Mad World (American Idol Performance)
Adam Lambert * Track #6 On Season 8 Favorite Performances
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Mad World (American Idol Performance) by Adam Lambert
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This is a song that was originally written by the British band, Tears for Fears, in 1983. The author, Roland Orzabel (one of the creators of the band), wrote this song about something that he refers to as “teenage menopause.” He once heard a lyric from a group called, Dalek I Love You, which was, “I...
Mad World (American Idol Performance) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places
Worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going no where
Going no where
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression
No expression
Hide my head, I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow
No tomorrow
[Chorus]
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
It's a very, very, mad world, mad world
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
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
It's a very, very, mad world, mad world
[Outro]
Mad world
Mad world
Mad World (American Idol Performance) Q&A
Who wrote Mad World (American Idol Performance)'s ?
Mad World (American Idol Performance) was written by Roland Orzabal.
What did Adam Lambert say about "Mad World (American Idol Performance)"?
On why she chose to perform the song during his American Idol season:
The theme was year of birth. They gave us a list and that song popped out at me and I remembered the Gary Jules version from the movie, ‘Donnie Darko.’ It’s haunting and beautiful and it gets in your head and the words are amazin...