Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode

Girl of 16

Whole life ahead of her

Slashed her Wrists

Bored with Life

Didn’t succeed

Thank the Lord

For small mercies

Fighting back the Tears

Mother reads the Note again

16 Candles burn in her Mind

She takes the Blame

It’s always the same

She goes down

On her Knees

And prays

I don’t want to start

any blasphemous Rumours

but I think that God’s

got a sick sense of humour

and when I die

I expect to find him laughing

Girl of 18

fell in Love with everything

found new life

in Jesus Christ

hit by a Car

ended up on a Life Support Machine

Summer’s Day

as she passed away

Birds were singing

in the Summer Sky

then came the Rain

and once again

a tear fell

from her Mother’s Eye