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Tears for Fears – Ideas as Opiates (1983) | Track profile | Dork

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Tears for Fears
The Hurting
Ideas as Opiates

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Tears for Fears

Ideas as Opiates

Release date: 7th March 1983

From The Hurting

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About This Track

"Ideas as Opiates" is a track by Tears for Fears, from the album The Hurting, released 7th March 1983. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears

Lyrics

Ideas as Opiates

[Verse]

Say what you want

Say what you want

Say what you will

Say what you want

Say what you want

Say what you will

[Chorus]

Cause I find you think what makes it easier

And I find you think what makes it easier

[Verse]

Say what you want

Say what you want

Say what you will

Say what you want

Say what you want

Say what you will

[Chorus]

Cause I find you think what makes it easier

And I find you think what makes it easier

[Post-Chorus]

And lies spread on lies

We don't care

Belief is our relief

We don't care

[Chorus]

Cause I find you think what makes it easier

And I find you think what makes it easier

[Post-Chorus]

And lies spread on lies

We don't care

Belief is our relief

We don't care

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Track details

From The Hurting

1983

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Album

Tears for Fears

Release year

1983

—Start of the Breakdown (Live) [Oxford Apollo 1983]
—The Prisoner (Live) [David Jensen Session 1982]
—The Prisoner (Original Version)
—The Prisoner
—The Way You Are (Extended Version)
—Suffer the Children (Instrumental)
—We Are Broken
—Suffer the Children (Remix)
—Change (Live) [Oxford Apollo 1983]
—Ideas as Opiates
—The Hurting
—Watch Me Bleed
—Memories Fade
—Start of the Breakdown
—Change (New Version)
—Change (Extended Version)
—Change (Radio Edit)
—Saxophones as Opiates
—Ideas As Opiates (Alternative Version)
—Memories Fade (Live) [David Jensen Session 1982]
—Start of the Breakdown (Live) [David Jensen Session 1982]
—Suffer the Children (Live) [Peel Session 1982]
—Suffer the Children (Demo)
—Ideas As Opiates (Live) [Peel Session 1982]
—The Hurting (Live) [Peel Session 1982]
—The Prisoner (Live) [Peel Session 1982]
—The Hurting (Live) [David Jensen Session 1982]
—Pale Shelter (Long Version)
—Suffer the Children (Original Version)
—Pale Shelter (New Extended Version)
—Mad World (World Remix)
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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Roland Orzabal
Producer: Chris Hughes, Ross Cullum
Drums: Manny Elias
Guitar: Roland Orzabal
Keyboards: Curt Smith, Roland Orzabal
Vocals: Roland Orzabal
Percussion: Chris Hughes, Ross Cullum
Programmer: Chris Hughes, Ian Stanley, Manny Elias, Roland Orzabal
Saxophone: Mel Collins