The Landscape Is Changing

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The Landscape Is Changing
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Song The Landscape Is Changing
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Alan Wilder
Produced by Daniel Miller
Depeche Mode
Recorded at The Garden (London)
Length (mm:ss) 4:49
Tempo 104 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key G Minor
Engineered by Ferg Peterkin
Gareth Jones
Tonmeister Gareth Jones
Mixed at Hansa Mischraum
Mastered by Christian Stegmaier
Design Martyn Atkins
Town & Country Planning
Illustrations Ian Wright
Originally released 22 August 1983
Live performances as Depeche Mode 47 times *
Total live performances 47 times *

"The Landscape Is Changing" is a song from the 1983 album Construction Time Again by Depeche Mode.

Notes

Alan Wilder said in the Q&A on Shunt: "I saw a TV documentary about acid rain which gave me the idea for 'The Landscape'."

Lyrics


The Landscape Is Changing

The landscape is changing

The landscape is crying

Thousands of acres of forest are dying

Carbon copies from the hills above the forest line

Acid streams are flowing ill across the countryside


'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere

Just take good care of the world

I don't care if you're going nowhere

Just take good care of the world


Now we're re-arranging

There's no use denying

Mountains and valleys, can't you hear them sighing

Evolution, the solution or the certainty

Can you imagine this intrusion of their privacy


Token gestures, some semblance of intelligence

Can we be blamed for the security of ignorance


'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere

Just take good care of the world

I don't care if you're going nowhere

Just take good care of the world


Songwriter: Alan Wilder
Publishing Information: ©1983 RCA Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "The Landscape Is Changing"
Main article: List of dates where "The Landscape Is Changing" was played