{"id":5740,"date":"2010-04-14T01:19:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T17:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=5740"},"modified":"2010-04-14T01:23:45","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T17:23:45","slug":"its-a-very-very-mad-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/04\/its-a-very-very-mad-world\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Very Very Mad World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The classic ‘Mad World’ by Tears for Fears seems to be a poignant string of world-weary haikus. In between its stanzas below are some one-liner comments.<\/span> Above is the more meditative cover version by Gary Jules, in a video directed by the very creative Michel Gondry, who gave us the amazing ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’, while below is the original song. Both are ingenious works in their own right. Tears for Fears is coming to Singapore in May, but the ticket pricing is a little too challenging for me!<\/p>\n

Mad World<\/strong><\/p>\n

All around me are familiar faces
\nWorn out places
\nWorn out faces<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/span>May we have compassion for one another instead of despair about one another.<\/p>\n

Bright and early for their daily races
\nGoing nowhere
\nGoing nowhere<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/span>May we have the aspiration to break free of Samsara, instead of pining for more within it.<\/p>\n

Their tears are filling up their glasses
\nNo expression
\nNo expression<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/span>May we be relieved after any tears; not drained of life and will.<\/p>\n

Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
\nNo tomorrow
\nNo tomorrow<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/span>May we have the will to face our suffering today for a better tomorrow, instead of hide from it.<\/p>\n

And I find it kind of funny
\nI find it kind of sad
\nThe dreams in which I’m dying
\nAre the best I’ve ever had<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/span>May we have the wisdom that death does not transcend suffering; that only liberation does.<\/p>\n

I find it hard to tell you
\n‘Cos I find it hard to take
\nWhen people run in circles
\nIt’s a very very
\nMad world
\nMad world
\nMad world
\nMad World
\n(A raunchy young world
\nMad world)<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/span>May we have the courage to see the futility of Samsaric\u00a0rebirth\u00a0and thus break free.<\/p>\n

Children waiting for the day they feel good
\nHappy birthday
\nHappy birthday<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/span>May we treasure today every day, to make it a special day, as we advance closer to liberation.<\/p>\n

And I feel the way that every child should
\nSit and listen
\nSit and listen<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/span>May we sit and listen to ourselves too; not just others.<\/p>\n

Went to school and I was very nervous
\nNo one knew me
\nNo one knew me<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/span>May we transform our existential aloneness into a deeper journey of self-discovery.<\/p>\n

Hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson
\nLook right through me
\nLook right through me…<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/span>May we readily master and share our lessons well.<\/p>\n

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