[Verse 1]
Well, we start it off with hearts aloft
No bereavement and no grievances
Adam and Eve with no diseases yet
Our principles start fading while we're waiting
We're compromised and tainted
'Til we become the things we hated

[Chorus]
The world is run by evil people
The world is full of evil people
Pleased with being deceitful
The world is run by evil people
The world will make us evil people
Beliefs are weak and feeble

[Verse 2]
There are monsters, I have seen them
Creeping in the evening
Feasting on the dreams that we believe in
There are demons, I have seen them
Skin-deep in my cerebrum
Believing, when I'm weak, I might just feed them

[Bridge]
Our habits and our rituals aren't half as stacked as kismet's call
Our habits and our rituals are myths in mystics' crystal balls
[Chorus]
The world is run by evil people
The world is full of evil people
Fearful of upheaval
The world is run by evil people
The world will make us evil people
Monkey see, monkey do

[Verse 3]
They are looking at us hungrily
They know misery loves company
Bloodcurdling, yet comforting
Once they get you, they'll come for me

[Chorus]
The world is run by evil people
The world is full of evil people
If you leave, I'll be through
The world is run by evil people
The world will make us evil people
Please don't leave, I need you