Don't Say You Love Me
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Don't Say You Love Me
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| Song | Don't Say You Love Me |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore Richard Butler |
| Produced by | James Ford Marta Salogni |
| Recorded at | Electric Ladyboy (Santa Barbara) Shangri-La (Malibu) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 3:48 |
| Tempo | 90 BPM |
| Time signature | 3 4 |
| Key | A minor |
| Programmed by | James Ford Marta Salogni |
| Engineered by | Marta Salogni |
| Engineering assistance | Francine Perry Grace Banks |
| Mixed by | Marta Salogni |
| Mix engineering | Marta Salogni |
| Mixed at | Studio Zona (London) |
| Mastering engineer | Matt Colton |
| Keyboards | James Ford |
| Art direction | Anton Corbijn |
| Recorded | July–October 2022 |
| Originally released | 24 March 2023 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 0 times * |
| Total live performances | 0 times * |
"Don't Say You Love Me" is a song from the 2023 album Memento Mori by Depeche Mode.
Notes
Dave Gahan told Zane Lowe: "It's very Scott Walker. To me, it's this beautiful torch, but I love those kinds of songs. I mean, it's like a movie or something. Martin [Gore] wrote that one with Richard Butler."
Lyrics
Don't Say You Love Me
You'll be the killer
I'll be the corpse
You'll be the thriller
And I'll be the drama, of course
If you play the sinner
I'll play the stain
If you play the winner
I'll be your permanent pain
I'll be the boredom
You, the desire
I'll be the catcalls
And you'll be the sound of the choir
You, anesthetic
I'll be the scream
You'll be the promise
And I'll be the end of your dreams
So don't say you love me
'Cause you'll never love me
You'll be the flowers
That some lover sent
I'll be the goodbye
Note that is hiding in them
You are the singer
I am the song
The tune that will linger
The bitter taste left on your tongue
So don't say you love me
'Cause you'll never love me
Your flowers and the make-believe
The secrets and the notes you keep
The promises left on the sheets
You'll never love me
Fool your friends, believe your lies
Make amends and alibis
In the end you can't disguise
That you'll never love me
You'll be the killer
I'll be the corpse
You'll be the laughter
And I'll be the punchline, of course
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore / Richard Butler
Publishing Information: EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) o/b/o Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS) / Universal - Songs of PolyGram Int., Inc. (BMI).
Official audio on YouTube
Dates where Don't Say You Love Me was played
Don't Say You Love Me has never been played live.
