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Everything Counts Lyrics
The handshake
Seals the contract
From the contract
There's no turning back
The turning point
Of a career
In career, being insincere
The holiday
Was fun packed
The contract
Still intact
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all
It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts
The graph
On the wall
Tells the story
Of it all
Picture it now
See just how
The lies and deceit
Gained a little more power
Confidence
Taken in
By a sun tan
And a grin
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all
It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts
Seals the contract
From the contract
There's no turning back
The turning point
Of a career
In career, being insincere
The holiday
Was fun packed
The contract
Still intact
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all
It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts
The graph
On the wall
Tells the story
Of it all
Picture it now
See just how
The lies and deceit
Gained a little more power
Confidence
Taken in
By a sun tan
And a grin
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all
It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts
Song Info
Submitted by
gasmask On May 09, 2001
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You people are reading too much into it. I have read many places that this song was their summary of the recording industry, exemplifying all the greed, insincerity and unwarranted self-reverence major labels have for themselves. The Korea line was simply because they were wined and dined especially well (c/o the record company of course) while a world tour of theirs had a few stops over there.
This song is simply about corporate greed and corruption. A popular theme in the money grabbing 1980s.
It's money GRUBBING. And we had a boom in the 80's followed by economic prosperity. Two good presidents back-to-back (one Repub and one a conservative southern Dem) helped make it possible. I hate to tell ya (not really:), but it's 2013 and there is more greed, corruption, superficiality, and the like NOW than in the past...and it ain't gonna get any better. Human beings left God, family, and country, and with those three basic ideals turning to dust came morals to follow down that dark pathway. Greed has to do with immorality. Hold on tight 'cause you ain't seen nothin'...
It's money GRUBBING. And we had a boom in the 80's followed by economic prosperity. Two good presidents back-to-back (one Repub and one a conservative southern Dem) helped make it possible. I hate to tell ya (not really:), but it's 2013 and there is more greed, corruption, superficiality, and the like NOW than in the past...and it ain't gonna get any better. Human beings left God, family, and country, and with those three basic ideals turning to dust came morals to follow down that dark pathway. Greed has to do with immorality. Hold on tight 'cause you ain't seen nothin' yet...
@TurnMeOn "I hate to tell ya (not really:), but it's 2013 and there is more greed, corruption, superficiality, and the like NOW than in the past...and it ain't gonna get any better."
@TurnMeOn "I hate to tell ya (not really:), but it's 2013 and there is more greed, corruption, superficiality, and the like NOW than in the past...and it ain't gonna get any better."
In the Middle Ages and during the time when Rome was big, there was greed, corruption, etc. in large amounts. Those are only some examples of times where you can see that things were not that great.
In the Middle Ages and during the time when Rome was big, there was greed, corruption, etc. in large amounts. Those are only some examples of times where you can see that things were not that great.
Those things have been around since time immemorial. It has not gotten any worse, it is just more apparent to us right now.
Those things have been around since time immemorial. It has not gotten any worse, it is just more apparent to us right now.
There was never a time when...
There was never a time when things were better, but I believe that, as long as we are able to continue moving forward, someday things will get better.
it's about gluttony and indulgence, you greedy bastards!!
chuckles!
chuckles!
I heard this song as a teenager on my FM stereo Walkman in the back seat of the family car from some college station around Hartford, CT while going to pick up my grandparents at the airport who were visiting us. It was around 1982, & I only knew DM from their 1st album, Speak & Spell. Wow! I thought. DM has really changed their sound (harder edged & more industrial), gotten more outspoken about real life...I love DM again! "Everything Counts" summed up the attitude of the '80s: Those Who Die W/the Most Toys Wins. Reagan was the pres. The government was right-wing conservatives w/a "let's have a war" bent, i.e. our fed. gov't sold arms to the wrong side! Like the Iranians, the Contras in El Salvador-all this & Reagan joked, "We will begin bombing in 5 min." :P Kids feared nuclear war in the '80s. But money & status was the ticket to joy, thought social climbers a/k/a Yuppies. I worked in Sales support w/younger mindsets my age. Where did I go wrong, LOL? I was a big DM fan, down to wearing black, w/odd haircuts & Manic Panic-even combat boots and a black trench coat! Call me "AntiYup" because this song predicated how I would become as an free-thinking, non-status-seeking BBWinB (Big Beautiful Woman in Black) in my 20's & 30s.
Easily Depeche Mode's best song.
I think they used "Korea" just for the rhyme. However, a great song.
What about Enjoy The Silence?
Where does it say Korea?
You have to listen to this track from the Mode101 live album. Especially, the last part of the song when the whole stadium sings "the grabbing hands grab all they can, everything counts in large amounts." AWESOME! Wish I was there...
the video for this song is crazy .. martin gore gets all funky with his dance style