Condemnation
Tried
Here on the stand with the book in my hand
Truth on my side
Accusations, lies
Hand me my sentence, I'll show no repentance
I'll suffer with pride
If for honesty you want apologies
I don't sympathise
For kindness you substitute blindness
Please open your eyes
Condemnation
Why?
Because my duty was always to beauty
And that was my crime
Feel elation
High
To know I can trust this fix of injustice
Time after time
If you see purity as immaturity
Well, it's no surprise
If for kindness you substitute blindness
Please open your eyes
Tried
Here on the stand with the book in my hand
Truth on my side
Accusations, lies
Hand me my sentence, I'll show no repentance
I'll suffer with pride
If for honesty you want apologies
I don't sympathise
For kindness you substitute blindness
Please open your eyes
Condemnation
Why?
Because my duty was always to beauty
And that was my crime
Feel elation
High
To know I can trust this fix of injustice
Time after time
If you see purity as immaturity
Well, it's no surprise
If for kindness you substitute blindness
Please open your eyes
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It's ambiguous what kind of judgement it is: could be about God, a lover... or anything else. But he claims to be innocent: "If you see purity/As immaturity/Well it's no surprise"
High
To know I can trust this
Fix of injustice
Time after time
I agree with the overall meaning that Trent posted. I think that the fix of injustice part is truly truly inspired. Like there is a self correcting feature of the world that exerts itself.
As he involves himself in this moral struggle, he assumes the role of a man who's being unfairly charged:
"here on the stand with the book in my hand. And truth on my side".
As he engages more in this moral strife, he assumes a very victimized and dignified position, so BEFORE defending himself, he asks for his sentence:
"Hand me my sentence. I'll show no repentance. I'll suffer with pride".
Then, AFTER accepting his sentence, he defends himself, arguing some sort of "innocent manhood purity", which justifies his unfaithfulness.
"Because my duty was always to beauty. And that was my crime.
...
If you see purity as immaturity. Well it's no surprise".
But then, at the end, the accused gives this moral confrontation a dramatic turn over: he shows he was not really feeling victimized and unfairly charged. He was actually being brazen, cheeky and shameless -very usual on Depeche's lyrics-. So, he tells his lover/accuser/judge that he feels "elation, high" to know he can trust this fix of injustice "time after time".
More over, at the very end he even gets offensive and asks her to "open her eyes", like asking her not to be stupid, and stop fooling herself.