Oh, yeah!
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!

Oh, oh, oh!
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 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!
Uh, oh, oh, oh!
Hey!

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!
Oh, oh, oh!

All for freedom and for pleasure,
Nothing ever lasts forever,
Everybody wants to rule the world!
Oh, oh!

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Writer(s): Christopher Merrick Hughes, Ian Stanley, Roland Orzabal