Secret To The End

Secret To The End
Song Artist Depeche Mode Album Delta Machine Songwriter Dave Gahan Kurt Uenala Produced by Ben Hillier Recorded at Sound Design (Santa Barbara) Jungle City (New York) Label Columbia Mute Records Length (mm:ss) 5:12 Tempo N/A BPM Time signature N/A Key N/A Programming Christoffer Berg Engineering Ferg Peterkin Engineering assistance Tomas del Toro-Diaz Will Loomis Dan Tobiason Mixing assistance Drew Smith Vocal recording Kurt Uenala Mastering Bunt Stafford-Clark Design Anton Corbijn Recorded March - October, 2012 Originally released March 22, 2013 Played live 33 times * Total live plays 33 times *

Notes

Dave Gahan told Q magazine in March 2013:

"[Getting cancer] certainly did affect what I wrote. When that phrase came out, 'I can feel the presence of God' [from The Light The Dead See’s Presence Of God] I'm thinking, I can't sing that! And Secret To The End for Delta Machine, every verse ending with, 'Is this the end? Should this be the end?' It was seeing myself for the first time. The wondering why, why, why? What's it all about? I'm going to do something useful with it, try to be the best father and husband I can be... and the best musician. I wrote myself back into life.”

Lyrics

Secret To The End

Oh when I look at you

I'm probably the same way too

I got a feeling that it's coming soon

Could this be the end

When I look around this room

There must be something I can do

Can I convince you that it isn't true

We've come to the end

Did I disappoint you

I wanted to believe it's true

Oh the book of love was not enough

To see us through

The problem

Should have been you (should have been you)

Should have been you (could have been you)

Should have been you (would have been you)

(Should have been you, would have been you)

If it hadn't been me

(Would have been you, could have been you)

Should have been you (should have been you)

Should have been you (would have been you)

(Should have been you)

If it hadn't been me

It seems so obvious to you

You're feeling what I am feeling too

The final chapter in the contract expires soon

We've come to the end

Thank God I'm not the same as you

You always know exactly what to do

It's who I am, it's not like you

We've come to the end

Did I disappoint you

I wanted to believe it's true

The book of love was not enough

To see us through

The problem

Should have been you (should have been you)

Should have been you (could have been you)

Should have been you (would have been you)

(Should have been you, could have been you)

If it hadn't been me

(Would have been you, could have been you)

Should have been you (should have been you)

Should have been you (would have been you)

(Should have been you)

If it hadn't been me

Songwriter: Dave Gahan / Kurt Uenala
Publishing Information: ©2013 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. o/b/o / JJSR Productions Inc. (BMI) / Chocolate Robot (ASCAP). All rights reserved.

Dates with available recordings of Secret To The End

There are currently 5 recordings of Secret To The End available.

• 2013-05-04 Palais Nikaia, Nice, France/Source 1
• 2013-05-28 O2 Arena, London, England, UK/Source 1
• 2013-05-29 O2 Arena, London, England, UK/Source 1
• 2013-06-22 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia/Source 1
• 2013-06-22 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia/Source 2

Dates where Secret To The End was played

2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour

Secret To The End was played 33 times during this tour.

• 2013-05-04 Palais Nikaia, Nice, France
• 2013-05-07 HaYarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel
• 2013-05-10 Terra Vibe, Athens, Greece
• 2013-05-12 Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2013-05-15 National Stadium, Bucharest, Romania
• 2013-05-19 Usce Park, Belgrade, Serbia
• 2013-05-21 Puskas Ferenc Stadium, Budapest, Hungary
• 2013-05-23 Zagreb Arena, Zagreb, Croatia
• 2013-05-25 Inter Stadium, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2013-05-28 O2 Arena, London, England, UK
• 2013-05-29 O2 Arena, London, England, UK
• 2013-06-01 Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany
• 2013-06-03 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany
• 2013-06-05 Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
• 2013-06-07 Stade De Suisse, Bern, Switzerland
• 2013-06-09 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
• 2013-06-11 Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany
• 2013-06-13 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2013-06-15 Stade de France, Paris, France
• 2013-06-17 Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany
• 2013-06-22 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia
• 2013-06-24 SKK Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2013-06-27 Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2013-06-29 Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine
• 2013-07-03 Esprit Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany
• 2013-07-09 Moon and Stars (Piazza Grande Locarno), Locarno, Switzerland
• 2013-07-16 Antic Arena, Nimes, France
• 2013-07-18 San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy
• 2013-07-20 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
• 2013-07-23 Synot Tip Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2013-07-25 National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland
• 2013-07-27 Vingis Park, Vilnius, Lithuania
• 2013-07-29 Minsk Arena, Minsk, Belarus

2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour

• Secret To The End was not played during this tour.

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