Depeche Mode

Before We Drown

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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

First we stand up, then we fall down
We have to move forward, before we drown
We drown

I feel so naked, standing on the shore
Are you sure?
Nothing's out there, nothing else no more
No more?

First we stand up, then we fall down
We have to move forward, before we drown
We drown

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themusiclover On Apr 02, 2023

Enjoy The Silence

Personal Jesus

Never Let Me Down Again

Blasphemous Rumours

Precious

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by Zeitghost

2y ago

For me its about dialectic evolution developed by Hegel. You take part in one extreme of the dialect and where cought up in the fight by your antithesis and washed over by the synthesis.... the zeitgeist that left you behind to die. You die in the currents of dialectic evolution. Its frightening and beautiful. Giving your essence to the greater development is finished. Its a reason to cry for yourself and to celebrate your archivement as a Step in develepmont of all Humanity. Bob Dylan style added with beauty

[Edit: Bob Dylan for me did never see the beauty in demise]

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