Tears for Fears

Released: August 6, 1990

Songwriter: Nicky Holland Roland Orzabal

Producer: Tears for Fears Dave Bascombe

[Intro]
"Let's take another five minutes"

[Verse 1]
After the wash
Before the fire
I will decay
Melt in your arms

[Chorus 1]
As the day hits the night
We will sit by candlelight
We will laugh, we will sing
When the saints go marching in

[Verse 2]
A for a heart
B for a brain
Insects and grass
Are all that remain

[Chorus 2]
When the light from above
Burns a hole straight through our love
We will laugh, we will sing
When the saints go marching in

[Post-Chorus]
And we will carry war no more

[Bridge]
All our love and all our of pain
Will be but a tune
The sun and the moon
The wind and the rain
Hand in hand we'll do and die
Listening to the band that made us cry
We'll have nothing to lose
We'll have nothing to gain
Just to stay this real life situation
For one last refrain

[Chorus 1]
As the day hits the night
We will sit by candlelight
We will laugh, we will sing
When the saints go marching in

[Post-Chorus]
And we will carry war no more

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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