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Tears For Fears', "Closest Thing To Heaven"
The Lyrics:
28 days of rain
flash floods in February
flash floods in February
Why:
The song is upbeat and lively but to think about 28 days of rain and flash floods in February? :p
Submitted by: Celeste
Tears For Fears', "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)"
The Lyrics:
Into that void of silence
Where we cry without sound
Where tears roll down
Where tears roll down
and when your mother's violence
sends your soul underground
Where tears roll down
Where tears roll down
Where we cry without sound
Where tears roll down
Where tears roll down
and when your mother's violence
sends your soul underground
Where tears roll down
Where tears roll down
Why:
What makes this song particularly upbeat but depressing is that he sings about laying so low that tears roll down with peppy music.
Submitted by: Celeste
Tears For Fears', "Mad World"
The Lyrics:
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 kind of sad.
The dreams in which I'm dying,
are the best I've ever had.
Why:
The song is very up tempo and you can dance to it, but you might not feel like it after hearing he likes the thought of dying.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
Tears For Fears', "Mothers Talk"
The Lyrics:
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend, we can work it out
My features form with a change in the weather
We can; we can work it out.
When the weather burns
then you know you're in trouble
Weekend, we can work it out
My features form with a change in the weather
We can; we can work it out.
When the weather burns
then you know you're in trouble
Why:
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.
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.
Submitted by: Celeste
Tears For Fears', "The Prisoner"
The Lyrics:
We are the wall
I feel so small
breathing but not receiving
Anger is me
Love sets me free
Feeling but not believing.
I feel so small
breathing but not receiving
Anger is me
Love sets me free
Feeling but not believing.
Why:
The upbeat tempo doesn't exactly match the angry and dark lyrics of this song. :(
Submitted by: Celeste
Tears For Fears', "The Way You Are"
The Lyrics:
Going far
getting nowhere
Going far
The way you are.
getting nowhere
Going far
The way you are.
Why:
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.
Submitted by: Celeste
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