“Fish Out of Water” is a direct address from Roland Orzabal to his former Tears for Fears bandmate, Curt Smith, with whom he’d had a bitter split in 1991, after finishing The Seeds of Love. Orzabal has admitted of the song that “it was my ‘How Do You Sleep?’,” a reference to the 1971 diss track by J...
[Verse 1]
You always said you were the compassionate one
But now you're laughing at the sun
With all your high class friends you think you've got it made
The only thing you made was that tanned look on your face
With all your cigarettes and fancy cars
You ain't a clue who or what you are
[Chorus]
You're dreaming your life away
Fish out of water
Go swim in the tide today
Fish out of water
[Verse 2]
We used to sit and talk about primal scream
To exorcise our past was our adolescent dream
But now it's sink or swim since your memory fails
Now in Neptune's kitchen you will be food for killer whales
And on the crucifix his mother made
Hangs one more martyr to the hit parade
[Chorus]
You're dreaming your life away
Fish out of water
Go swim in the tide today
Fish out of water
[Chorus]
You're dreaming your life away
Fish out of water
Go swim in the tide today
Fish out of water
[Interlude]
[Outro]
You're dreaming your life away
Fish out of water
You're dreaming your life away
You're dreaming your life away
Fish out of water
"You're dreaming"
Fish Out of Water was written by Alan Griffiths & Roland Orzabal.
Fish Out of Water was produced by Tim Palmer & Alan Griffiths & Roland Orzabal.
Tears for Fears released Fish Out of Water on Mon Jun 07 1993.