Mad World Lyrics
(Vers)
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
(Pre chorus)
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
(Chorus)
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
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
(Pre chorus)
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
(Chorus)
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
(Pre chorus)
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
(Chorus)
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world
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
(Chorus)
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world
About
Genius Annotation
Several random and peculiar events led to this track (original Tears for Fears and also made famous by Gary Jules for Donny Darko) was recorded for the Mad Men tv-series shown on swedish channel 9.
Back when Myspace was still a thing Hasse Billing was looking for a vocalist to cover the track. He found two singers, Ida Long and the singer of the indietronikaband Baron Bane (Ida Long´s other band) without knowing they were the same person. The studio wanted to use their own singers and so they had several singers to do a demo and then performed a blind test. And that´s how this version came to be.
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