Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
In 2015, Rolling Stone pondered, “What is the underlying message to (Depeche Mode’s) Pink Floyd riffing on ‘Clean’?” – a comment on how the song’s opening bass guitar riff is highly reminiscent of “One of These Days” (from the Pink Floyd album Meddle).
In 2012, Stereogum called the track “unrelent...
[Chorus]
Clean, the cleanest I've been
An end to the tears and the in-between years
And the troubles I've seen
Now that I'm clean, you know what I mean
I've broken my fall, put an end to it all
I've changed my routine now I'm clean
[Verse 1]
I don't understand what destiny's planned
I'm starting to grasp what is in my own hands
I don't claim to know where my holiness goes
I just know that I like what is starting to show
Sometimes
[Chorus]
Clean, the cleanest I've been
An end to the tears and the in-between years
And the troubles I've seen
Now that I'm clean, you know what I mean
I've broken my fall, put an end to it all
I've changed my routine now I'm clean
[Verse 2]
As years go by all the feelings inside
Twist and they turn as they ride with the tide
I don't advise and I don't criticise
I just know what I like with my own eyes
Sometimes
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
Clean, the cleanest I've been
An end to the tears and the in-between years
And the troubles I've seen
Now that I'm clean
[Outro]
Sometimes
You know what I mean
I've broken my fall, put an end to it all
I've changed my routine now I'm clean
Sometimes
Now I'm clean
(The cleanest I've been)
The cleanest I've been
Clean was written by Martin L. Gore.
Clean was produced by Depeche Mode & Flood.
Depeche Mode released Clean on Mon Mar 19 1990.