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.