Everybody Wants To Rule the World (Extended Version) - Tears for Fears

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 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

Welcome to your life There's no turning back Even while you sleep We will find you Acting on your best behavior (best behavior) Turn your back on mother nature Everybody wants to rule the world It's my own desire It's my own remorse Help me to decide Help me make the most of freedom and fof pleasure Nothing here ever lasts forever Everybody wants to rule the world Yeah, there is a room There's a room where the light won't find you (The light won't find you) Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down (While you're holding your hands) When they do, I'll be right there behind you (Take the walls down, sure) When they do, I'll be right there behind you (Ay, goin' through, oh, yeah) There's a room where the light won't find you (Where the light won't find you) Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down (Everybody close to me, yeah) When they do, I'll be right there behind you

My features form with a change in the weather We can, we can work it out My features form with a change in the weather We can, we can work it out When the wind blows, when the mothers talk When the wind blows When the wind blows, when the mothers talk When the wind blows, we can work it out It's not that you're not good enough It's just that we can make you better Given that you pay the price We can keep you young and tender Following the footsteps of a funeral pyre You were paid not to listen, now your house is on fire Wake me up when things get started When everything starts to happen My features form with a change in the weather We can, we can work it out My features form with a change in the weather We can, we can work it out When the wind blows, when the mothers talk When the wind blows When the wind blows, when the mothers talk When the wind blows, we can, only we can work it out Some of us are horrified, others never talk about it But when the weather starts to burn Then you'll know that you're in trouble Following the footsteps of a soldier girl It is time to put your clothes on and to face the world Don't you feel your luck is changing? When everything starts to happen Put your head right next to my heart The beat of the drum is the fear of the dark My features form with a change in the weather We can, we can work it out My features form with a change in the weather We can, we can work it out When the wind blows, when the mothers talk When the wind blows When the wind blows, when the mothers talk When the wind blows, we can, only we can work it out

This race is already run Get off your horse Get on this train Hey-ah... Hey-ah... Oh... Welcome to the real world I said, Welcome to the real world Are we rushing like the wind Naked out and naked in Welcome to the free world I said, Welcome to the me world Are we rushing like the wind Put your lovin' arms around Did you lose your faith in God, no? Does your conscience always get you down? Fall to pieces, rough and tumble Does your conscience always get you down? These days it's all in the mind It's elemental Don't say you're up when you're down It's elemental Put your lovin' arms around This your new year's resolution Put your lovin' arms around Nothing doing revolution Put your lovin' arms around Take another leap in the dark With a humble heart Do yourself some good What did you become? Patience, be sure Baby... Baby... These days it's all in the mind It's elemental Don't say you're up when you're down It's elemental

Last years rivals share their blood Sailor sworn to secrecy Ride the waves and stem the flood The tides of endless enmity Power now is all the rage Sons and daughters of the gun Hungry babies come of age Phasers switched and set to stun Power now, power how, power wow! Here's power If you're seeking power ... Doctor held you tight and torn Boy he was a lucky man Out of you the future born Slight of foot and sight of hand Douse the candle, dim the light Focus not on fire or flame Don't believe that might is right Your soul can turn you just the same Power now, power how, power wow! If you're seeking power - here's power Power now, power how, power wow! If you're seeking power - here's power If you take my breath away The whole damn thing will turn and return Redefined, rearranged, rearranged And till my dying the day I guess I'll have to burn just to learn This the time, this the place To show a human face Dressed to kill we guessed you might Friend or foe or family We'll sacrifice the Virgin white Her death will be the life of me Power now is all the rage Don't excuse it use it well Keep the lion in his cage Free from hunger, free from hell Power now, power how, power wow! If you're seeking power - here's power