Depeche Mode - Everything Counts Meaning

Song Released: 1983

Everything Counts Lyrics

The handshake
Seals the contract
From the contract
There’s no turning back
The turning point
Of a career
In korea, being insincere
The holiday
Was fun packed
The contract
Still intact

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for...

1. anonymous

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   Nov 7th 2022 !⃝

   It's about big business and greed to me.
   "The grabbing hands grab all they can"
   There's also a reference to "lies and deceit" The song could fit in today's world .
2. anonymous

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   Feb 28th 2020 !⃝

   This song means to like a fun day in Korea;)
3. anonymous

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   Jan 20th 2019 !⃝

   It’s about capitalism.
4. anonymous

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   Nov 5th 2009 !⃝

   This song to me is about how we are all connected. Whatever we do affects everyone, all in all its really about karma. Which ironically is a theme in a few of there songs i feel.
5. krysz

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   Nov 19th 2005 !⃝

   It's about how different the reality of the big recording contract was from what the young band thought it would be. "The handshake seals the contract, from the contract there is no turning back."