Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We 1 find you acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on Mother 2
Everybody wants to rule the world

It's my own design
It's my own 3
Help me to decide
Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing 4 lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

There's a room where the light won't 5 you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right 6 you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody 7 to rule the world

I can't stand this indecision
Married 8 a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world

Say 9 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