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...
Vocalist/co-writer Roy Orzabel described “Head Over Heels” as being a song about romance that ends up going “a bit perverse at the end”. And it can be gathered earlier on especially that the vocalist is addressing a...
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...
“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...
Like many classic rock songs, part of the appeal of “Shout” is its ability to allow the listener to interpret it in his or her own way. However, Tears for Fears wrote the song to...
This is a well-written song about a woman in an abusive romance, the participants of which are portrayed by the singers. The reason it is able to utilize such meaningful language is that there is...
This song by the English band Tears for Fears puts forth the idea that “everybody wants to rule the world.” However, this isn’t meant in a literal sense per se. It rather serves as an...
