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{{S|Miles Away / The Truth Is}} is a song from the 2009 album <i>[[Sounds Of The Universe]]</i> by [[Depeche Mode]].


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|Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott|©2009 Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd licensed by JJSR Productions Inc. All rights reserved.}}
|Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott|©2009 Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd licensed by JJSR Productions Inc. All rights reserved.}}


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List of Sounds Of The Universe songs
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Miles Away / The Truth Is
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Song Miles Away / The Truth Is
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Dave Gahan
Christian Eigner
Andrew Phillpott
Working title Miles Away
Produced by Ben Hillier
Recorded at Sound Design (Santa Barbara)
Chung King (New York)
Length (mm:ss) 4:14
Tempo 118 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key D♭ Major
Programmed by Luke Smith
Original programming Christian Eigner
Andrew Phillpott
Engineered by Ferg Peterkin
Engineering assistance Josh Garcia
Jesse Gladstone
Anthony Palazzole
Pre-production assistance Sie Medway-Smith
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen
Art direction Anton Corbijn
Design ShaughnessyWorks
Tea Design
Recorded May - December, 2008
Originally released 17 April 2009
Live performances as Depeche Mode 67 times *
Total live performances 67 times *

"Miles Away / The Truth Is" is a song from the 2009 album Sounds Of The Universe by Depeche Mode.

Notes

Dave Gahan told Interia.pl (translated from Polish):

"This song is about someone whose thoughts are somewhere far away. About someone who hides behind a facade of a mask he has put on. And tries to hide it. This song about my friend. I knew that when I was with him and said something to him, he was actually mentally absent. Even though he tried to convince me that he was not. 'Miles Away / The Truth Is' is not entirely about drugs, but they are always present somewhere in the songs. All my life, I tried to escape from myself. Also with drugs. Until it finally became clear to me that it was not bad to be myself. This song was made quite quickly. When I wrote the lyrics of this song, the vocal part was circling in my head. This song is inspired by my friend. In the studio, Martin played a fantastic guitar part around it, with which we built the rest of the song, as was the case with 'Come Back'. We also recorded great vocal parts - Martin stepped in and sang in the background. 'Miles Away' is a dirty, nasty, grinding song. It reminds me a bit of a modern version of 'The Gimme Shelter' by The Rolling Stones. It has something of that in it."

Dave Gahan told The Guardian in 2009:

"Martin does [change song titles]. He's very particular about his song titles. At the last minute he'll change the title and he worries I think if there's another song with the same name. I imagine him Googling it. For instance Miles Away/The Truth Is on this album was just Miles Away. Then Martin said, 'You know there's a Madonna song called Miles Away?' So it was changed."

Lyrics


Miles Away / The Truth Is

It's one of those conversations we've, we've had them before

The ones that leave you empty and wanting for more

Your eyes they tell me something that I understand

Your eyes they hold the truth and the truth is

You're miles away


Excuse me for my hesitation I've, I've met you before

Your face seems so familiar and longing for more

Your eyes they tell me something that I understand

Your eyes they hold the truth and the truth is

You're miles away


With all your superstitions and empty lines

I could be just like you

Withdrawn but alive


Life it has it's limitations we all have our needs

Love could be the only answer it lies underneath

Your eyes they tell me something that I understand

Your eyes they hold the truth and the truth is

You're miles away


Songwriter: Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott
Publishing Information: ©2009 Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd licensed by JJSR Productions Inc. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Miles Away / The Truth Is"
Main article: List of dates where "Miles Away / The Truth Is" was played