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Bloodletting GoTears for Fears

Released: May 17, 1993

Songwriter: Alan Griffiths Roland Orzabal

Producer: Roland Orzabal Alan Griffiths

[Chorus 1]
Life, Mama says, is bloodletting go
If I care for nothing
Sun don't shine and the grass don't grow
Bloodletting go

[Verse]
Society dictates by rules and regulations
But when things are so tired
You see things in the wrong light
Soon there will be no light if the sun don't shine

[Chorus 1]
Life, Mama says, is bloodletting go
If I care for nothing
Sun don't shine and the grass don't grow
Bloodletting go

[Chorus 2]
If by chance we both forget
The passage of space and time between
Pick up the pieces cold and wet
And drive them before the light to clean
Good times, bad times
Pain will come and pain will go
If I care for nothing
Sun don't shine

[Interlude]

[Chorus 2]
And if by chance we both forget
The passage of space and time between
Pick up the pieces cold and wet
And drive them before the light to clean
Good times, bad times
Pain will come and pain will go
If I care for nothing
Sun don't shine (Sun don't shine)

[Outro]
And the grass don't grow
Bloodletting go

Tears for Fears

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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