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Mad World (Tears for Fears cover) Lyrics
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And 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 kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very 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 kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world
Mad world
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
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Song Info
Submitted by
emotionalvamp On Apr 08, 2009
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Absolutely love this song!! I don't remember ever hearing it from my days of "Tears for Fears fandom" But it is a very good song and Adam made it memorable!
I don't know the original but I love Adam's version!! It's on my ipod.
i think it talks about going through a bad expierence an
in my opinion it tells adam story of going to school and not being able to fit in and i relate to it because sometimes people don't know me even though i have a big group of friends
This song is amazing. So amazing that I made a 2012 cover featuring a female vocalist. Check it out, I'm giving it away as a free download: http://paulloeb.net/madworld
Yes a tears for fears cover. Written by (even noted in the Gary Jules entry) Roland Orzabal of TFF. Adam and Gary did a great cover. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_World
NOT a Tears for Fears cover, a Gary Jules cover. thought i'd point that out and i love his cover of it<3
Indeed he's playing it just like Gary Jules did (with strings added), when Jules covered this classic Tears For Fears song for Donnie Darko.
Indeed he's playing it just like Gary Jules did (with strings added), when Jules covered this classic Tears For Fears song for Donnie Darko.
no its a tears for fears cover as they are the oringinal artist :)
no its a tears for fears cover as they are the oringinal artist :)