We are the world and the world is us The war's a genocide, we can't get enough Through TV eyes we watch unfazed The mayhem and the carnage that rule our days All the pain and all the gain All the pain and all the gain What a life, what is life Everybody wants to be a media star We never really know just who we are Fueled by goons from thriller graves We are media weaned and insatiable slaves All the pain and all the gain All the pain and all the gain What a life, what is life Stop the world, I wanna get off Of this crazy roundabout, I've just had enough Selfies, Braille, please fill your screen Post it to your Facebook dream Arthritic fingers at 32 The internet's a prison, it's controlling me and you All the pain and all the gain All the pain and all the gain What a life, what is life Such is life, what life