean a thing to me no more

You go your way, I'll go mine
We've walked this line together for the longest time
We've climbed the mountain in so many ways
You reach the top then slowly fade away

This is the last time
I'll say goodbye
The last time
Then we won't have to lie
The last time
Call it what you want
You don't mean a thing to me no more

Our crimes will pass us by
Crimes, they all fade and die
All those memories, all our pain
Will slowly disappear like the falling rain

This is the last time
I'll say goodbye
The last time
Then we won't have to lie
The last time
(All those memories, all our pain)
Well this is the last time
(All those memories, all our pain)
The last time

(x)

People, do we call this trying?
We're hopeless, forget the denying
Our souls are corrupt
Our minds are messed up
Our consciences, bankrupt
Oh, we're fucked

People, what are we thinking?
It's shameful, our standards are sinking
We're barely hanging on
Our spirit has gone
And once where it shone
I hear a lonesome song

People, how are we coping?
It's futile to even start hoping
That justice will prevail
That truth will tip the scales
Our dignity has sailed
Oh, we've failed
(x)