I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God what have we done to You?
We always try to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put You through
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you
If God has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your heart for two
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
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"If God has a master plan That only He understands I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through"
The persons vision was so pure and wholehearted that it was Paradise, and if God knows what he's doing all along and will eventually bring prosperity, the person hopes that it's through their loved ones eyes because nothing can get more perfect than the vision they previously had.
you literally spoke my soul up there with the above comment.....i wish i could have said it better,AND before you did,but life flows in their own way.<br /> <br /> <br /> regarding the song,i do believe it's about something,but not ONLY intended for one understanding nor for one listening....<br /> <br /> <br /> (on my count i'm at least at 12,3435,7690...and going further : )<br /> <br /> i AM sorry for my english.
Another fine example of how Martin Gore has the ability to see things from a perspective of absolute clarity. Having been a child that went through divorce I would have liked to think that my parents thought this way, but I don't believe they did. It is an ugly process, and in families with children there is unavoidable collateral damage. In a way only Gore can craft, his plea to God is groundshaking. I hope if you have a master plan, that you are seeing the result of what you have created through the eyes of the innocent that are sentenced to live through the strife. That is absolute revelation that he understands the situation his children find themselves in. If Martin Gore had lived and died a long time ago, no doubt he would be held in the same breath of some of the poets and literaries that the world holds dear today.
"angels with silver wings Shouldn't know suffering I wish I could take the pain for you"
I agree
"If God has a master plan That only He understands I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through"
Great lyrics.
Well, I'm sorry to say this if it is not a public knowledge. Martin is/was currently undergoing a divorce and this song is said to be written about his children.
The song is very Depeche-like. Nothing new but hey, it sounds good, anyway. Dave's vocals are amazing.
this is a great song and the lyrics are on point about the delicate and difficult process of divorce and how the child is caught in the middle
Wanting to protect your girlfriend :) that's the impression I get, or someone you love... you feel like they don't deserve the pain that life brings :)
i know it all
I agree with the divorce scenario.. Dave does sound amazing just as ever. DM still has it after all these years. and will continue to outlast all the passing trends of today.
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