Mad World - Tears For Fears (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Mad World (Tears For Fears, 1982). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-18. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"Show more

"Mad World," written by Roland Orzabal, was recorded by Tears For Fears in 1982 and was included on their 1983 album "The Hurting," which rose to no. 73 on Billboards Top 200 Albums chart and remained there for 69 weeks (Whitburn, 2006). Although their recording of the song did not chart in the USA, it did rise to no. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982 (UK Singles Chart, 1982). However, Adam Lambert did hit the US Billboard chart in 2009 with his slower, moody version that rose to no. 19 (Whitburn, 2013), while Gary Jules had a no. 1 hit in the UK with his stripped down version of the song (songfacts, 2022). Orzabal told The Guardian that "'Mad World' hasn't dated because it's expressive of a period I call the teenage menopause, where your hormones are going crazy as you're leaving childhood. Your fingers are on the cliff and you're about to drop off, but somehow you cling on" (songfacts, 2022).

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Lyrics:

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world