| Tears for Fears – Listen Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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The entire album 'Songs From the Big Chair' is about the therapist's chair and the issues dealt with. "Shout" - primal scream therapy "The Working Hour" - the time spent in the therapist chair during a session "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" - ego and power "Mother's Talk" - fairly obvious "I Believe" - another obvious one "Broken" - ditto "Head Over Heels" - Unrequired love and the causes, the song includes references to mother and father, expectations ("Dreaming I'm a Doctor") and if you listen closely the countermelody in V2 is "Nothing ever happens when you're acting your age, nothing gets done when you feel like a baby, nothing ever happens when you're acting your age" "Listen" - is the final analogy, the pain of the individual juxtaposed with the pain of the world Russia (Mother)/America (Pilgrim Father) and the album ends with him singing "... soothe my feeling... " in Spanish, Orzabal is of Spanish-Basque descent. It's obviously about him personally. The entire album is one giant therapy session and the issues that arise from it, in other words... Songs From The Big Chair. Ta-da! |
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