Intverview With Curt & Roland Songtext
von Tears for Fears

I was hoping that somebody would say that, um, Shout was
The single for ′84, in the sense that there have been...
There were so many protest singles, and I
Think Shout was the most direct of all of them
Shout, shout, let it all out
Let it all out
These are the things I can do without.Can do without
Come on, I'm talking to you
Talking to you
Come on
This is the working hour
We are paid by those who learn by our mistakes
This is the working hour
We are paid by those who learn...
The Working Hour was thrown together
During, um, rehearsals funnily enough
Um, rehearsals for our last tour, um
And it came together in half an hour
That′s...
And we've kept it pretty much the same ever since


That's why it sounds...
It actually sounds like a band playing and everything
For all and not for one
For lies and secrets
Move on
Move on and on
So I came in one, one day and they′d, they′d actually written
A song around this beat, and, um, it was very commercial
So they said, "Here it is
You're singing this
Go and do it." So I did
It′s my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
There′s a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I′ll be right behind you
It stems from two little ideas
One is something that, uh, English mothers say to
Their English children, which is, "If you're pulling
A face," you know, like children sometimes do?
They say, "You'll stay like that when the wind changes."
That′s one idea, and the other idea is exactly th- what
You′re talking about, When the Wind Blows, which is, um
A cartoon book by Raymond Briggs, which is an anti-nuclear thing
For instance, the lyrics, um, "When the weather starts to
Burn, then you'll know that you′re in trouble." You know?
It's the closest we′ll ever get to a anti-nuclear song
Given that you paid the price
We can keep you young and tender
Following the footsteps of a freedom mind
You paid not to listen, now your house is on fire
Wake me up when things get started
When everything starts to fall apart
One of my favorite songs on the album
Very simple, got a nice sort of jazz swing to it
Now, I don't want to harp on about the lyrics or
Anything like that, but I think that they are the most
Potent and powerful lyrics we′ve ever put onto vinyl
And I believe that if it's written in the stars, that's fine
I can′t deny that I have grown to...
Broken was originally an old B-side which we, um, put into overdrive
Again, that comes from, uh, doing a lot of live work with
Those numbers, ran into each other and worked so well
There′s basically the same motif, piano motif
In each number, and that's why they went together
Yeah, Head Over Heels is p- probably the closest
We′ll ever get to a love song, and it's a love song
That go- kind of goes a bit perverse at the end
I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weather
But traditions I can trace against the child in your face
Won′t escape my attention
You keep your distance with a system of touch
It was an instrumental, originally, that, um, Ian wrote, Ian Stanley
It's a beautiful, um, instrumental with just, you know
Me creeping into a bit of vocals in the middle really