Album: Playing The Angel (2005)

Charted: 4 71

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• Precious and fragile things
  Need special handling
  My God, what have we done to you?
  
  We always try to share
  The tenderest of care
  Now look what we have put you through
  
  Things get damaged
  Things get broken
  I thought we'd manage
  But words left unspoken
  Left us so brittle
  There was so little left to give
  
  Angels with silver wings
  Shouldn't know suffering
  I wish I could take the pain for you
  
  If God has a master plan
  That only He understands
  I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through
  
  Things get damaged
  Things get broken
  I thought we'd manage
  But words left unspoken
  Left us so brittle
  There was so little left to give
  
  I pray you learn to trust
  Have faith in both of us
  And keep room in your hearts for two
  
  Things get damaged
  Things get broken
  I thought we'd manage
  But words left unspoken
  Left us so brittle
  There was so little left to give Writer/s: Martin Lee Gore
  Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

• Marsha from Las Vegas One of their very best. The words haunt me being divorced myself.
• Momma from San Antonio Tx My daughter who is now 23 has suffered through her teenage years till now with cutting herself, drugs,drinking, depression, attempted suicide and us her parents trying to help the best we could throughout and thinking it was a phase, it was not.
  She now a mother is also dealing with hyperthyroidism, hyperlipidemia, anxiety and bipolar.
  Imagine? No we could not. The one thing is to never give up..never give up on your children, they need to be heard because just being seen is ...
  Thank you for this strong and beautiful song,..more beautiful because it came from real pain, from the heart.
  Hope all of you well.
  Con todo mi corazon,
  Momma
• Jeff from Austin, TxAmazing song... as good as anything they ever did.
• Chris from Louisville , KyDepeche Mode's best song.
• David from New York, NyThis song is borderline hypnotic. Really sad and beautiful.
• Jonathan from Fayetteville, NcI really love this song...

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