Memento Mori
Depeche Mode
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depeche Mode "MEMENTO MORI" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Released: March 24 2023 TRACK LISTING: 01.MY COSMOS IS MINE 02.WAGGING TONGUE 03.GHOSTS AGAIN 04.DON’T SAY YOU LOVE ME 05.MY FAVOURITE STRANGER 06.SOUL WITH ME 07.CAROLINE’S MONKEY 08.BEFORE WE DROWN 09.PEOPLE ARE GOOD 10.ALWAYS YOU 11.NEVER LET YOU GO 12.SPEAK TO ME -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 01 - MY COSMOS IS MINE WRITER/S: Martin L. Gore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 3 [Intro] [Verse 1] Don’t play with my world Don’t mess with my mind Don’t question my spacetime My cosmos is mine [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Don’t toy with my heart Don’t knock down my shrines Don’t alter my headlines My cosmos is mine [Chorus] No war no war no war no war No more no more no more no more No fear no fear no fear no fear Not here not here not here not here No rain no clouds No pain no shrouds No final breaths No senseless deaths [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Don’t stare at my soul I swear it is fine Its borders are outlined My cosmos is mine [Outro] My cosmos is mine My cosmos is mine My cosmos is mine My cosmos is mine My cosmos is mine Don’t play with my world Don’t mess with my mind Don’t question my spacetime My cosmos is mine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 02 - WAGGING TONGUE WRITER/S: Martin L. Gore Dave Gahan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 1 [Intro] [Verse 1] You won’t do well to silence me With your words or wagging tongue With your long tall tales to sorrow Your song and to be sung [Chorus 1] I won’t be offended If I’m left across the great divide Believe me they will follow Just to watch another angel die [Post-Chorus] Watch another angel die [Verse 2] You won’t do well to darken me With your secrets and your lies With your piercing code of silence Relax enjoy the ride [Chorus 2] I’ll meet you by the river Or maybe on the other side You’ll find it hard to swallow When you watch another angel die [Post-Chorus] Watch another angel die [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Another sun is rising Another day has come You can find me I’ll be waiting Until the day is done [Chorus 3] I won’t be persuaded Kiss your doubts goodbye Everything seems hollow When you watch another angel die [Outro] Watch another angel die Watch another angel die Watch another angel die Watch another angel die -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 03 - GHOSTS AGAIN WRITER/S: Martin L. Gore Richard Butler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 2 [Intro] [Verse 1] Wasted feelings Broken meanings Time is fleeting See what it brings [Pre-Chorus] Hellos goodbyes a thousand midnights Lost in sleepless lullabies [Chorus] Heaven’s dreaming Thoughtless thoughts my friends We know we’ll be ghosts again [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Sundays shining Silver linings Weightless hours All my flowers [Pre-Chorus] A place to hide the tears that you cried Everybody says goodbye [Chorus] Faith is sleeping Lovers in the end Whisper we’ll be ghosts again [Instrumental] [Chorus] Heaven’s dreaming Thoughtless thoughts my friends We know we’ll be ghosts again Faith is sleeping Lovers in the end Whisper we’ll be ghosts again [Outro] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 04 - DON’T SAY YOU LOVE ME WRITER/S: Martin L. Gore Richard Butler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO CAPO [Intro] [Verse 1] You’ll be the killer I’ll be the corpse You’ll be the thriller And I’ll be the drama of course [Verse 2] If you play the sinner I’ll play the stain If you play the winner I’ll be your permanent pain [Verse 3] I’ll be the boredom You the desire I’ll be the catcalls And you’ll be the sound of the choir [Verse 4] You anesthetic I’ll be the scream You’ll be the promise And I’ll be the end of your dreams [Chorus] So don’t say you love me ’Cause you’ll never love me [Instrumental] [Verse 5] You’ll be the flowers That some lover sent I’ll be the goodbye Note that is hiding in them [Verse 6] You are the singer I am the song The tune that will linger The bitter taste left on your tongue [Chorus] So don’t say you love me How could you love me? [Bridge] Your flowers and the make-believe The secrets aid the notes you keep The promises left on the sheets You’ll never love me Fool your friends believe your lies Make amends and alibis In the end you can’t disguise That you’ll never love me [Outro] You’ll be the killer I’ll be the corpse You’ll be the laughter And I’ll be the punchline of course -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 05 - MY FAVOURITE STRANGER WRITER/S: Martin L. Gore Richard Butler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 1 [Intro] [Verse 1] Some perfect stranger Sneaks on tip-toes Steals my shadow And goes where I go [Instrumental] [Chorus 1] My favourite stranger Stands in my mirror Puts words in my mouth All broke and bitter [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Some perfect stranger My imitation Drops my name in My conversations [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Some perfect stranger Speaks when I speak Walks in my footsteps And talks in my sleep [Chorus 2] My favourite stranger Stands where I stand Leaves crime in my wake And blood on my hands [Outro] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 06 - SOUL WITH ME WRITER/S: Martin L. Gore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO CAPO [Intro] [Verse 1] I’m heading for the ever after Leaving my problems And the world’s disasters I’m heading for the open sky [Verse 2] I see the beauty As the leaves start falling Follow the light Towards the voices calling I’m going where the angels fly [Chorus] And I’m taking my soul with me And I’m taking my soul with me [Instrumental] [Verse 3] I’m ready for the final pages Kiss goodbye to all my earthly cages I’m climbing up the golden stairs [Verse 4] Go sing it from the highest tower From the morning Till the midnight hour I’m going where there are no cares [Chorus] And I’m taking my soul with me And I’m taking my soul with me And I’m taking my soul with me And I’m taking my soul with me [Outro] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 07 - CAROLINE’S MONKEY WRITER/S: Martin L. Gore Richard Butler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 1 [Verse 1] Caroline knows how fragile we are With hope as our faith We look to the stars Caroline’s monkey is crying again There’s no satisfaction On Caroline’s train [Verse 2] Caroline leaks through holes in her skin Her promise of sweetness Forgiveness and everything Caroline’s monkey coos in her ear Drives like a demon Through Caroline’s tears [Verse 3] Caroline feels the ice in her veins The minutes and hours The naming of days Caroline said her dreams never end For Caroline’s monkey And Caroline’s friends [Refrain] Fading’s better than failing Falling’s better than feeling Folding’s better than losing Fixing’s better than healing Sometimes [Verse 4] Caroline’s monkey claws at her back Colder than winter Darker than black Caroline’s monkey is hungry again Running with scissors On needles and pins [Verse 5] Caroline’s monkey lives where she lays Sleeps like a thief And steals through the days Caroline’s monkey makes up all the fun Leaves chaos and ruin On Caroline’s tongue [Verse 6] Caroline knows how fragile we are With hope as our faith We look to the stars Caroline’s monkey is crying again There’s no satisfaction On Caroline’s train [Refrain] Fading’s better than failing Falling’s better than feeling Folding’s better than losing Fixing’s better than healing Sometimes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 08 - BEFORE WE DROWN WRITER/S: Dave Gahan Peter Gordeno Christian Eigner Tabbed by: bdgdztwyip -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO CAPO [Intro] [Verse 1] I’ve been thinking I can come back home So how would that be you and I alone? All alone I have a feeling you’re not on my side There’s a distance between you and I You and I [Chorus] First we stand up then we fall down We have to move forward before we drown We drown [Bridge] [Verse 2] I feel so naked standing on the shore Are you sure? Nothing’s out there nothing else no more No more [Chorus] First we stand up then we fall down We have to move forward before we drown We drown We drown We drown We drown [Instrumental] [Outro] First we stand up then we fall down We have to move forward before we drown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 09 - PEOPLE ARE GOOD WRITER/S: Martin L. Gore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 1 [Intro] [Verse 1] Keep telling myself That people are good Whisper it under my breath So I don’t forget Keep fooling myself That they do all they can Sometimes they simply slip up But it’s not what they meant [Chorus] Heaven help me Heaven help me Heaven help us Heaven help us [Verse 2] Keep reminding myself That people are good And when they do bad things They’re just hurting inside Keep fooling myself That everyone cares And they’re all full of love It’s just their patience gets tried [Chorus] Heaven help me Heaven help me Heaven help us Heaven help us [Bridge] Everything will be alright in time It will be fine [Refrain] ’Cause people are good Whisper it under your breath People are good Keep fooling yourself People are good Whisper it under your breath People are good Keep fooling yourself People are good Whisper it under your breath People are good Keep fooling yourself [Outro] People are good Whisper it under your breath People are good Keep fooling yourself -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 10 - ALWAYS YOU WRITER/S: Martin L. Gore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 4 [Intro] [Verse 1] My love the world’s upside down My love no solid ground My love there are no more facts My love reality’s cracked [Chorus] And then there’s you There’s always you You’re all I need to keep believing And then there’s you There’s always you The air that keeps my spirit breathing And then there’s you There’s always you there’s always you There’s always you there’s always you There’s always you [Verse 2] My love there are no more words My love life’s too absurd My love I could not explain My love why insanity reigns [Chorus] And then there’s you There’s always you The light that leads me from the darkness And then there’s you There’s always you Your grace and holiness are endless And then there’s you There’s always you there’s always you There’s always you there’s always you There’s always you And then there’s you There’s always you there’s always you There’s always you there’s always you There’s always you [Outro] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 11 - NEVER LET YOU GO WRITER/S: Martin L. Gore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 3 [Intro] [Verse 1] I’m waiting for your love I know you’ll want me When your body’s had enough Your senses will see There’s only so much time We have to play with To waste it is a crime We have so much to give [Instrumental] [Verse 2] When uncertainty parts You’ll be ready to concede It was plain from the start You’ve been running from me And I have been patient I have been so calm Bit my lips through the torment Please fall into my arms [Chorus] Never let me go Never let me go Watch our dreams unfold in colour Underneath love’s moon we’ll wander Never let me go Never let me go [Verse 3] The angels will praise us The world will seem right We’ll pull it out of the darkness And into the light We will be beacons Shining so bright Like stars in the darkness For lovers at night [Bridge] We will be beacons Shining so bright Like stars in the darkness For lovers at night [Chorus] Never let me go Never let me go Never let me go Never let me go [Outro] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 12 - SPEAK TO ME WRITER/S: Dave Gahan Marta Salogni Christian Eigner James Ford -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 1 [Intro] [Verse 1] Speak to me and I will follow I heard you call my name Lying on the bathroom floor No one here to blame There’s a message I know can be found I’m listening I hear you your sound [Verse 2] Speak to me in a language That I can understand Tell me that you’re listening Give me some kind of plan Give me something you’d be my drug of choice You lead me I follow your voice [Instrumental] [Verse 3] I will disappoint you I will let you down I need to know You’re here with me Turn it all around It’d be grateful I’d follow you around I’m listening I’m here now I’m found [Outro]
