There's a room where the light won't find you

They gave you life.

Shout, shout let it all out

And dreaming I'm a doctor.

They gave you life
And in return, you gave them hell.

I'm a quiet person and I've lived quite a dull and unfulfilled life.

Now that's, a rhectorical question!

So f-cking repetitive.

It probably didn't even matter to Roland and Curt if the song is repetitive as long as it sounded good.

Well if they aren't your fingers and hands then who do they belong to?

Do you know how long your arms would have to be to throw them around the world? Not to mention that love is a feeling not a place.

Don't get me wrong, I like this song, but some of the lines, like these ones, stick out like sore thumbs. And they could have fit in some of the other song categories, such as insulting lyrics, but these four lines in particular sound so forced that they're some of the most awkward lines Roland Orzabal ever wrote. As for the first two lines, uh, geez, he tries to rhyme made with face. And even worse, the second line has more syllables than the first making it sound forced as if he didn't have time to think it out more. And now to the last two lines... while he does get two rhyming words (fails and whales) the last line sounds terribly forced. Even if these lines may have the same amount of syllables, it sounds even more poorly paired than the first two.

Well, the name "Politician Granny" refers to then U.K. Prime Minster "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher.
The whole song is about the corrupt governments of the world and how they want to hold on to power no matter what.

These two lines are really insulting because it's almost like they're hexing someone and wishing death on them.

What they mean is that pretty much everyone in politics wants a pie piece. And when they are in hot water, they make sure they have their a** covered. Read the lyrics to see what I mean...

Who said I want to rule the world? I certainly don't!!

This whole song is about lust.

Margaret Thatcher

This is a remix of a single from "Songs From the Big Chair" and is found on the deluxe edition CD reissue. This song is mostly instrumental, but in parts of it Roland Orzabal is heard repeating "James Brown" in the background. This shout-out to the Hardest Working Man in Show Business isn't heard in the original version of the song.

We Can Work It Out

Well, at least Roland tried back then.

This is probably the most obvious of all the Tears For Fears songs.

Lyrics: "Lord of Karma, your mystic pain-o-rama, one good reason keep my feet on the ground."

It must be scary to have a female fan lust for you when you're twice her age.

Subject-verb agreement was sacrificed for rhyme and rhythm.

This line mentions Coney Island, New York.

According to Roland Orzabal there are two things that Mothers Talk is about.
The first of which is an old wives tale about mothers telling their children when they make a face they say "your face will stay like that when the weather changes." Hence the line "My features form with a change in the weather."
The line " when the weather burns then you know you're in trouble." comes from the governmental powers in the U.S. and U.K. at the time starting a potential third world war which scared Roland a little bit.

It has a lively beat to it but I don't know of anybody who wants to be told that they're not going to go far by not being the way that they are.

They tripled up on the letter "G."

Possible mention of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson, which was made into a movie starring Johnny Depp.