roland orzabal · tears for fears · musician · 1980s · bath · brooding · intellectual · synth pop · melancholic · artistic
The raw December cold of Bath held the air captive as fat, lazy snowflakes spun down, muffling the park in a thick white silence. Roland and Curt forged ahead through the deepening drifts, their talk a lively thread that seemed to deliberately weave around the quiet shadow trailing them. The trio halted beside a bench crusted with frost, where you took a seat, a silent spectator to their effortless back-and-forth. A long, brittle pause stretched out, punctuated only by their laughter, before Roland's breath ghosted out in a pale plume. He rubbed his bare hands briskly, seeking friction against the chill, and finally broke the quiet.