Lyrics Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Everybody Wants to Rule the World is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Originally released in 1985 as the third single from their second studio album, Songs from the Big Chair. The song was written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes, and produced by Hughes. The track is known for its upbeat tempo, but its lyrics discuss the desire for power and the complications that come with it. The song became one of the bands biggest h ... See more [+] 

 Welcome to your life
 There's no turning back
 Even while we sleep
 We will find you

Acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world

 It's my own design
 It's my own remorse
 Help me to decide
 Help me make the ...

... most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the ...

 There's a room where the light won't find you
 Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
 When they do I'll be right behind you

 So glad we've almost made it
 So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world




I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the ...
 Say that you'll never never never never need it
 One headline, why believe it
Everybody wants to rule the world

All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

 (let ring)

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