Album on Famous Last Words: The Collection
Track 26 on Famous Last Words: The Collection
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Welcome to your life
There’s no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you
[Chorus]
Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
[Verse 2]
It’s my own design
It’s my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the
[Chorus]
Most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
[Bridge]
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
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[Chorus]
So glad we’ve almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the…
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world