Lyric discussion by OldSkool 

Cover art for Listen lyrics by Tears for Fears

This song is an emotional trip to me, and the lyrics bear Rolands trademark: Saying a lot with so little words.

Critics cite Two Tribes (Frankie goes to Hollywood) as one of the best anti-cold war songs, but this is way intenser and breathtaking.

@OldSkool on the same album, Mother's Talk is also an anti war song. "weather starts to burn" refers to nuclear warfare, and "your features form with a change in the weather" refers to if you make a bad face mothers used to say if the weather changes your face would get stuck that way, but the weather change now is nuclear winter