Em7 Bb G Dm
A waking world of innocence
Em7 Bb G Dm
So grave those first born cries
D# Csus2 D# Csus2
When life begins with needles and pins
Em7 Bb G Dm
It ends with swords and knives
Em7 Bb G Dm
Oh danger man, oh danger man
Em7 Bb G Dm
Your blade fits like a glove
D# Csus2
When forged in steel
D# Csus2
Time cannot heal
Em7 Bb G Dm
That blood red bond of love
D# Csus2
In times of trouble you're an open book
D# Csus2
With the change in the way you look
Em7 Bb G Dm
And it's sad love's not enough to make things better
(instrumental)
Turn the tables, we'll burn the fables
Lies beneath the visions and daydreams
Fooled by now, we mystify the past
Like a dream, like it never happened
When life begins with needles and pins
it ends with Swords and Knives
God save those born to die
A waking world of innocence
So grave those first born cries
When life begins with needles and pins
It ends with Swords and Knives
Oh dangerman, oh dangerman
Your blade fits like a glove
When forged in steel
Time cannot heal
That blood red bond of love
In times of trouble you're an open book
With the change in the way you look
And its sad love's not enough to make things better
Turn the tables, we'll burn the fables
Lies beneath the visions and daydreams
Fooled by now, we mystify the past
Like a dream, like it never happened
When life begins with needles and pins
It ends with Swords and Knives
God save those born to die
Literary translation to Italian — faithful to the author's feeling, not singable.
Un mondo svegliato di innocenza
Tanto gravi quei primi gemiti
Quando la vita inizia con ago e spilli
Finisce con spade e coltelli
Oh dangerman, oh dangerman
La tua lama si adatta come un guanto
Quando fuso in acciaio
Il tempo non guarisce
Quel legame rosso di amore
Nei momenti di difficoltà sei un libro aperto
Con il cambiamento nel modo in cui ti guardi
E triste amore non è abbastanza per rendere le cose migliori
Capovolgi la situazione, bruceremo le favole
Menzogne sotto le visioni e i sogni
Fregati ora, misteriamo il passato
Come un sogno, come se non fosse mai successo
Quando la vita inizia con ago e spilli
Finisce con spade e coltelli
Dio salvi quelli nati per morire
Literary translation to Portuguese — faithful to the author's feeling, not singable.
Um mundo acordando de inocência
Tão graves aqueles primeiros gritos
Quando a vida começa com agulhas e pinos
Acaba com espadas e facas
Oh, perigoso, oh, perigoso
Sua lâmina cabe como um luva
Quando forjado em aço
O tempo não cura
Aquela ligação vermelha de amor
Em tempos de dificuldade você é um livro aberto
Com a mudança na forma como você olha
E é triste amor não é suficiente para melhorar as coisas
Virem as mesas, queimaremos as fábulas
Mentiras sob as visões e sonhos
Enganados agora, mistificamos o passado
Como um sonho, como se nunca tivesse acontecido
Quando a vida começa com agulhas e pinos
Acaba com espadas e facas
Que Deus salve aqueles nascidos para morrer
From the album
The Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears · 1989 · Track 6
The story behind
Tears for Fears recorded Swords and Knives in 1989, within the album The Seeds of Love. The song comes from a disc that lasted more than forty minutes and cost a million pounds to produce. The sound is bigger than before, with touches of jazz, soul and pop. The song is called Swords and Knives, and sounds like something that gets into your head. It has a rhythm that gets going, and a lyric that talks about things that hurt. On Last.fm, people listen to it more than one hundred ninety thousand times, and more than fifty thousand have it on their list. It's a song that stays in memory, and can be played live.