[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
There's a fragile tension
That’s keeping us going
It may not last forever
But oh well it's flowing

[Verse 2: Dave Gahan, (Martin L. Gore)]
There's a strange obsession
That’s drawing us nearer (It's something mystical, it's so magical in the air)
We don't understand it
It never gets clearer (It's so simplistic it kicks and screams Something so tragic we have to care)

[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
There's a fragile tension
That's keeping us going
It may not last forever
But oh well it's flowing

[Verse 3: Dave Gahan, (Martin L. Gore)]
There’s a dizzying feeling
That’s keeping us flying (It's something mystical, it’s so magical in the air)
Some glittering gauntlet
Without even trying (It's so simplistic it kicks and screams Something so tragic we have to care)

[Bridge: Dave Gahan]
All we will seem to reek on the edge of collapse
Nothing can keep us down
All we will seem to reek on the edge of collapse
Nothing can keep us down
[Instrumental Outro]