“Two Minute Warning” is the 5th track on the album “Construction Time Again”.
It’s the first track written by Alan Wilder.
[Verse 1]
We're lying by the orange sky
Two million miles across the land
Scattered to the highest high
Expect they'll either laugh or cry
[Pre-Chorus]
No sex, no consequence, no sympathy
You're good enough to heat
[Chorus]
Two minute warning two minutes later
When time has come my days are numbered
Two minute warning two minutes later
When time has come my days are numbered
[Verse 2]
The dawning of another year
Marks time for those who understand
One in four still here
While you and I go hand in hand
[Pre-Chorus]
No radio, no sound, no sin, no sanctuary
So welcome to your last
[Chorus]
Two minute warning two minutes later
When time has come my days are numbered
Two minute warning
[Interlude]
[Pre-Chorus 3]
The sun, the solitude, the cemetery
So welcome to your last
[Chorus]
Two minute warning two minutes later
When time has come my days are numbered
Two minute warning two minutes later
When time has come my days are numbered
Two minute warning two minutes later
When time has come my days are numbered
Two Minute Warning was written by Alan Wilder.
Two Minute Warning was produced by Depeche Mode & Daniel Miller.
Depeche Mode released Two Minute Warning on Mon Aug 22 1983.
Alan Wilder said in the Q&A on Shunt:
It was about the nuclear arms race of the eighties.