Viva la vida

[00:12.53] I used to rule the world

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

[00:19.16] Now in the morning I sleep alone

[00:23.15] Sweep the streets I used to own

[00:40.15] I used to roll the dice

[00:44.13] Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes

[00:47.32] Listened as the crowd would sing,

[00:51.30] "Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

[00:54.50] One minute I held the key

[00:57.96] Next the walls were closed on me

[01:00.87] And I discovered that my castles stand

[01:05.12] Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

[01:09.10] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[01:12.55] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[01:16.01] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[01:19.46] My missionaries in a foreign field

[01:22.92] For some reason I can't explain

[01:26.37] Once you'd gone there was never

[01:30.62] Never an honest word

[01:33.01] And that was when I ruled the world

[01:49.74] It was a wicked and wild wind

[01:53.73] Blew down the doors to let me in

[01:56.38] Shattered windows and the sound of drums

[01:59.84] People couldn't believe what I'd become

[02:04.09] Revolutionaries wait

[02:07.81] For my head on a silver plate

[02:10.46] Just a puppet on a lonely string

[02:14.71] Oh who would ever want to be king?

[02:18.45] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[02:22.16] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[02:25.62] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[02:29.07] My missionaries in a foreign field

[02:32.79] For some reason I can't explain

[02:35.98] I know St. Peter won't call my name

[02:39.17] Never an honest word

[02:42.62] But that was when I ruled the world

[02:59.09] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh [5x]

[03:14.76] Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[03:17.94] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[03:21.41] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[03:24.85] My missionaries in a foreign field

[03:28.30] For some reason I can't explain

[03:31.76] I know St. Peter won't call my name

[03:34.94] Never an honest word

[03:38.66] But that was when I ruled the world