Tears for Fears

Released: October 10, 1995

Songwriter: Alan Griffiths Roland Orzabal

Producer: Tim Palmer

[Verse 1]
What's the matter with your life?
Did someone come and shoot your wife just as you planned?
Will you live or will you die?
Are you that butterfly that never lands?

[Pre-Chorus]
Set aside these vacant rules
Break them now and don't get fooled again

[Chorus]
Sorry
How many times must I say
Life is not a cake to separate?
What do I have to do
To save you from worry?
Cut off my nose to spite my face

[Verse 2]
When you look into these eyes
Do you see civilised or son of Sam?
Will you love or do you hate?
Why do you hesitate, yeah?

[Chorus]
Sorry
How many times must I say
Life is not a cake to separate?
What do I have to do
To save you from worry?
Cut off my nose to spite my face
Cut off my nose to spite my face

[Bridge]
Time is an arrow, you are the bow
Shoot it now to seal your own fate
Get a life, get a love, get a new big idea
I got a new big idea

[Verse 3]
What's the matter with your life?
Did someone come and shoot your wife just as you planned?
Will you live or will you die?
Are you that butterfly?

[Chorus]
Sorry
How many times must I say
Life is not a cake to separate?
What do I have to do
To save you from worry?
Cut off my nose to spite my face
Cut off my nose to spite my face
Cut off my nose to spite my face
Cut off my nose to spite my face
Cut off my nose to spite my face
Cut off my nose to spite my face
Cut off my nose to spite my face
Cut off my nose to spite my face
Cut, spite, face
Cut
Cut

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.

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