What's the significance of this song?

Question

Why did the director use Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels as the music behind the slow-mo montage in Donnie Darko?

Answer 1

I think it just has to do with the scene itself more than the song. I think the song just provides a nice background touch to the mood of the scene.

Answer 2

I wanted to be with you alone

And talk about the weather

But traditions I can trace against the child in your face

Won't escape my attention

You keep your distance via the system of touch

And gentle persuasion

I'm lost in admiration could I need you this much

Oh you're wasting my time

You're just wasting time.

Something happens and I'm head over heels

I never find out until I'm head over heels

Something happens and I'm head over heels

Ah don't take my heart

Don't break my heart

Don't throw it away.

I made a fire and watching it burn

Thought of your future

With one foot in the past now just how long will it last

No no no have you no ambition

My mother and my brothers used to breathing clean air

And dreaming I'm a doctor

It's hard to be man when there's a gun in your hand

Oh I feel so...

Something happens and I'm head over heels.

I never find out until I'm head over heels

Something happens and I'm head over heels

Ah don't take my heart

Don't break my heart

Don't throw it away.

And it's my four leaf clover

I'm on the line, one open mind

This is my four leaf clover.

the song is about the illusion of love that comes from someone that one ABSOLUTLY FALLS for.

"you keep your distance via the system of touch"

shes a physical kinda girl, but that leave much to be desired on the emotional level.