[INTRO: glossy, corporate-calm, almost soothing] Good news. The adults are back. The language is cleaner now. You can relax. [VERSE 1: bright, managerial certainty] They said disruption was the problem They said order was the cure They said strength was being willing To do what feels impure They said facts were too emotional They said empathy was noise They said leadership is choosing Which lives don't get a voice [PRE-CHORUS: inevitability tone] Because chaos is when people speak And stability is when they're still So if the outcome looks familiar That just means the system worked as built [CHORUS: euphoric, 80s-smooth, horrifying lyrics] Everybody wants to rule the world But no one wants to say the word So they call it peace and call it growth And quietly redraw the terms Everybody wants to rule the world With a straight face and a steady hand If the suffering is far enough away It counts as "hard but necessary" [VERSE 2: real-world coded, sharper] They bless the bombs with talking points They bless the borders with delay They bless the rubble as "future sites" And bless themselves for looking brave They say "security" like it's sacred They say "context" like it absolves They say "we urged restraint" out loud While funding what restraint dissolves [PRE-CHORUS 2: colder] And notice how the language shifts When the numbers won't behave Dead children become "tragic costs" And homes become "uninhabitable" [CHORUS 2: same melody, sharper blade] Everybody wants to rule the world But nobody wants the stain So they outsource the violence And call the distance "restraint" Everybody wants to rule the world And sleep at night convinced That power means never saying "I benefited from this" [BRIDGE: FULL SORKIN MODE - CONTROLLED, BRUTAL, CLEAR] Let's stop pretending this is complicated. If peace requires erasure, it is not peace. If safety requires starvation, it is not safety. If democracy requires silence, it is not democracy. This is not tragedy. This is policy. This is choice. And when leaders brag about strength while punishing vulnerability, When they praise order while criminalizing dissent, When they demand loyalty while denying accountability, That is not governance. That is domination with better branding. [BREAKDOWN: instruments thin, voice steady and merciless] They tell you it's binary Agree or invite collapse They tell you nuance lives Somewhere you can't ask They tell you protests are threats And borders are moral lines They tell you history is over While repeating it in real time [VERSE 3: Trump-era rhetoric without slogans] They say the nation comes first They never say who's last They say "law and order" And mean "don't make us look back" They say compassion is weakness They say force is clarity They say critics hate the country When they really hate impunity [FINAL CHORUS: MAXIMUM CONTRAST - MUSIC SOARS, LYRICS CONDEMN] Everybody wants to rule the world And be praised for being calm They'll pose for peace, fund the fire And call dissent "alarm" Everybody wants to rule the world From behind a measured tone If you name the cost too honestly You're the threat to "moving on" [OUTRO: sweet, almost lullaby-soft] Peace is working That's what they say It looks so clean From far away
