Tears for Fears

Released: December 3, 2021

Songwriter: Roland Orzabal Curt Smith

Producer: Charlton Pettus Tears for Fears

[Verse 1]
Get your sweets from the candy man
Get your truth from the shelf
Don't buy into the fairy tale
Just be good to yourself
'Cause you know that I love you, girl
You're my way out of hell
But I've just one more song to sing
One more story to tell

[Verse 2]
When I'm tired of the bright lights
When I'm tired of the wine
I'll go down to Wheal Mexico
To the depths of the mine
When I'm forty years older
When I'm wrinkled and wise
I will trade all my liberty
For that look in your eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
Rеason gonna blind you
Cripple and confine you
Listen as your poor hеart breaks
Take a trip to America
Let the wind blow right through your hair
We'll buy beer and some hope to share
Every day

[Chorus]
'Cause freedom
Is no small thing
We punish the child for flying too high
For rushing like the wind

[Pre-Chorus]
Reason gonna blind you
Cripple and confine you
Listen as your poor heart breaks
(Stars are like diamonds, we fly across the sky for them)
(No one's gonna change who we are)

[Chorus]
'Cause freedom
Is no small thing
We punish the child for flying too high
For rushing like the wind

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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