In Your Room (Zephyr Mix) Lyrics
In your room
Where time stands still
Or moves at your will
[Pre-Chorus]
Will you let the morning come soon
Or will you leave me lying here?
In your favourite darkness
Your favourite half-light
Your favourite consciousness
Your favourite slave
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
In your room
Where souls disappear
Only you exist here
[Pre-Chorus]
Will you lead me to your armchair
Or leave me lying here?
Your favourite innocence
Your favourite prize
Your favourite smile
Your favourite slave
I'm hanging on your words
Living on your breath
Feeling with your skin
Will I always be here?
I'm hanging on your words
Living on your breath
Feeling with your skin
Will I always be here?
[Verse 3]
In your room
Your burning eyes
Cause flames to arise
[Pre-Chorus]
Will you let the fire die down soon
Or will I always be here?
Your favourite passion
Your favourite game
Your favourite mirror
Your favourite slave
[Chorus]
I'm hanging on your words
Living on your breath
Feeling with your skin
Will I always be here?
I'm hanging on your words
Living on your breath
Feeling with your skin
Will I always be here?
I'm hanging on your words
Living on your breath
Feeling with your skin
Will I always be here?
I'm hanging on your words
Living on your breath
Feeling with your skin
Will I always be here?
Will I always be here?
Will I always be here?
Will I always be here?
About
In Your Room is the fourth and final single released from English electronic music band Depeche Mode’s eighth studio album, Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993). Released on 10 January 1994, the song reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number two in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden.
Song details:
The version of In Your Room used for the single release is the Zephyr Mix, a radically different mix of the original album version, nearly completely redone by Butch Vig of Nirvana fame.
Critical reception:
Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that the song sees the band move further into dance-rock territory. He added, Typically haunting vocals and intense lyrics are enhanced by rugged beats and a quasi-industrial guitar sound that will ring true in the hearts of alternative DJs. Martin Aston] from Music Week gave it five out of five. Another editor, Alan Jones, picked it as Pick of the Week, saying, Less obviously a rock record than some of their recent releases, the new Depeche Mode single is a fairly dark but nonethe less quite commercial record in which some dense guitar work is punctuated by a pleasant chorus.
Music video:
The music video for In Your Room (using the Zephyr mix) was directed by Anton Corbijn and features references to the videos for Strangelove (a model posing in her underwear), I Feel You (a woman dressed as Dave Gahan, wearing a pinstripe suit, sunglasses, and a wig), Walking in My Shoes (the bird costume), Halo (the people wearing clown makeup), Enjoy the Silence (a woman dressed as a king, holding the folding chair while walking in the road), Personal Jesus (a woman wearing a cowboy hat like the band members did), Condemnation (the white dress with ribbons on it that one of the women wears) and Never Let Me Down Again (tea drinking). Corbijn described the video as a retrospective of the work he had done with Depeche Mode. He said he made it that way because he wasn’t sure if he was going to do another Depeche Mode video after it. He later elaborated stating, that this video was made during the rise of band troubles and of Dave Gahan’s drug addiction so it was uncertain whether the band would still exist for another video to be made.
The video features Alexandra Kummer, who sometimes is partially clothed. Because of the partial nudity and scenes of bondage, the video only aired after prime time on MTV in the US. Since the video had only limited screen play the single was not a hit in the US.
This is the last Depeche Mode single with Alan Wilder as a band member and the last music video he appears in.
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- 21.Little 15
- 28.I Feel You
- 31.One Caress
- 32.In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)
- 36.Useless (Remix)
- 41.Goodnight Lovers
- 43.Precious
- 45.Suffer Well
- 47.Martyr
- 53.Heaven
- 58.Soothe My Soul