Everybody Wants to Rule the World

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Album track by Weezer
Album	Weezer (The Teal Album)
Released	January 24, 2019
Format	Digital
Length	4:04
Writer(s)	Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley & Chris Hughes
Producer(s)	Patrick Wilson
Status	Officially released
Weezer (The Teal Album) track listing
"Africa" (1) "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (2) "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (3)

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is the second track on "Weezer (The Teal Album)". It was originally written by the British pop punk band Tears for Fears and released in 1985.

Overview

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was originally written and recorded in 1984 for Tears for Fears' second studio album, Songs from the Big Chair. It became successful as a single in March 1985, and in 2018 was picked from more than two hundred hit songs to be recorded for The Teal Album.

Personnel

• Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
• Patrick Wilson – percussion, producer
• Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Scott Shriner – bass guitar, vocals

Lyrics

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-

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

See also

• List of Weezer cover songs