Mad World

A student of mine sings in an student a cappella group, and last week they were selling CD's as a fundraiser. I've always rather enjoyed a cappella, so I went ahead and bought a copy. It is a pretty eclectic mix, but there is one song I have just been drawn to and am playing over and over. So much so that I went to iTunes and bought the instrumental version of it.

The original group was Tears for Fears, but I found that I totally didn't like the original version. The student a cappella version is based on the Michael Andrews/Gary Jules version that was apparently featured in the cult hit movie Donnie Darko, which I've never seen. There is just something about the vocals and the lyrics of this version that I find hypnotizing.

"Mad World"
- originally by Tears for Fears, covered by Andrews/Jules

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces

Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere

And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression

Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday

Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me

Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World

G-man, I think you'd like this - iTunes Link

Memory

A funny memory came to me unbidden tonight. I got home after watching a decidedly lame Superbowl with my sister, and I was making a cup of tea. I had put the milk out to add to the tea after it had steeped a bit. I went about doing some other chores, and eventually came back to get my tea.

As I walked back into the kitchen, I noticed the milk still on the counter, and a phrase from the days of old, back at The Mag, popped into my head:

"Why are we punishing this milk?"

I laughed out loud. Thanks g-fav.