Viva La Vida

[00:12.49] I used to rule the world

[00:16.75] Seas would rise when I gave the word

[00:19.14] Now in the morning I sleep alone

[00:23.47] Sweep the streets I used to own

[00:40.47] I used to roll the dice

[00:44.46] Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes

[00:47.63] Listened as the crowd would sing,

[00:51.62] "Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

[00:54.28] One minute I held the key

[00:58.28] Next the walls were closed on me

[01:00.93] And I discovered that my castles stand

[01:05.46] Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

[01:09.18] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[01:12.91] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[01:16.37] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[01:19.84] My missionaries in a foreign field

[01:23.28] For some reason I can't explain

[01:26.73] Once you'd gone there was never

[01:29.66] Never an honest word

[01:33.38] And that was when I ruled the world

[01:49.57] It was a wicked and wild wind

[01:53.82] Blew down the doors to let me in

[01:56.54] Shattered windows and the sound of drums

[02:01.07] People couldn't believe what I'd become

[02:04.03] Revolutionaries wait

[02:08.06] For my head on a silver plate

[02:10.71] Just a puppet on a lonely string

[02:15.23] Oh who would ever want to be king?

[02:18.95] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[02:22.67] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[02:26.12] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[02:29.58] My missionaries in a foreign field

[02:33.03] For some reason I can't explain

[02:36.21] I know St. Peter won't call my name

[02:39.14] Never an honest word

[02:42.86] But that was when I ruled the world

[02:59.06] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

[03:14.74] Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[03:18.19] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[03:21.63] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[03:25.10] My missionaries in a foreign field

[03:28.54] For some reason I can't explain

[03:32.00] I know St. Peter won't call my name

[03:35.18] Never an honest word

[03:38.63] But that was when I ruled the world