ALBUM: Depeche Mode - The Singles 81-85 (1985)

Get The Balance Right
Shake The Disease
It's Called A Heart

(These are the songs not included on any other album.)

All songs written by Martin L Gore



SONG: Get The Balance Right - The Singles 81-85 (single 1983)

There's more besides joyrides
Little house in the countryside
Understand, learn to demand
Compromise, and sometimes lie

Get the balance right
Get the balance right

Be responsible, respectable
Stable but gullible
Concerned and caring
Help the helpless
But always remain
Ultimately selfish

Get the balance right
Get the balance right

You think you've got a hold of it all
You haven't got a hold at all
When you reach the top
Get ready to drop
Prepare yourself for the fall
It's almost predictable

Don't turn this way
Don't turn that way
Straight down the middle until next Thursday
First to the left
Back to the right
Twist and turn until you got it right

Get the balance right



SONG: Shake The Disease - The Singles 81-85 (single 1985)

I'm not going down on my knees
Begging you to adore me
Can't you see it's misery
And torture for me
When I'm misunderstood
Try as hard as you can
I've tried as hard as I could
To make you see
How important it is for me

Here is a plea
From my heart to you
Nobody knows me
As well as you do
You know how hard it is for me
To shake the disease
That takes hold of my tongue
In situations like these

Understand me

Some people have to be
Permanently together
Lovers devoted to
Each other forever
Now I've got things to do
And I've said before that I know you have too
When I'm not there
In spirit I'll be there

Here is a plea
From my heart to you
Nobody knows me
As well as you do
You know how hard it is for me
To shake the disease
That takes hold of my tongue
In situations like these

Understand me



SONG: It's Called A Heart - The Singles 81-85 (single 1985)

There's something beating here inside my body
And it's called a heart
You know how easy it is
To tear it apart
If I lend it to you
Will you keep it safe for me
I'll lend it to you
Will you treat it tenderly
There's something beating here inside my body
And it's called a heart

There's a sun shining in the sky
But that's not the reason why
I'm feeling warm inside
The answer isn't classified
It's my heart
From the moment I started
I tried to be good-hearted
Since I tried my best
And more or less
I spoke from my heart

There's a lot to be learned
And you learn when your heart gets burned

Hearts can never be owned
Hearts only come on loan
If I want it back
I will take it back
I'll take my heart
But I will try my best
And more or less
I will speak from my heart
Yes, I will speak from my heart
Speak from my heart