Circles

circles

Lyrics

we chase in circles and i can't tell
who is the tail, who has the teeth
you are always just around the bend
you are always just out of reach

let it go
it goes around
after you're gone
your gravity weighs me down
can't let go
can't catch my breath
the distance stays
like you never left

we talk in circles like we're under the bell
i'd shout round the world if it would turn your head
my breathless silence sends you around the bend
the silence stays like you never did

let it go
and it goes around
after you're gone
you still shut me down
can't let go
can't catch my breath
the silence remains
like you never left

we move in circles of love and deceit
you try to wrap me all around you but i'm quick on my feet
and then you're off and i know where you've been
because it's all the same circle when you get down to it

let it go
and it goes around
after you're gone
you turn my world upsidedown
can't let go
can't catch my breath
the hurt remains
like you never left

Music

structure

v-c-v-c-b-v-c-c-c-c

key

c#m (i think?)

Comments

Gabe mcelwain (chicago) says:

this song could have been on any of depeche mode's first three albums. which means that it's excellent for so many reasons. i just hear dave gahan singing this. take that as a compliment.

pop structure = gold. give me that refrain fifteen seconds in. hell, yeah. the transition from the refrain back to the verse is a little non-existent, but it totally works. organ solo bridge = yes. also very martin gore. the repeated figure over the last four bars is inspired genius. i'm not entirely sold on the refrain/refrain with more bass notes/let it gooooooo/can't let gooooo/refrain breakdown ending. i think if the arrangment changes were a bit more drastic, you could pull it off. the refrain is short, and the song is short, so it isn't a time issue, it just needs to change sonically if you're going to repeat it so many times in a row.