Mad World
*Donnie Darko Soundtrack Lyrics

All around me are familiar faces
I am surrounded by people I see every day, but they are all the same, no different from one another.

Worn out places, worn out faces
The places where people go and the people themselves are all tired, worn out, and lacking vitality.

Bright and early for the daily races
The people wake up early every day to start their work, but what they do seems meaningless and futile in the end.

Going nowhere, going nowhere
No matter how hard these people work, they are ultimately going nowhere in life.

Their tears are filling up their glasses
The people are so unhappy that they cry and their tears fill up their glasses, showing just how much sadness they are carrying around.

No expression, no expression
Despite how they feel, the people's faces remain stoic and expressionless.

Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrows
I want to escape from reality, to forget about my problems and drown my sorrows in something else.

No tomorrow, no tomorrow
I am so consumed by my sadness that I cannot even think about the future, about what lies ahead.

And I find it kind of funny
It's almost ironic that, in the midst of all this sadness, I can still find something funny about it all.

I find it kind of sad
On the other hand, it's also sad that I have to find something humorous in such a bleak situation.

The dreams in which I'm dying
Even my dreams are not an escape from this sadness; they are filled with death and despair.

Are the best I've ever had
However, these dreams are still the most fulfilling moments of my life, because they are free from the pain of reality.

I find it hard to tell you
It's difficult to open up about my feelings, to express them in a way that others can understand.

I find it hard to take
Similarly, it's hard for me to accept that this is the reality I must live in and that things might not get better.

When people run in circles
Everyone around me seems to be moving in circles, doing the same things every day and getting nowhere.

It's a very, very mad world, mad world
All of this combined makes for a world that is utterly insane and nonsensical.

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Even young children are not immune to this overwhelming sadness and are waiting for a time when they will feel happy and fulfilled.

Happy birthday, happy birthday
Birthdays, typically a time of celebration, feel hollow and empty when everyone is consumed by sadness.

And they feel the way that every child should
These children want to feel the pure joy and happiness that is typically associated with childhood.

Sit and listen, sit and listen
But instead, they are forced to sit and listen to the seemingly endless cycle of sadness that surrounds them.

Went to school and I was very nervous
I myself am not immune to this sadness, and even something as simple as going to school makes me feel incredibly anxious.

No one knew me, no one knew me
I feel truly alone in this world, like no one has taken the time to get to know me and understand what I am going through.

Hello, teacher tell me what's my lesson
Even in school, where I am supposed to be learning important life lessons, I feel lost and confused about what my purpose is.

Look right through me, look right through me
Despite my struggles, it seems like no one else even notices or cares about what I am going through, as they simply look right through me.

Enlargen your world
The song is urging us to broaden our perspectives and understanding of the world, to look beyond the narrow lens of our daily lives and see the bigger picture.

Mad world
Ultimately, the song's message is that our world is full of sadness and despair, and that this can be overwhelming and difficult to come to terms with.