Depeche Mode – Martyr (Paul Van Dyk Vonyc Lounge Mix)

I’ve been a martyr for love
And I will die in the flames
As I draw my last breath
As I’m close in on death
I will call out your name

I’ve been a martyr for love
Nailed up on the cross
While you’re having your fun
As the damage is done
I’m assessing the cost

I knew what I was letting myself in for
I knew that I could never even the score

I’ve been a martyr for love
I need to be by your side
I have knelt at your feet
I have felt you deceit
Could have leave if I tried

I’ve been a martyr for love
Tortured every hour
From the day I was born
I’ve been moved like a pawn
By the greatest of powers

I knew that I would have to suffer in vain
A way that I would never outgrow the pain

I’ve been a martyr for love
I’ve been a martyr for love
I’ve been a martyr for love

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Video :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b66MFwKzXWI (Mute’s Version)

“Martyr” is Depeche Mode’s most recent non-album single, intended to promote the new compilation, The Best Of, Volume 1, released on November 13, 2006. The single was released on October 30, 2006 in three formats: CD single, CD maxi and DVD single.

The song, originally titled “Martyr for Love”, is a well-known missing track from the Playing the Angel sessions. The song was mentioned on one of the FletchCam videos (where it can faintly be heard playing in the background), and has been mentioned in interviews. Playing the Angel programmer Dave McCracken has said that it did not make the album due to it being a bit poppier than the rest of the album. There are no other new songs on the single; the B-Sides are remixes of Martyr and previous releases.

A video was being directed by Andreas Nilsson, who was reportedly hired because Dave Gahan was impressed by his video for The Knife’s “Silent Shout”. The video was made in Gothenberg, Sweden, and members of the group do not appear in it. The band subsequently rejected this video, which was replaced with a video montage produced by Mute Records.

BTW, if you know if the Andreas Nilsson’s video version can be download it or there is a place to watch it online let me know.