a sensible move." Tim Palmer recalled, Palmer enjoyed a good working relationship with Orzabal during the recording sessions for Elemental, recalling, "Roland is very into star signs. Before we started working on the record, he mapped out a composite start chart of us both, and he read it and said that he thought we would get along very well together, which we did." Songs Curt Smith's departure from Tears for Fears influenced Roland Orzabal's songwriting for the new album; Orzabal stated that "a lot of the songs were written while I was in a sense going through the 'divorce'... Things like "Break It Down Again" refer to that to some degree, and "Fish Out of Water", obviously. I did psychotherapy for about six years. I stopped going regularly when I'd finished [the song] "Elemental", which I think probably says something. I think I'm moving on." The first single from Elemental, "Break It Down Again," was a relatively successful release, making both the UK and US top 25 singles charts. When Curt Smith (who rejoined Tears for Fears in 2000) was asked in 2022 what his favorite "Curt Smith-less Tears for Fears songs" are, Smith answered, "I have come to really like “Break It Down Again.” We play that song nowadays and I enjoy playing it." "Cold" was the second single from Elemental to be released in the UK, but was not released in the US. According to Orzabal in the Elemental EPK, the song was inspired by an encounter with a German photographer who was trying to take pictures of him while he was on-stage. The photographer tried to get Orzabal's attention but he was not in the mood for photos and kept turning his face away. He eventually received a note from the photographer asking "How can someone who makes such warm music to be so cold?" The first two verses of the song describes this event . The song's lyrics, written by Orzabal, contain also references to prior associates of Tears For Fears such as the line "Listened to my old friend Nockles, hoped that it would warm the cockles". "Nockles" is the nickname of former Tears for Fears keyboardist Nicky Holland, Orzabal's songwriting partner for much of the band's previous album, The Seeds of Love. Orzabal also takes a swipe at former Tears for Fears business manager Paul King with the lyric "King got caught with his