Lyrics for Mad World (Donnie Darko Soundtrack) as interpreted by aliveWhileStillDead

Mad World (Donnie Darko Soundtrack) Lyrics
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 tommorow, no tommorow

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
Cause 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



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prozakruin
05-14-2002

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My favorite line in this song is "the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had." If you haven't seen Donnie Darko, see it. It's a great movie.

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littlelostemoboy
05-30-2002

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Donnie Darko is such an amazing movie. This song is so amazing and perfect for the scene it's in. I love the lines

'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'

This song is sooo good. It has to do with so much.


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cowgirl_punk
07-13-2002

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I love this song so much. My favorite lines are:I find it hard to tell you
Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World

I loved Donnie Darko. One of the best movies I've ever seen.


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smallstarrs
07-15-2002

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this song is just so... amazing. it's incredibly beautiful. everyone time i listen to it, i find myself crying. it just touches so close to the heart that it's just so perfect. donnie darko also happens to be my favourite movie, and this song ties into the movie wonderfully.


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HandsDown32
07-28-2002

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what a sad song...and a great movie...but a sad song

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xinfinite
08-05-2002

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It's gorgeous. I love Gary Jules' voice, and the words are lovely. I like this version better than the tears for fears one, I imagine it's because of the sadness of it. Donnie Darko was an excellent movie.

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Emokidscry
08-22-2002

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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

The story of my life in this Tapioca Town.. I want out. Only here have I ever been such a loser! :o(

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drgonzothx
08-28-2002

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An amazing song, I listen to it whenever I feel the need to cry.

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bobthegopher
09-01-2002

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I just saw Donnie Darko tonight and I was amazed. Really cool stuff. I had to find out what song this was, cause I almost started bawling when it was playing at the end. Really good song. Really good movie. Really.

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beautiful
09-01-2002

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I also just saw the movie.. it was crazy.. interesting.. funny sometimes.. but overall very good. this song fit it!

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XKillerX
09-01-2002

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Man, Donnie Darko is such a good movie. One of my personal favorite lines: "You're such a fuck-ass!"

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KissMeImHardCore
09-01-2002

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I saw this movie a few weeks ago, and my friend shut off the tv before I watched it and we listened to this song.. I was amazed.. very good, even my lil sis can appreciate it!

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monkiebob
09-09-2002

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I saw this movie recently and I thought that this song was so perfect for it. I think Gary Jules sings this song so well and it evokes such a sad feeling. This is a great remake of this song (originally by Tears for Fears). Donnie Darko is one of the best films I've ever seen.

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AllOrNothing
09-22-2002

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This song is amazing. Absolutly wonderful. The movie Donnie Darko is one of the best movies i have ever seen. It has such a great story. If u have not seen it.. i suggest go watch it now. As a matter in fact thats what im going to go do. -bYe-

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Benny-X
09-28-2002

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When the world seems a little too big or a bit too much to deal with, I lie down and listen to this song. It usually doesn't make it any better...no, it usually makes me feel worse...but in a weird way, the feeling is a little more bareable.

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JaneDoe87
10-10-2002

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the world gets unbearable sometimes... people get discouraged.. give up the will to live.

"All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere"

...like that feling that you're living just for the sake of being alive.. and nothing else.. whentat feeling that your life meas nothing creeps up on you..

"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"

...living.. and some of the things that come with it are beautiful to me.. but sometimes living seems so hopeless that all those things make it even harder to live n know thtone day it'll be gone




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jeney
10-14-2002

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this is a great movie.

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MajinCloud
03-03-2003

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Everything everyone said. Seriously. Great song, great movie. All of that. Actually, this movie has almost developed a cult-like following in my school. In fact, we just finished the school play. 'The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket' I plaed Daniel and the girls that did the sound production for the play actually used this song when my character dies in the end. It was so great. The amount of crying you could hear from the audience was incredible. It was an incredible play. It's about this boy who's twelve years old and is ridiculed and made fun of by everyone except his best friend, Richard. But even he doesn't understand him. Daniel falls in love with a girl named Alice and reveals to everyon his secret. The secret that he can fly. All by himself, without wings or anything. Anyway. It ends up being twenty years later in the second act and Richard has married Alice. Daniel comes back to try to get Alice to fly with him, because it seems somewhere along the line he's lost his gift, and he believes Alice can bring it back. Alice won't go with him, so he's jumps off a cliff and ends up dying in Alice's arms.

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RebelPancake
03-05-2003

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this song is beautiful,
Gary Jule's voice is amazing,
but it's too sad to be sang like that, it makes you want to die. I like the Tears for Fears version, it's more upbeat and keeps you from killing yourself with the music.

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EmoEternal
03-05-2003

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This song could possible be the best suited song for the movie it is in that I have ever heard. So intense while at the same time being subdued and wistful. The lyrics are such that you can bend them to fit most any situation in your life, without losing the poignancy of the original artistis intent. A truly great song for a truly great move. Reminds me of transcendentalist thought and the fact that every momeny should be lived as if it were the alst, instead of going throught the motions as the song describes. Very depressing, if you are feeling suicidal...don't listen to this song! One more thing, I wish Thom York from Radiohead would sing this song...that would jsut be too perfect for description.

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PhoenixFire
03-07-2003

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this song is great! i first heard it when i saw the movie which i loved also, i saw it because my friend and his brother said that it was great and when i asked them what it was about, they said that it was hard to explain without ruining the movie, and they were right. it was great. this song is one of those songs i will always listen to after a night of hanging out with friends, its just a relaxing song. if you like this song you should try out Cold's "Bleed", for some reason i think that this song and "Bleed" are on the sae level, very relaxing and sad, sort of heart-breaking.

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CB2001
03-09-2003

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This song is beautiful.

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buttercup
03-10-2003

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I love this song. It's beautiful.

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elementalsk8er5
03-12-2003

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Donnie Darko is such a great movie! This song fits it soooo well!

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The_freak_Master
03-18-2003

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I never understood why when the first time I heard it, it hit me so hard, like the person who wrote the lyrics knew me better than I knew myself.. I feel like that alot and this song makes me feel better somehow...

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