Speak To Me – English Lyrics

• By: Depeche Mode
• Album: Memento Mori

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Speak to me, and I will follow

I heard you call my name

Lying on the bathroom floor

No one here to blame

There's a message I know can be found

...

I'm listening, I hear you, your sound

...

Speak to me in a language

That I can understand

Tell me that you're listening

Give me some kind of plan

Give me something, you'd be my drug of choice

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You lead me, I follow your voice

...

I will disappoint you

I will let you down

I need to know

You're here with me

Turn it all around

I'd be grateful, I'd follow you 'round

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I'm listening, I'm here now, I'm found

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
speak /spiːk/ A1	verb - to say words, to talk
follow /ˈfɒləʊ/ A1	verb - to go or come after (a person or thing) verb - to act according to (an instruction or example)
hear /hɪə(r)/ A1	verb - to perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something)
listen /ˈlɪsən/ A1	verb - to give attention to sound or speech
sound /saʊnd/ A1	noun - vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear verb - to appear, seem, or give a particular impression
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song noun - a medium or agency through which something is expressed or communicated
understand /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ A1	verb - to perceive the meaning of (something)
language /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ A2	noun - the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way
message /ˈmesɪdʒ/ A2	noun - a communication or statement conveyed from one person or group to another
blame /bleɪm/ B1	verb - to assign responsibility for a fault or wrong noun - responsibility for a fault or wrong
disappoint /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ B1	verb - to fail to fulfill the hopes or expectations of (someone)
grateful /ˈɡreɪtfəl/ B1	adjective - feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful
plan /plæn/ A2	noun - a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something verb - to decide on and arrange in advance
choice /tʃɔɪs/ A2	noun - an act of choosing between two or more possibilities
lead /liːd/ A2	verb - to guide (a person or animal) on a way, especially by going in front verb - to be in charge of or direct
drug /drʌɡ/ B1	noun - a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body noun - something that causes addiction or is difficult to give up (figurative sense)
found /faʊnd/ A2	verb - to discover or perceive after searching or effort (past participle of 'find') verb - to realize or discover that one is in a particular place or situation (past participle of 'find')
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to shout or speak loudly to attract attention verb - to give a name or title to noun - a shout or an utterance made to attract attention
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to verb - to give a name to