역사상 가장 성공한 일렉트로-신스 팝 밴드 디페쉬 모드의 4년 만의 새 앨범[PLAYING THE ANGEL] 1981년 데뷔한 이후 전자 음악의 전성기인 80년대와 록음악의 전성기인 90년대를 거치며 전세계적으로 5천만장의 앨범 판매고를 기록한 일렉트로닉 음악계의 대부, 디페쉬 모드의 11번째 스튜디오 앨범. 새 앨범에는 BLUR의 [THINK THANK], DOVES의 [SOME CITIES]의 명 프로듀서 벤 힐러가 공동 프로듀서로 참여하여 디지털 사운드에서 벗어나 좀더 ‘아날로그’적이고 ‘거친’ 사운드를 담고 있다. 90년대 중반 전성기의 사운드를 연상케 하는 고혹적인 멜로디 라인과 세련되고 뛰어난 전자음악적 감성, 어두운 서정성이 몽롱하고 주술적인 사운드에 실려 독특한 매력을 발산하다. 장엄한 코러스와 주술적인 보컬, 캐치한 멜로디의 중독성 강한 첫 싱글 <PRECIOUS>을 비롯하여 감성적인 폭발을 자극하는 훅이 돋보이는 <JOHN THE REVELATOR>, 마틴 고어 특유의 바이브레이션 보컬이 서정적인 사운드와 어우러져 진한 감동을 주는 <DAMAGED PEOPLE> 등 12곡의 감각적인 전자 음악이 담겨있다. .... ....
I'm not sure What I'm looking for anymore I just know That I'm harder to console I don’t see who I'm trying to be Instead of me But the key Is a question of control
Can you say What you're trying to play anyway I just pay While you're breaking all the rules All the signs that I find Have been underlined Devils thrive on the drive That is fuelled
All this running around Well it’s getting me down Just give me a pain that I'm used to I don't need to believe All the dreams you conceive You just need to achieve Something that rings true
There's a hole in your soul Like an animal With no conscience Repentance unkown
Close your eyes Pay the price for your paradise Devils feed on the seeds That are sown
Can't conceal what I feel What I know is real No mistaking the faking I care With a prayer in the air I will leave it there On a note full of hope Not despair
All this running around Well it's getting me down Just give me a pain that I'm used to I don't need to believe All the dreams you conceive You just need to achieve Something that rings true
John the Revelator Put him in an elevator Take him up to the highest high Take him up to the top where the mountains stop Let him tell his book of lies John the Revelator He's a smooth operator It's time we cut him down to size Take him by the hand And put him on the stand Let us hear his alibis By claiming God - As his holy right He's stealing a God from the Israelites Stealing a God from a Muslim, too There is only one God through and through Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again Seven angels with seven trumpets Send them home on the morning train Well who's that shouting? John the Revelator! All he ever gives us is pain Well who's that shouting? John the Revelator! He should bow his head in shame By and by By and by By and by By and by Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again Seven angels with seven trumpets Send them home on the morning train Well who's that shouting? John the Revelator! All he ever gives us is pain Well who's that shouting? John the Revelator! He should bow his head in shame By and by By and by John the Revelator By and by John the Revelator By and by John the Revelator
In the summer we'd be crazy We'd fool around all the time Oh how I loved that girl When she was mine But now she'd left me For another guy For without that girl I was lost and found
Oh darling please don't hurt me this way Oh darling please don't leave me Oh darling please don't hurt me this way Oh darling please don't leave me
Now I get messed up And I fool around But there's no fun anymore They say times must change But I'm not so sure Lost lovers of summer As we go our separate way Remember memories you owe Won't bring back those special days
If I could just hide The sinner inside And keep him denied How sweet life would be If I could be free From the sinner in me
I’ll never be a saint That’s not a picture that your memory paints Not renowned for my patience I’m not renowned for my restraint But you’re always around You can always be found To pick me up when I’m on the ground ..
If I could just hide The sinner inside And keep him denied How sweet life would be If I could be free From the sinner in me
I’m still recovering Still getting over all the suffering More known for my anger Than for any other thing But you’ve always tried To be by my side And catch my fall when I start to slide ...
If I could just hide The sinner inside And keep him denied How sweet life would be If I could be free From the sinner in me
Overflowing senses Heightened awareness I hear my blood flow I feel its caress Whispering cosmos Talking right to me Unlimited, endless God breathing through me See the microcosm In macro vision Our bodies moving With pure precision One universal celebration One evolution One creation Thundering rhythm Pounding within me Driving me onwards Forcing me to see Clear and enlightening Right there before me Brilliantly shining Intricate beauty See the microcosm In macro vision Our bodies moving With pure precision One universal celebration One evolution One creation
Just give me a reason, some kind of sign I'll need a miracle to help me this time I heard what you said, and I feel the same I know in my heart that I'll have to change
Even the stars look brighter tonight Nothing's impossible I still believe in love at first sight Nothing's impossible
How did we get to be this far apart? How did we get to be this far apart? I want to be with you, have something to share I want to be here I’m not there
Even the stars look brighter tonight Nothing's impossible I still believe in love at first sight Nothing's impossible Even the stars look brighter tonight Nothing's impossible If you believe in love at first sight Nothing's impossible ...
I still believe in love at first sight Nothing's impossible
We're damaged people Drawn together By subtleties that we are not aware of Disturbed souls Playing out forever These games that we once thought we would be scared of
When you're in my arms The world makes sense There is no pretence And you're crying When you're by my side There is no defence I forget to sense I'm dying
We're damaged people Praying for something That doesn't come from somewhere deep inside us Depraved souls Trusting in the one thing The one thing that this life has not denied us
When I feel the warmth Of your very soul I forget I'm cold And crying When your lips touch mine And I lose control I forget I'm old And dying
Oh, Lilian Look what you’ve done You’ve stripped my heart Ripped it apart In the name of fun
Oh, Lilian I’m a poor man’s son And precious jewels Weren’t found in schools Where I came from
Pain and misery Always hit the spot Knowing you can’t lose What you haven’t got
Oh, Lilian I should have run I should have known Each dress you own Is a loaded gun
Oh, Lilian
Oh, Lilian I need protection I hear your voice And any choice I had is gone
Oh, Lilian Once I'd begun I couldn’t stop Till every drop Of blood was sung Pain and misery Always hit the spot Knowing you can’t lose What you haven’t got
Oh, Lilian Look what you’ve done You've stripped my heart Ripped it apart In the name of fun