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Pale Shelter

Tears for Fears — Pale Shelter

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Intro 1
Verse 1
How can I be sure
When your intrusion's my illusion?
How can I be sure
When all the time you change my mind?
I ask for more and more
How can I be sure?
Chorus 1
When you don't give me love
You give me pale shelter
You don't give me love
You give me cold hands
And I can't operate on this failure
when all I wanna be is
Completely in command
Verse 2
How can I be sure
For all you say you keep me waiting
How can I be sure
When all you do is see me through?
I ask for more and more
How can I be sure?
Chorus 2
When you don't give me love
You give me pale shelter
You don't give me love
You give me cold hands
And I can't operate on this failure
when all I wanna be is
Completely in command
Interlude 1
Verse 3
I've been here before
There is no why, no need to try
I thought you had it all
I'm calling you, I'm calling you
I ask for more and more
(ask for more and more)
How can I be sure? (How can...)
Chorus 3
When you don't give me love
You give me pale shelter
You don't give me love
You give me cold hands
And I can't operate on this failure
when all I wanna be is
Completely in command
(Completely in command)
Interlude 2
Outro 1
You don't give me love,
you don't give me love
Repeat and fade
Tears for Fears wrote Pale Shelter as a song that was born from two repeated guitar chords on an acoustic guitar. Roland Orzabal played them for weeks until one day he decided to write something more. He finished it all in one morning, and then recorded a version at a friend's house, Ian Stanley, in Bath. It was one of those demos that led them to sign with Phonogram in 1981. The first version came out in 1982 as a single in the UK, but didn't get much attention. Later, in 1983, they re-recorded it with Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum for the album The Hurting. The new version became a hit, reaching number five in the UK. The song speaks of love for parents, not for a girl. The title is inspired by a work of Henry Moore, a British sculptor.