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From the Tears for Fears LP Songs from the Big Chair, it was a big hit in 1985, reaching Number 1 on most charts. It's a great "driving" song, as made clear by scenes from the music video.
The first few lines raise your expectations:
Welcome to your life There's no turning back
But the rest of the lyrics are pretty much nonsensical; most sound like they were just looking for words that rhyme. There are probably a lot of "hidden meaning" essays on the song, but I didn't research them.
So glad we've almost made it So sad they had to fade it I can't stand this indecision Married with a lack of vision
Just let them flow and imagine you're behind the wheel with the top down on an open highway somewhere.
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Always loved this song . Great voices lots of talent !
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It was the 80s. Don’t put more work into the lyrics than the lyricist did.
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It was also used as the theme song for Dennis Miller's tv show.
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After a break-up and 30+ years apart, they got together a couple years ago and provided a very good live studio version.
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Intro to Dennis Miller's show on HBO for however many years it ran. He probably put all of the band members' children through college or something, with the royalties.
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