To Have and to Hold
Seeking Redemption: A Heart's Plea for Forgiveness in Depeche Mode's Melody
Lyrics
I need to be cleansed
I feel the need to be spiritually purified or morally cleansed.
It's time to make amends
It is time to make reparations or put right what has gone wrong.
For all of the fun
Reflecting on the enjoyment or pleasure that has led to consequences.
The damage is done
The negative outcomes or harm resulting from past actions are irreversible.
And I feel diseased
Emotionally or spiritually unwell, likely due to past actions.
I'm down on my knees
Expressing a state of vulnerability or submission, possibly seeking redemption.
I need forgiveness
Desiring forgiveness for the wrongs committed.
Someone to bear witness
Seeking someone to acknowledge and validate the need for forgiveness.
To the goodness within
Believing in the inherent goodness within oneself.
Beneath the sin
Recognizing the coexistence of goodness beneath the surface despite sinful actions.
Although I may flirt
Admitting to flirting with morally questionable or impure behavior.
With all kinds of dirt
Engaging in various forms of moral or ethical dirtiness.
To the point of disease
Acknowledging that the indulgence has reached a harmful extreme.
Now I want release
Expressing a desire for liberation or relief from the consequences.
From all this decay
Wanting to distance oneself from the deterioration or moral decay.
Take it away
Requesting to be freed from the negative consequences of past actions.
And somewhere
Indicating a shift in focus or perspective to an unspecified place or state.
There's someone who cares
Believing that there is someone who cares about the speaker's redemption.
With a heart of gold
Describing someone with a compassionate and caring nature, possessing a heart of gold.
To have and to hold
Expressing a desire to possess and hold onto the qualities described in the previous line.
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