Viva la Vida

[00:13.29] I used to rule the world

[00:17.30] Seas would rise when I gave the word

[00:20.07] Now in the morning I sleep alone

[00:23.83] Sweep the streets I used to own

[00:41.24] I used to roll the dice

[00:45.02] Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes

[00:48.30] Listened as the crowd would sing,

[00:51.82] "Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

[00:55.10] One minute I held the key

[00:58.88] Next the walls were closed on me

[01:01.67] And I discovered that my castles stand

[01:05.73] Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

[01:09.74] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[01:13.26] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[01:16.81] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[01:20.33] My missionaries in a foreign field

[01:23.88] For some reason I can't explain

[01:27.16] Once you'd gone there was never

[01:29.95] Never an honest word

[01:33.96] And that was when I ruled the world

[01:50.57] It was a wicked and wild wind

[01:54.33] Blew down the doors to let me in

[01:57.51] Shattered windows and the sound of drums

[02:01.58] People couldn't believe what I'd become

[02:04.86] Revolutionaries wait

[02:08.64] For my head on a silver plate

[02:11.16] Just a puppet on a lonely string

[02:15.48] Oh who would ever want to be king?

[02:19.31] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[02:22.83] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[02:26.35] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[02:29.87] My missionaries in a foreign field

[02:33.14] For some reason I can't explain

[02:36.66] I know St. Peter won't call my name

[02:39.95] Never an honest word

[02:43.24] But that was when I ruled the world

[02:59.42] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh [5x]

[03:15.34] Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

[03:18.63] Roman cavalry choirs are singing

[03:22.15] Be my mirror, my sword and shield

[03:25.43] My missionaries in a foreign field

[03:28.68] For some reason I can't explain

[03:32.20] I know St. Peter won't call my name

[03:35.70] Never an honest word

[03:38.99] But that was when I ruled the world