About The Song
“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album “Songs from the Big Chair” released in 1985. The song was written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes and produced by Hughes. The song was a commercial success, reaching the top of the charts in multiple countries including the United States, Canada, and Australia.
The song’s lyrics describe the desire for power and control and center on themes of corruption. In the chorus, the band sings, “Everybody wants to rule the world,” suggesting the desire for control over others is a common human trait. The deeply introspective verses speak of living with the consequences of these desires. The official music video for the song, which features the band performing in a desolate, dystopian landscape, further enhances the song’s mood. Overall, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” remains a classic anthem about power, control, and the human condition.
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Lyrics
Welcome to your life
There’s no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you
Acting on your best behaviour
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 world
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 world
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