Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World Lyrics

Tears For Fears Lyrics

"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"

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

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Thanks to Malcolm G Webley, Jen, Luigi, william baird, kincaidia for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes

"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" is the third single from Tears For Fears' second studio album "Songs From The Big Chair". The song was premiered on February 25, 1985.

Along with "Shout", it is one of the band's signature songs. The song topped charts in several countries, including Canada and the United States.

album: "Songs From The Big Chair" (1985)

Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair album cover

Shout

The Working Hour

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

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"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" lyrics

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