Better Days Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ph0tograph1c 

Cover art for Better Days lyrics by Depeche Mode

It’s crazy that this song is actually so underrated. But I think it’s about someone running away after committing crimes (maybe also dealing with stuff), afraid getting found and caught by the police. „Uninvited they will come“, the police coming after the person, without any warning. „With trouble in the wings. Will you risk anything?“, in interpretation of having troubles to actually find a good hideout and a place to live, risking everything in committing crimes. „You have seen better days, you have lived better ways.“, obviously that person lived healthier but fell into consuming drugs and other addictive things, the person getting tired of their life. So they do illegal stuff to get „action“ and „fun“ and now having to live with the result that it was a bad idea and now trying to get out of it, running away from the police.

[Edit: typo, ]

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