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
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 A Minor
Key 3
4
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.