Depeche Mode - Eternal (Fleeting Remix)

“Eternal“ is a song from the 2017 album Spirit by Depeche Mode. Steffen Rüth interviewed Martin Gore for German syndicated news agency and asked him about this track (translated from German): Steffen: You sing the song ’Eternal’ on your own. Is this song about your little daughter Johnnie Lee, who was born a year ago? Gore: Yes. I wrote the song about my little girl. Steffen: A lovely song, but did it really have to include a line like “When the radioactive rain falls, I will look you in the eye and kiss you“? Gore: Isn’t it romantic! [laughs] Okay, let’s just say it’s my way of romance. I think that when you put a child into this era, you have to take the worst into account. There is this omnipresent danger of every kind, including atomic wars. Since a few months ago, we got a crazy man in the biggest and most important position of the world [U.S. President Donald Trump]. Who knows what will happen. Gore elaborated on it to Consequence Of Sound: I actually like ’Eternal’ [out of all the songs on Spirit] because it’s weird. [Laughs] [I]t was written about my daughter, who’s now one. It’s quite dark and bleak, and it talks about a mushroom cloud rising and radiation falling. The instrumentation is really strange and quite experimental and really something unlike anything we’ve done for a while.“ And he told El Comercio’s Luces: “[Being a father] is a great influence. One of the songs on the album is called “Eternal“ and it’s dedicated to one of my daughters who is now 2 years old. Maybe it’s not the most positive song for a girl that age. But maybe when she grows up, she’ll be proud of this composition [laughs]. My daughters and my son give me a lot of love. They always motivate me.“ Gore also said on Very Good Trip: “Maybe you are right that some of our work in the past has been more experimental, but I think if you listen to, like, ’Eternal’ for instance on this album, which for me sounds more like an interlude, I think it’s quite experimental.“