Lyric discussion by depechmodefann 

This song is about being predestined in a bad way, and not being able to do nothing but idly watch urself go by a path you don't want to take. Hes saying life ultimately unfolds itself only one way and its the approach we take to make it right or wrong, which is evident in the last part of the song where he repeats everything in the past tense, indicating he has now changed his way.

"Made the wrong move every wrong night With the wrong tune playing 'til it sounded right, yeah"

These lines make me think of a metaphor...

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