Mad World Lyrics

Gary Jules

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All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses No expression, no expression Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of 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 its a very, very Mad world, mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good Happy birthday, happy birthday And I 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
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of 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 its a very, very Mad world, mad world, enlarging your world Mad world

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Paul Loeb -
This song is amazing. So amazing that I made a 2012 cover featuring a female vocalist. Check it out, I'm giving it away as a free download: http://paulloeb.net/madworld.
Shelby Elizabeth Bell -
The Severna Park High School dance company danced to "Mad World" last night and dedicated it to Tracy. Very moving.
Amani Salah -
nice
Amanda Muir -
In the last line, it's "*Halargian world", not "enlarging your world"...Curt referred to this as an inside joke between him and the band.
David Watson -
I have just listed this as 1 of 2 songs to be played at my funeral, the other is Prayer for the Dying from Seal

colorlet23

@margardo7 CORRECTION... Roland Orzabal actually wrote the song. It just so happens that two different artists decided to sing it and put it on their albums. Gary just remade it and made the rest of us aware of it... his version , two decades later, made the song popular again.

SingingDiva9898

I loved Adam Lambert's take on this song when he performed it on American Idol. it was Amazing

SingingDiva9898

such a good song. i love this slow version so much, maybe even more than Tears for Fears. Don't get me wrong, i love TFF(Tears For Fears)and their version of the song, But their version hides the true meaning and impact of of the song with the dance beat.

miss_insult

why, im in love with this song now

summer7

He does an awesome job!!!

Wynema

Me love this song(:

margardo7

Ya too bad he didnt write it... Tears for Fears did

musicloverawaken

he is one of the few singers who are awake!!!!!and the song is truth!!!thanks mr.gary jules

palanci

This contains the truth of what the world and our life became. It may be sad but it is the reality that we don't want to see.... Thank you Gary.

Ola Matagi

When I hear this song I'm always reminded of the life quote "Don't worry about life cause you're never gonna make it out a live." Sometimes in life it's like you're either stumbling or sleeping through it, you sometimes literally don't have it in you to get up in the morning so you dont and while you're moving it's like everything coming at you and the world is gonna colapse on you any minute and your actually waiting for it to happen. In this song it's like the person is barely gathering everything and is afraid maybe they're not living right so they just listen and hope that's all they need but one day they figure out if that everyones playing a game and they all want something rule number one is don't trust anyone.

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