Everybody Wants To Rule The World – English Lyrics

• By: Tears For Fears
• Album: Songs From The Big Chair

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of 1980s New Wave with this classic! By listening to 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World,' you can master conversational English idioms and learn how to express complex socio-political ideas through poetic, melodic lyrics.

[English]

[music]

[music]

[music]

>> Welcome to your [music] life.

There's no turning back.

>> [music]

>> Even while we sleep

we will [singing and music] find you

acting on your best behavior.

Turn your

back on

Mother Nature.

>> [music]

>> Everybody

wants to

rule the

world.

>> [music]

[music]

>> It's my own design.

It's my own remorse.

Help me to decide.

Help me make the most

of freedom

>> [music]

>> and

of pleasure.

Nothing

ever lasts forever.

>> [music]

>> Everybody wants to

rule the

There's a room

where the light

won't find

>> [music]

>> you. Forty

hours while the walls

come

>> [singing]

>> tumbling

down.

When they do,

I'll be right behind [music]

you.

So glad we've almost

>> [music]

>> made [singing] it.

So sad

it had

to fade it.

Everybody

wants to

>> [music]

>> rule the

I can't stand this

indecision.

Halting

with a

lack of

>> [music]

>> vision. Everybody

wants to

Say you'll [music] never, never, never,

never need it.

One headline, why

>> [music]

>> believe it?

Everybody

>> [singing]

>> wants to rule the

Of freedom [music and singing]

and of

pleasure.

Nothing

>> [music and singing]

>> ever lasts

forever.

Everybody

wants to

>> [music]

[music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
turning /ˈtɜːrnɪŋ/ B1	verb - to move in a circular direction
behavior /bɪˈheɪvjər/ B1	noun - the way a person or animal acts
nature /ˈneɪtʃər/ A2	noun - the natural world
rule /ruːl/ A2	verb - to exercise ultimate power or authority over an area and its people
design /dɪˈzaɪn/ B1	noun - a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment or other object.
remorse /rɪˈmɔːrs/ C1	noun - deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
freedom /ˈfriːdəm/ A2	noun - the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance
pleasure /ˈpleʒər/ A2	noun - a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment
forever /fəˈrevər/ A2	adverb - for all time; eternally
tumbling /ˈtʌmblɪŋ/ B1	verb - to fall or move awkwardly
fade /feɪd/ A2	verb - to gradually become less visible or audible
indecision /ˌɪndɪˈsɪʒən/ B2	noun - the state of being unable to make a decision
halting /ˈhɔːltɪŋ/ B1	adjective - hesitant or slow
vision /ˈvɪʒən/ B1	noun - the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom
headline /ˈhedlaɪn/ B1	noun - a heading at the top of a news article