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Twenty One Pilots

Mad World

Release date: 12th April 2014

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"Mad World" is a track by Twenty One Pilots, released 12th April 2014. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Twenty One Pilots.

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Mad World

[Verse]

All around me are familiar faces

Worn out places, worn out faces

Bright and early for the daily races

Going nowhere, going nowhere

Their tears are filling up their glasses

No expression, no expression

Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow

No tomorrow, no tomorrow

[Pre-Chorus]

And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad

The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I 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

[Chorus]

Mad world

Mad world

Mad world

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