Viva La Vida

[00:12.79] I used to rule the world

[00:16.25] Seas would rise when I gave the word

[00:19.17] Now in the morning I sleep alone

[00:23.16] Sweep the streets I used to own

[00:40.69] I used to roll the dice

[00:44.14] Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes

[00:47.33] Listened as the crowd would sing

[00:50.82] Now the old king is dead long live the king

[00:54.28] One minute I held the key

[00:58.27] Next the walls were closed on me

[01:01.19] And I discovered that my castles stand

[01:05.18] Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

[01:08.63] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[01:12.11] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[01:16.10] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[01:19.55] Missionaries in a foreign field

[01:22.73] For some reason I can’t explain

[01:26.45] Once you’d gone there was never

[01:29.11] Never an honest word

[01:32.89] And that was when I ruled the world

[01:49.89] It was a wicked and wild wind

[01:53.36] Blew down the doors to let me in

[01:56.55] Shattered windows and the sound of drums

[02:00.53] People couldn’t believe what I’d become

[02:04.26] Revolutionaries wait

[02:07.45] For my head on a silver plate

[02:10.65] Just a puppet on a lonely string

[02:14.37] Oh who would ever want to be king?

[02:18.89] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[02:22.09] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[02:25.56] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[02:29.03] My missionaries in a foreign field

[02:32.23] For some reason I can’t explain

[02:35.96] I know St Peter won’t call my name

[02:38.88] Never an honest word

[02:42.59] But that was when I ruled the world

[03:14.79] Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[03:17.72] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[03:21.45] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[03:24.64] My missionaries in a foreign field

[03:27.83] For some reason I can’t explain

[03:31.56] I know St Peter won’t call my name

[03:35.01] Never an honest word

[03:38.20] But that was when I ruled the world