TEARS FOR FEARS - I BELIEVE

I BELIEVE

TEARS FOR FEARS

SONGWRITER: Roland Orzabal

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: Songs From The Big Chair

LABEL: FONTANA RECORDS

GENRE: NEW WAVE

YEAR: 1985

Songs from the Big Chair is the second studio album by the British rock/pop band Tears for Fears, released on 25 February 1985 by Phonogram Records. The album peaked at number two in the UK and number one in the US and Canada. It spawned the international hit singles "Mothers Talk", "Shout", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", "Head Over Heels", and "I Believe". It remains their best-selling album to date.

Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the new wave synthesizer bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into mainstream rock and pop, which led to international chart success. They were part of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US.

Their debut album, The Hurting, reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, while their second album, Songs from the Big Chair, reached number one on the US Billboard 200, achieving multi-platinum status in both the UK and the US. Their second album contained two Billboard Hot 100 number ones: "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"', the latter winning the Brit Award for Best British Single in 1986.

      Smith and Orzabal parted company in 1991, after the release of their third platinum-selling álbum The Seeds of Love (1989), though Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name throughout the remainder of the 1990s. The duo re-formed in 2000 and released an album of new material, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, in 2004. Since 2013, the duo have been working on their seventh album. Tears for Fears have sold over 30 million albums worldwide.

I believe that when the hurting and the pain has gone

We will be strong, oh yes we will be strong

And I believe that if I'm crying while I write these words

Is it absurd or am I being real?

I believe that if you knew just what these tears were for

They would just pour like every drop of rain

That's why I believe it is too late for anyone to believe

I believe that if you thought for a moment, took your time

You would not resign yourself, resign yourself to your fate

And I believe that if it's written in the stars, that's fine

I can't deny that I'm a Virgo too

I believe that if you're bristling while you hear this song

I could be wrong or have I hit a nerve?

That's why I believe it is too late for anyone to believe

I believe that maybe somewhere in the darkness

In the night time, in the storm, in the casino

Casino Spanish eyes

I believe, no I can't believe

That every time you hear a newborn scream

You just can't see the shaping of a life

The shaping of a life.