Boyle, Susan - Mad World Lyrics






All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
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 kinda funny
I find it kinda 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 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 kinda funny
I find it kinda 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... world
Enlarge your world
Mad world





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  1. B.... T....

    Wow- her voice - what a gift.

  2. R.... C....

    😪😭😭😪

  3. M.... M....

    This version and Gary Jules' are better that Tears for Fears

  4. A.... ....

    Her voice rivals Barbara or Adele,...wow.

  5. E.... F....

    Bellissima 💕

  6. W.... C....

    I love this voice

  7. D.... 4....

    Here I am at 58. So very sad, so very empty. I feel the pain in her soul. It is my pain.

  8. U.... ....

    Don't forget who wrote the song "Tears for Fears" but damn she makes me cry every time I hear this....HOW!!!!!!

  9. S.... F....

    Close your eyes and then convince me that this is Susan Boyle!?
    She sounds like a 20yr old. #Respect

  10. M.... M....

    Excellent Susan..!

  11. n.... p....

    Susan Boyle, you are beautiful inside and out. Thank you for gracing the world with your angelic, haunting voice. You are so deserving of all the success in your life.....I wish you happiness and true love.

  12. �.... ....

    怎麼聽 都是少女的嗓音啊 @ @ !!!

  13. I.... ....

    I would live with her forever if she would sing to me at night...angel's voice....

  14. c.... b....

    Literally voice of an angel ! I love love love this cover your AMAZING SUSAN ❤️

  15. Z.... K....

    no denying Susan the mental case Boyle has a great voice

    Z.... K....

    Walk a mile in her shoes before calling her a mental case.

    Z.... K....

    Dove 451 I can't wear her shoes her feet are to big

  16. M.... C....

    I sooo love this song, and she sings it so beautiful

  17. N.... m....

    Riverdale ❤️❤️

  18. D.... 4....

    This is the best version. You can feel her pain. I finally get it now. I have been living with severe depression for months. At times the desparation I feel is impossible to explain. My emotions go from up to rock bottom in seconds. Sometimes I am up but not much anymore. More often I am deep in despair and sometimes I feel nothing at all. In my desparation I understand why some take their own lives. You just want the pain to stop. I am fighting now to survive and my enemy is me. Here I am a stranger in my own body and mind. It would be so easy to give in and drown in a sea of depression but...... I cannot and dare not. Despite it all I still want to live! Please pray for me and all the others like me.

    D.... 4....

    I'm glad Susan's version spoke to your soul so you know that she is listening to you. (I never dreamed in a million years she would do this song ) I hope you have periods of peace in your life soon.

  19. �.... ....

    Beautiful song♡

  20. M.... ....

    Nice voice and nice music

  21. I.... ....

    Thanks Susan for singing this for Gene (Gene Sprague)....RIP Gene...you left us way too soon

  22. O.... H....

    I never aspect this, how amazing

  23. p.... h....

    I never heard Susans version before. It is very lovely. Well done Susan

  24. T.... K....

    Ok...some comments here made me listen to Adam Lambert's and Gary Jules' version of this song...All I can say is : Thank you, Susan! You made me really LOVE this song...those two NOT!

  25. D.... G....

    People were so quick to judge this lady good for her FTW

  26. p.... ....

    I am surprised, she doesn't it beautifully, I love her version so.

  27. M.... B....

    ORIGINAL VERY WONDERFULLY

  28. N.... L....

    One of my favourite covers

  29. W.... B....

    best version i've ever heard !!!!!!

  30. M.... S....

    Wow awesome Susan

  31. y.... ....

    Awesome!

  32. V.... ....

    that was sweet ty Susan you have a very very pretty voice

  33. D.... K....

    Beautiful

  34. J.... A....

    Better than the original singer. The best version I ve heard !!!

  35. C.... V....

    W O W ! blowing my MIND! I knew this song from before TFF were even KNOWN! and THIS is ...... w O w ! RESPECT!!!!!

  36. B.... B....

    So schön..susan singt wie ein Engel.

  37. M.... ....

    I need her to record Sound Of Silence

  38. M.... W....

    omg
    she sings like an angel

  39. J.... d....

    me encanta♡

  40. I.... C....

    Awesome.

  41. T.... S....

    this song is heart felt thank you for singing this definitely talented

  42. D.... S....

    without a doubt, to me, this is the best cover...she is magnificent singing this ... oh my...very moving

  43. I.... A....

    dick is a part of male body and pussy is a part of female body u r free but anyone must that his or her body is important

  44. S.... S....

    The voice of this lady is a real gift to the mortals from god.

    S.... S....

    Your absolutely right! Her gift is not exactly for her but for every one who listen her music. I think it is the same case for every gift in every person.😉

    S.... S....

    Idolatry is a sin. God blesses us, but not like that. Not how it works.

  45. D.... D....

    Great voice but let down by the music, It didn't build to anything, start, middle, end were all the same. Real shame because she can sing and this should have been a lot more than it was with better accompanying music.

    D.... D....

    The greatness of Susan Boyle's voice is...you don't need any music...just focus on her voice...and it's like heaven...

  46. A.... T....

    great and so true

  47. E.... N....

    oh my god <3

  48. �.... �....

    ееебать ска

  49. g.... d....

    Checking out different singers and renditions of this song. I thought, what the heck, let me check out Susan Boyle. First verse in I had goose bumps!

    g.... d....

    Susan is the first person I've ever heard sing this. She's incredible.
    I remember her stating, in an interview, that she likes to basically stylize her voice for each song that she sings. That's one of the things I like about her.
    Also, like you, I want to hear other people sing Mad World, also, now that I've heard Susan sing it. :o)

  50. C.... ....

    brividi

  51. p.... p....

    Has to be the best version ever

  52. f.... c....

    good job

  53. m.... j....

    Quand chante l ange et en réveille l Olympe

  54. L.... D....

    Very very good

  55. R.... S....

    Awesome

  56. L.... ....

    Canta come se lei ha vissuto.

  57. d.... ....

    I was quite taken back by just how good this version is. Great interpretation.

  58. P.... C....

    Greetings from Poland beautiful voice

  59. a.... m....

    beautiful Susan, love this song and your voice certainly sounds haunting and etherial.

  60. A.... M....

    Every song she sings becomes a masterpiece...Susan, take care of you, we love you. .

  61. T.... J....

    did you all hear that..........................? That was my jaw hitting the desk,This is now my favorite Rendition of this  song , yep I will even go as far as saying I like it better than Gary Jules , She has a beautiful voice! Now I think I will go watch Donnie Darko .

  62. B.... B....

    Such a warm voice

  63. m.... c....

    Great stuff, her voice has a haunting child like feel which compliments this song brilliantly

  64. V.... M....

    what a beautiful voice wish i could sing like this..

  65. M.... N....

    Wow so fantastic .

  66. B.... ....

    Never heard a song from Susan but this is great !

  67. C.... C....

    so good

  68. K.... D....

    She takes a great song, and gives it a beautifully haunted sound to it. I love the softness of her voice.

  69. L.... ....

    Awesome voice

  70. P.... C....

    Linda versão.

  71. G.... P....

    I think if you ever screamed at me I would fly to heaven...

  72. F.... ....

    A great version Susan , of course I love Tears for fears version the most ( not just because they wrote it ) ... on-the-other-hand Gary Jules can suck my fat one , never liked his version .

  73. H.... K....

    wow...O.O

  74. S.... E....

    very very good version

  75. A.... M....

    i love Susan

  76. N.... S....

    WOW 0.0 was not expecting this

  77. A.... S....

    I actually thought this was going to be naff. It's great.

  78. S.... T....

    I love Susan! <3

  79. J.... S....

    Excelente version of Mad World...Thanks Susan Boyle and Greetings from Venezuela!

  80. L.... s....

    تجنننننننننننن الاغنية رح اموت 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  81. M.... B....

    Absolutely amazing voice and music

  82. g.... m....

    her voice sounds like a little girls and it's absolutely beautiful

  83. C.... N....

    Is this real???

  84. m.... ....

    There is no song that susan can not sing.one of the best versions i have heard.I love it.

    m.... ....

    +mugsytop xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    m.... ....

    but can she rap eminem? no

    m.... ....

    Why would she want to? Can Eminem sing what she does? Why would he want to. @ different artists. each unique in their own way.

    m.... ....

    Yes she can.

  85. M.... G....

    Wow. They should release that. Just caught up with it. Beautiful rendition Susan.

    M.... G....

    Martin Green they did

  86. A.... v....

    I'm glad she has gotten where she is. She deserves it, after all the torment she has had in her life.

  87. H.... T....

    Thank you Susan what a voice and what a person. You have inspired me so much. Xx

    H.... T....

    Me as well

  88. M.... S....

    ❤️ magical voice

  89. A.... L....

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  90. K.... ....

    Amazing!!!

  91. x.... ....

    She looks so pretty on the cover of her cd in the picture shown above. She doesn't even look like the same person that blew us all away on American Idol. Love this lady!

    x.... ....

    Actually, she was on Britain's Got Talent

  92. C.... ....

    Check out my cover? ;)

  93. T.... ....

    AMAZING!!

  94. N.... T....

    Una interpretación y versión que nos desplaza en el tiempo...

  95. H.... ....

    First time I Heard her... :)

  96. r.... a....

    not real,

    r.... a....

    except it is? look at her singing in higher pitches and you'll hear this voice, although Susan does stick to lower registers. and she does have an accent, being from Scotland. i think you're referring to the reverb in the mic, but that only showcases Susan's natural voice, it doesn't alter it.

  97. A.... ....

    Holy.. She is really good with this song!