Tears for Fears

Songwriter: Roland Orzabal

Producer: Charlton Pettus Tears for Fears

It's always the quiet ones
Who are stranger than fiction
They hide under tables like a child

What kind of chemistry is it?
Leaden or golden?
Nobody sees them driving us wild

It's your life
Don't just collide with the waves

Oh look into her eyes
You'll see such silence stalling
Nothing seems to matter in this life

Wake up your majesty there are
Thieves in the temple
Picking the sunspots out of the sun

Looking for symmetry in man
Another dead Beatle
Down through the path we see how they run

It's your life
Don't just collide with the waves

Oh look into her eyes
You'll see such silence stalling
Nothing seems to matter in this life

Oh so many reasons why
You hear the silence calling
Nothing seems to matter in this life

Oh salvation
Shine a light on a different world
And carry our thoughts on golden rays

Oh look into her eyes
You'll see such silence stalling
Nothing seems to matter in this life
(Silence calling)

Oh so many reasons why
You hear the silence calling
Nothing seems to matter in this life
(Silence calling)

Look into her
Silence stalling
Nothing matters
Silence calling

Tears for Fears are an English pop band formed in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.

The group rose to fame in 1982 with single “Mad World”, which made it to number 3 in the UK charts and paved the way for the huge success of debut album The Hurting, released in 1983. However, it wasn’t until Songs from the Big Chair in 1985, a change in musical direction towards pop, that the band made it internationally. The record proved to be hit, reaching #2 in the UK and #1 in the US charts, and contains their most well-known singles, “Shout” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”. Third album The Seeds of Love, released in 1989, performed similarly, entering the UK Albums charts at #1.

In 1991, the band broke up. Curt Smith went on as a solo artist while Roland Orzabal continued as Tears for Fears, releasing Elemental in 1993 to much success in the UK (though significantly less in the US) and Raoul and the Kings of Spain in 1995, which did poorly in the charts, only reaching #41 in the UK but with some acclaim in continental Europe. In 2000, Curt and Roland reunited and recorded what became Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, released in 2004 to positive reviews and moderate success. The band currently continues to tour.

more tracks from the album

Everybody Loves A Happy Ending

From the album

Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (2004)

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Everybody Loves A Happy Ending