Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Tagged: Mad World

Tears for Fears's Famous Tracks

Tears For Fears

Tears for Fears

This British group was established in 1981 in the city of Bath in England. Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal are the band’s co-founders, who currently makeup its lineup. The band dropped their maiden album...

Tears for Fears

Tears For Fears

Tears for Fears’ “Mad World” Lyrics Meaning

Tears for Fears’ “Mad World” is being relayed from the perspective of an individual who can be described as a disenfranchised youth. He has certain issues with the way things flow that seem unresolvable. For instance, he...

Gary Jules

Gary Jules

“Mad World” by Gary Jules

“Mad World” is written from the perspective of an angsty teenager, if you will. What really has him on guard is what he perceives as the deadening redundancy of the everyday world. And there are two general...