Mad world

De fleste som har sett Donnie Darko vil huske sangen som avslutter filmen, ‘Mad world’ av Gary Jules og Michael Andrews (originalen er laget av Tears For Fears). Sangen ble sluppet på singel i Storbritannia 15. desember, og har nå overraskende blitt en het kandidat til å komme øverst på singellista til jul (det er alltid stort å få ‘julesingelen’ i Storbritannia). The Darkness har solgt omtrent 100.000 av sin singel, mens Jules bare har et par tusen færre solgte.
Bookmakerne, forøvrig, er redde:

«“It would be a disaster for bookmakers if Gary Jules gets to number one. He was 50/1 back in November and 2/1 now. This is the biggest gamble on a Christmas number one contender we’ve ever seen,” spokesman Warren Lush said.»

Les hele artikkelen i The Scotsman.

Mad World
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