Roland & Curt Interviewed lyrics

Shout

[Spoken Interview: Roland Orzabal]
"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 them."

[Chorus from "Shout": Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, Curt Smith]
Shout, shout, let it all out
Let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on (come on)
I'm talking to you, come on

The Working Hour

[Chorus from "The Working Hour": Roland Orzabal]
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 by our mistakes

[Spoken Interview: Roland Orzabal]
"'The Working Hour' was thrown together during, um, rehearsals - erm, rehearsals for our last tour. Erm, and it came together in half an hour. That's- and we've kept it the same pretty much ever since. That's why it sounds- it actually sounds like a band playing."

[Verse 2 from "The Working Hour": Roland Orzabal]
This day and age for all
And not for one
All lies and secrets
Put on, put on and on
Everybody Wants to Rule the World

[Spoken Interview: Curt Smith]
"So I came in one- one day and 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."

[Verse 2 from "Everybody Wants to Rule the World": Curt Smith]
It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help make the most
Of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

[Bridge from "Everybody Wants to Rule the World": Curt Smith]
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

Mothers Talk

[Spoken Interview: Roland Orzabal]
"It stems from two little ideas; one is something that 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 what you're talking about - 'When the Wind Blows' - which is cartoon book by Raymond Briggs which is an anti-nuclear thing. For instance, the lyrics 'When the weather starts to burn / Then you'll know that you're in trouble'. It's the closest we'll get to an anti-nuclear song."
[Except of Verse 1 from "Mothers Talk": Roland Orzabal]
Given that you pay the price
We can keep you young and tender
Following the footsteps of a funeral pyre
You were paid not to listen
Now your house is on fire

[Chorus 1 from "Mothers Talk": Roland Orzabal]
Wake me up when things get started
When everything starts to happen

I Believe

[Spoken Interview: Roland Orzabal]
"One of my favourite songs on the album. Very simple, a nice sort of jazz swing to it. Now, I don't wanna 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."

[Except of Verse 3 from "I Believe": Roland Orzabal]
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

Broken

[Spoken Interview: Roland Orzabal]
"'Broken' was originally an old b-side which we put into overdrive. Again, that comes from 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 that's why they went together."
Head Over Heels

[Spoken Interview: Roland Orzabal]
"Yeah, 'Head Over Heels' is probably the closest we'll ever get to a love song, heh, it's a love song that kind of goes a bit perverse at the end."

[Excerpt of Verse 1 from "Head Over Heels": Roland Orzabal]
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

Listen

[Spoken Interview: Curt Smith]
"It was an instrumental originally, but em, Ian wrote - Ian Stanley. It's a beautiful instrumental, with just, you know, me creeping into a bit of lyrics in the middle, you know."

[Excerpt of the Outro from "Listen"]
c*mpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse...
Soothe my feeling
c*mpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse...
c*mpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse...
Soothe my feeling
c*mpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse...
c*mpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse...
I feel it, soothe my feeling
c*mpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse...
Soothe it, soothe it, soothe my feeling, now I feel it