Tears For Fears - THE TIPPING POINT Album Lyrics

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No Small Thing

Get your sweets from the candy man
Get your truth from the shelf
Don't buy into the fairy tale
Just be good to yourself
'Cause you know that I love you, girl
You're my way out of hell
But I've just one more song to sing
One more story to tell

Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh

When I'm tired of the bright lights
When I'm tired of the wine
I'll go down to Wheal Mexico
To the depths of the mine
When I'm forty years older
When I'm wrinkled and wise
I will trade all my liberty
For that look in your eyes

Reason gonna blind you
Cripple and confine you
Listen as your poor heart breaks
Take a trip to America
Let the wind blow right through your hair
We'll buy beer and some hope to share
Every day

'Cause freedom
Is no small thing
We punish the child
For flying too high
For rushing like the wind

Reason gonna blind you
Cripple and confine you
Listen as your poor heart breaks
(Stars are like diamonds we fly across the sky for them)
(No one's gonna change who we are)

'Cause freedom
Is no small thing
We punish the child
For flying too high
For rushing like the wind

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The Tipping Point

You know that I can't love you more
You know that I can't love you more

Silver tongue, they'll soon be gone
When the sunlight hits the room
Lay down with them if you want
Watch their breath and feel the cold

Raise you hand, bite you tongue
Conversation is over and done
Will you let them out?
Will you let them in?
Will you ever know when it's the tipping point, the tipping point?

So who's that ghost knocking at my door?
You know that I can't love you more
What's that shape climbing over my wall?
You know that I can't love you more

You know that I can't love you more

Winter done, they'll soon be gone
From this unforgiving place
To that vague and distant void
Where the sunlight splits the eye

Life is cruel, life is tough
Life is crazy, then it all turns to dust
Will you let them out?
Will you let them in?
Will you ever know when it's the tipping point
The tipping point, the tipping point
The tipping point, the tipping point? (The tipping point)

So who's that ghost knocking at my door?
You know that I can't love you more
What's that shape climbing over my wall?
You know that I can't love you more

So who's that ghost knocking at my door?
You know that I can't love you more
What's that shape climbing over my wall?
You know that I can't love you more
Love you more, love you more, love you more

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Long, Long, Long Time

The higher the mountain, the harder the fall
Looking for blood at the scene of the crime
It's been running in circles or nothing at all
For a long, long, long time

Boxing at shadows and listening at doors
Pushing the buttons and pulling the blinds
We haven't been honest or clever or sure
In a long, long, long time
It's been a long, long, long time

Funny how the heart of everyone
Is the part you'll never know
Funny how the heart of holding on
Is letting go

The higher the mountain, the harder the fall
Turning the corner and looking for signs
You leap in the dark while I wait for the call
It's been a long, long, long time

Out of the furnace and into the flames
Holding a candle and crossing the line
We haven't been playing with fire or rain
In a long, long, long time
For a long, long, long time
It's been a long, long, long time

Funny how the heart of everyone
Is the part you'll never know
Funny how the heart of holding on
Is letting go

Funny how the heart of everyone
(Save me the last word)
Is the part you'll never know
Funny how the heart of holding on
(Save me the last word)
Is letting go

Funny how the heart of everyone
(Save me the last word)
Is the part you'll never know
Funny how the heart of holding on
(Save me the last word)
Is letting go

The higher the mountain, the harder the fall
(The higher the mountain, the harder the fall)
(The higher the mountain, the harder the fall)

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Break The Man

This was never what I thought it was
This is not who we are
This is where someone was meant to say
Enough is enough
This is nothing like they said it would be
This is all gone too far
When everything is running out
This is love

She's the fire and the fallout
She reminds you of the things we never talk about
She's the lover with the best-laid plan
To break the man
She's a sinner in a side show
She feels at home when there's nowhere left to go
She's the devil you understand
Break the man

No more tearing the bandages off
No more living a lie
No more chewing the scenery
No more rain, no more rain
No more wondering what happens now
No more holding your feet to the fire
When everything is running down
No more pain

She's the fire and the fallout
She reminds you of the things we never talk about
She's the lover with the best-laid plan
To break the man
She's the trouble in the headline
She's the mother who turns back father time
She's the devil you understand
Break the man

No more wondering what happens now
No more holding your feet to the fire
When everything is running down
This is love

She's the fire and the fallout
She reminds you of the things we never talk about
She's the lover with the best-laid plan
To break the man
She's the trouble in the headline
She's the mother who turns back father time
She's the devil you understand
Break the man

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My Demons

I am the demolition man
I am the smoking gun
Why is my name in lights when my name is spelt wrong?
Only needs an attitude
A longitude and latitude
They will always find you when your cell phone is on
The satellites in space that spy on us with charm and grace
The middle man, the little man, the butcher and his dog
Turned on my beady eye, no need to wonder why

Go faster, young master, you're breathing disaster
'Cause these human hands need a human touch
'Cause my demons don't get out that much

(Hey)

The first world thinkers
Behind the blinkers
The hand that always tinkers with the bullet and the vest
Wait for the shake up
The make up and the break up
The bursting of the vein that brings the blood to the chest
Ain't got no appetite
Full up on beans and rice
A belly full of gasoline and a tongue that's turned black
Don't leave me all alone
I threw your dog a bone

Go faster, young master, you're breathing disaster
'Cause these human hands need a human touch
'Cause my demons don't get out that much

What a man to do?
What a man to trust?
We're not one of you, you're not one of us
Grinding the bones, breathing the dust
We're not one of you, you're not one of us
What a man to do? (Angels gonna burn their wings again)
What a man to trust?
You're not one of you, you're not one of us
Grinding the bones, breathing the dust (angels gonna burn their wings again)
You're not one of you, you're not one of us

Go faster, young master, you're breathing disaster
'Cause these human hands need a human touch
'Cause my demons don't get out that much
Go faster, young master, you're breathing disaster
'Cause these human hands need a human touch
'Cause my demons don't get out that much
'Cause my demons don't get out that much

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Rivers Of Mercy

Well, the streets have started burning
There's trouble in the towns
Guess the devil loves his playground, that's for sure
I too often see the world through a veil of tears
Well, to hell with my immunity
Gonna hold you close
'Til the shadows disappear

(Rivers of mercy, yeah)

If by magic, you mean the ocean
If by tragic, you mean the end
We weren't wrong, we were just hungry
For manna from Heaven
And come on drown me in the infinite sea

Drop me in rivers of mercy, yeah
Dare I imagine some faith and understanding?
Drop me in rivers of mercy, yeah
Bring out the dead tonight and bathe them in your sacred light to
Wash away the pain (wash away the pain)
Save me from the shadows, yeah
Cry like a siren
The light on my horizon
Drop me in rivers of mercy, yeah

Show me mercy, miracle waters
Make me golden, part of the dream
We got stung
We were just lovers
Born of temptation
Slow down, river, and float me upstream

Drop me in rivers of mercy, yeah
Dare I imagine some faith and understanding?
Drop me in rivers of mercy, yeah
Bring out the dead tonight and bathe them in your sacred light to
Wash away the pain (wash away the pain)
Save me from the shadows, yeah
Cry like a siren
The light on my horizon
Drop me in rivers of mercy, yeah

Spinning upside down
In the wake of mighty waves
See the anger of the world
When feelings run high
When feelings are so raw
We will give in to the night

Drop me in rivers of mercy, yeah
Dare I imagine some faith and understanding?
Drop me in rivers of mercy, yeah
Bring out the dead tonight and bathe them in your sacred light to
Wash away the pain (wash away the pain)
Save me from the shadows, yeah
Cry like a siren
The light on my horizon
Drop me in rivers of mercy, yeah

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Please Be Happy

Please be happy
'Cause you know I cannot bear to see you
In this state of melancholy
Curled up in your chair

Please don't worry
'Cause the world won't break apart as easy
As the glass
You dropped and smashed
When you tried to climb the stairs

There was a time
Not long ago
You stood right by your window
And your arms were painted feather like
So sure that you could fly

But these days, it's like a wave is breaking over you
Dragging you in with the undertow
If you lay among the graves, you will see other ghosts
I still believe this love can grow

But these days, it's like a wave is breaking over you
Dragging you in with the undertow
If you lay among the graves, you will see other ghosts

Please be happy
'Cause you know I cannot bear to see you
In this state of melancholy
Curled up in your chair

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Master Plan

Yesterday
All the lights were shining on the love we made
Out of sight was out of mind, a dream away
Lost between The Beatles and The Stones
You got me now (got me now)
You got me so believing in your masterplan (ah ah ah)
You walk me through my future like some superman (ah ah ah)
Tell me things that God alone should know
Well, that's okay

Hear me now
'Cause things ain't working out
If my soul be damned
It's all part of the masterplan

Fade away
Walk around in circles as the fire escapes
With sorrow undivided by the love of gold
When nothing is so pure it can't be sold
Believe me now (believe me now)
Believe me when I tell you there's another way (ah ah ah)
The sun will rise tomorrow on your world of pain (ah ah ah)
If only you would let your feelings show
Well, that's okay

Hear me now
'Cause things ain't working out
If my soul be damned
It's all part of the masterplan
Walk away (walk away)
But know I'm here to stay (here to stay)
It's not who I am
It's just part of the masterplan

You need a lot of rage (need a lot of rage)
To get by these days (by these days)
You need a lot of faith (need a lot of faith)
To reach the sun (ah ah ah)

I feel rage
I need faith
It's not who I am
It's just part of the masterplan
I feel rage
I need faith
If my soul be damned
It's all part of the masterplan

(Lost in the noise, lost in the noise)
(Lost in the noise, lost in the noise)

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End Of Night

Mistral came along just like a hurricane
Blew down all the walls and gave me life again
Turned the world around
Blinded me with sound (and there's no other way)
Took my hand and led me through the labyrinth
Showed me all the sadness and the suffering
Tears she turned to joy
And through the wall of noise told me

No need to worry about the world (about the world)
You can't see the beauty for all the hurt (for all the hurt)
Turn the world around (oh oh oh oh)
Blind them with your sound
'Cause it's the end of night

(Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)

Mistral came into my life like a wind of change
Crept in through my eyes and seeped inside my brain
When stars were growing dim
She showed me the world within and told me

No need to worry about the world (about the world)
You can't see the beauty for all the hurt (for all the hurt)
Turn the world around (oh oh oh oh)
Blind them with your sound
'Cause it's the end of night

(Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)

This must be the end of night (oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
This must be the end of night (oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)

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Stay

Speak, don't speak
Go, don't go
Damned if I do
Damned if I know
Wait, don't linger
Wait, damned slow
Stay for the open hand
Or let it all go

Young enough
To play the game
Old enough to know
It's all or nothing

Stay, don't stay
Go, don't go
Stay, don't stay
Go, don't go

Dust to dust
We all fall down
One for the hills
Until we're safe and sound
Are we

Young enough
To play the game
Old enough to know
It's all or nothing

Stay, don't stay
Go, don't go
Stay, don't stay
Go, don't go

It's all or nothing
Stay, don't stay (all or nothing, all or nothing)
Go, don't go (all or nothing, all or nothing)
Stay, don't stay (all or nothing, all or nothing)
Go, don't go