And Then... Lyrics

Lyric discussion by indstrlgal 

Cover art for And Then... lyrics by Depeche Mode

I believe this is a play between the Bible’s Genesis that cites the creation of the world (…and then “God created”) and how we humans destroyed the world by making borders exist - which creates hate between humans. It’s a song of hope about how young people (boys and girls) can be divine as God, tear the “false” borders down (hate between countries, human suffering, hunger, war) and restart the world from scratch - as what we did didn’t turn out that well. You can see the poetry in the lyrics even if you’re an atheist.