the damage is done

I need to be cleansed
It's time to make amends
For all of the fun
The damage is done
And I feel diseased
I'm down on my knees

(...)

Now I want release
From all this decay
Take it away
And somewhere
There's someone who cares
With a heart of gold
To have and to hold


To Have And To Hold
"Music For The Masses", 1987
Martin L. Gore, Depeche Mode