Never Let Me Down Again is Depeche Mode's nineteenth single. It was released on 1987-08-24, after Strangelove and before the album Music for the Masses. The song was written by Martin Gore.
The lyrics describe a geocaching team from the point of view of one of the members. It's all pretty transparent, but I'll walk you through it nonetheless.
| I'm taking a ride |
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A geocaching trip. |
| With my best friend |
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A geocaching friend. |
| I hope he never lets me down again |
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Obviously an important geocaching friend. |
| He knows where he's taking me |
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It seems the friend is the one solving the mysteries. |
| Taking me where I want to be |
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To a cache. Where else? |
| I'm taking a ride |
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Yes, we know. |
| With my best friend |
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| We're flying high |
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This must be a climbing cache. |
| We're watching the world pass us by |
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| Never want to come down |
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And a good climbing cache at that. |
| Never want to put my feet back down |
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Well, you'd have to if you want to find other caches, but it's understandable to want to stay for a little longer if the location is that good. |
| On the ground |
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| I'm taking a ride |
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A good, mystery solving, caching friend is valuable. |
| With my best friend |
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| I hope he never lets me down again |
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| Promises me I'm as safe as houses |
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It's nice that the friend seems to agree that they're friends forever. |
| As long as I remember who's wearing the trousers |
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Oops. Better remember to mention in the log who did the mystery solving. |
| I hope he never lets me down again |
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One can only hope. And give credit where credit's due. |
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| Never let me down |
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| See the stars, they're shining bright |
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Night caching can be fun. |
| Everything's alright tonight |
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It seems they found the cache. All's well that ends well. |
If your caching instincts don't let you down, you should not have any trouble finding this cache. If they do, I hope they never let you down again.
If you have Spotify, you might want to check out my playlist with different versions (of varying quality) of this song.