Greatest Lyricists: Pt. 1

Some people just amaze me as lyricists.

Dave Gahan (Frontman of Depeche Mode)

Songs like John the Revelator, Everything Counts, People are People, Enjoy the Silence, Blasphemous Rumours...
This man can still write something as thought provoking as what he's dished out in his earlier years.
I mean John the Revelator is primarily a dance track but read these lyrics!!

John the Revelator
by Depeche Mode

John the Revelator
Put him in a elevator
Take him up to the highest high
Take him up to the top
where the mountains stop
Let him tell his book of lies
John the Revelator
He's a smooth operator
It's time we cut him down to size
Take him by the hand
And put him on the stand
Let us hear his alibis
By claiming God as his only rock
He's stealing a god from the Israelite
Stealing a god from a Muslim, too
There is only one god through and through
Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets
Send them home on the morning train
Well who's that shouting?
John the Revelator!
All he ever gives us is pain
Well who's that shouting?
John the Revelator!
He should bow his head in shame
Bye-byeBye-byeBye-byeBye-bye
Seven lies, multiplied by seven,
multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets
Send them home on the morning train
Well who's that shouting?
John the Revelator!
All he ever gives us is pain
Well who's that shouting?
John the Revelator!
He should bow his head in shame
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
John the Revelator
Bye-bye
John the Revelator
Bye-bye
John the Revelator