Black Celebration (Live) [Paris 10/10/01]

[Intro: Dave Gahan]

"Thank you!"

"You are an great audience, thank you very much."

"We've got a couple of last songs for you!"

"Ah! Check them out!"

"Eh."

[Chorus: Dave Gahan]

Let's have a black celebration

Black celebration

Tonight

[Post-Chorus: Dave Gahan (Martin L. Gore)]

To celebrate the fact

That we've seen the back

Of another black (Day)

[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]

I look to you, how you carry on

When all hope is gone, can't you see?

Your optimistic eyes seem like paradise

To someone like me

[Pre-Chorus 1: Dave Gahan]

I want to take you in my arms

Forgetting all I couldn't do today

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore & Dave Gahan]

Black celebration "Sing it, come on!"

Black celebration

Tonight

[Post-Chorus: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]

To celebrate the fact

That we've seen the back

Of another black day

[Interlude: Dave Gahan]

"Yeah!"

"Eh!"

[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]

I look to you and your strong belief

Me, I want relief tonight

Consolation, I want so much

Want to feel your touch tonight

[Pre-Chorus 2: Dave Gahan]

Take me in your arms

Forgetting all you couldn't do today

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore & Dave Gahan, (audience)]

Black celebration "Sing it, come on!"

Black celebration

Tonight

Black celebration "Alright!"

I'll drink to that

(Black celebration)

Tonight

Black celebration "Come on!"

I'll drink to that

(Black celebration)

Tonight

Black celebration "Alright!"

I'll drink to that

(Black celebration)

Tonight

[Outro: Daniel Miller]

A brief period of rejoycing