Mad World fue escrita por Roland Orzabal de Tears for Fears, apareciendo originalmente en su álbum debut The Hurting en 1982. La canción habla sobre las presiones de la vida y los sentimientos de desaliento y desesperanza.
Tono: Em
Introducción:
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All around me are familiar faces
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Worn out places, worn out faces
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Bright and early for their daily races
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Going nowhere, going nowhere
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Their tears are filling up their glasses
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No expression, no expression
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Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
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No tomorrow, no tomorrow
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And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
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The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
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I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
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When people run in circles, it's a very, very
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Mad world
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Mad world
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Children waiting for the day they feel good
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Happy birthday, happy birthday
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And I feel the way that every child should
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Sit and listen, sit and listen
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Went to school, and I was very nervous
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No one knew me, no one knew me
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Hello, teacher, tell me what's my lesson
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Look right through me, look right through me
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And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
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Em
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
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Em
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take