[INTRO: warm, instructional, too pleasant] Hey, look Everything's fine It's all being handled By the people who say it's fine [VERSE 1: smiling explanation voice] They tell you the world is a delicate system A careful arrangement, a grown-up religion A handshake, a podium, cameras aligned A promise delivered in headlines on time They call it "security," call it "a plan" Call it "stability," call it "helping them" If you feel a knot in your throat when they speak That's just your conscience needing sleep [PRE-CHORUS: lift, polished] Because the map is a story, the story is law And law is a lever you never quite saw So breathe and applaud and don't look too long At who gets erased when the brand moves on [CHORUS: bright, Tears-for-Fears-style hook] Everybody wants to rule the world So they rename the pain and call it "a cure" Everybody wants to look like they tried So they bury the cost where the cameras don't find "Peaceful development," clean and approved A future you're told you should want to include If the rubble still smolders, if the children still cry Lower the volume, widen the smile [VERSE 2: sharper, real-world-coded] They build a committee, they stage the release They trademark the word "peace" and invoice the grief Billions pledged, and the speeches are neat But the ground keeps breaking under people's feet They say "reconstruction," they say "new horizons" They say "not political," like that makes it honest They say "over," they say "solved," they say "done" While strikes still land and the truce comes undone [PRE-CHORUS 2: cold clarity] And you can always spot a lie by its grammar It never has subjects, it only has banners No one decides, it just "happens" somehow And "somehow" is where the powerful bow [CHORUS: same hook, more bite] Everybody wants to rule the world So they call it "order" while the moral floor curls Everybody wants to keep their hands clean So they outsource the harm to the in-between "Peaceful development," polished and bland A photo op planted in stolen sand If the story feels sick but the tone feels kind That's how they keep you beautifully blind [BRIDGE: Sorkin-level seething, precise, no shouting] Let's say this plain, since plain is illegal now If a plan requires silence, it isn't peace If "security" requires hunger, it isn't safety If "development" requires disappearance, it's not progress It's laundering And if you're told the choice is "agree" or "be extreme" That's not moderation That's compliance with better lighting [BREAKDOWN: minimal instruments, almost spoken-sung] You don't have to love him to know what he's doing You don't have to hate them to name what they're choosing It's not "both sides," it's not "too complex" It's the oldest trick: make cruelty sound like context [FINAL CHORUS: huge, euphoric music, brutal lyrics] Everybody wants to rule the world So they sell you the lie that the suffering's "cured" Everybody wants to stand by the flag And call it compassion while holding the bag "Peaceful development," say it again Until the word means nothing, until it won't offend If the truth won't fit in the approved reply They'll call you the problem, then move the line [OUTRO: sweet melody, last line lands like a verdict] Smile for the cameras Sign on the dotted line Peaceful development Works great From far behind
