Clean

Clean.

Depeche Mode.

Like many of Depeche Mode's songs, defeating addiction and the exploration of what is religious vs what is spiritual, is sexuality something to be embraced or reviled, are themes in this song. They are masters at putting all 3 together in one shot, and have done so often. Those 3 subjects are the basis for many, most, of their songs, and I find them almost all fascinating, in particular the religion/spiritual group. 

I'm posting 2 versions of it, the fully produced album one and this acoustic version. I really appreciate acoustic versions when they are done, you hear so much more of the bones of the song. Anyway, this one...they rarely perform it live.

Acoustic first:

And now, the fully fleshed out original. It's still fairly "clean", to use the term, compared to many of their other productions. What I really dig the most is the simulated breathing pattern and heartbeat, which is a common feature in their music, but most especially on this song. 

Yes. It's like that. 

Clean

The cleanest I've been

An end to the tears

And the in-between years

And the troubles I've seen 

Now that I'm clean

You know what I mean

I've broken my fall

Put an end to it all

I've changed my routine

Now I'm clean 

I don't understand

What destiny's planned

I'm starting to grasp

What is in my own hands 

I don't claim to know

Where my holiness goes

I just know that I like

What is starting to show 

Sometimes 

Clean

The cleanest I've been

An end to the tears

And the in-between years

And the troubles I've seen 

Now that I'm clean

You know what I mean

I've broken my fall

Put an end to it all

I've changed my routine

Now I'm clean 

As years go by

All the feelings inside

Twist and they turn

As they ride with the tide

I don't advise

And I don't criticise

I just know what I like

With my own eyes 

Sometimes 

Clean

The cleanest I've been

An end to the tears

And the in-between years

And the troubles I've seen 

Now that I'm clean

You know what I mean

I've broken my fall

Put an end to it all

I've changed my routine

Now I'm clean 

Sometimes