Tears for Fears

Released: November 6, 1989

Songwriter: Chris Hughes Ian Stanley Roland Orzabal

Producer: Roland Orzabal Ian Stanley Chris Hughes

[Chorus]
My life, my life in the suicide ranks
My life, my life in the suicide ranks
My life, my life in the suicide ranks
My life, my life in the suicide ranks
My life, my life in the suicide ranks
My life, my life in the suicide ranks

[Verse 1]
Who's in the garden?
Are you still precious?
Love for your others
Wine on the carpet
All in the breaks of dawn
You'll find it widest while you came
That let the rest believe shame

[Chorus]
My life, my life in the suicide ranks
My life, my life in the suicide ranks
My life, my life in the suicide ranks

[Post-Chorus]
Love me like a child, no one tells me why

[Interlude]
My life, my life in the suicide ranks

[Chorus]
My life, my life in the suicide ranks

[Verse 2]
Whoah, thank you for the help but
Well, the high road is the low road
What you think this is?
Who know better of a talk
Well the oofus or the crow?
Will you hold me, will you shake me
When you think you're all alone?
Well you don't look for your health in the color of your skin
I will open soda brick and let the darkness go in

[Outro]
My life, my life in the suicide ranks
My life, my... ooh
Help the starkey, help the order of a jam
The suffering

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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