Coldplay - Viva La Vida (Official Video)

I used to rule the world


Seas would rise when I gave the word

Now in the morning I sleep alone


Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice


Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes

Listened as the crowd would sing


Now the old king is dead long live the king

One minute I held the key


Next the walls were closed on me

And I discovered that my castles stand


Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing


Roman cavalry choirs are singing

Be my mirror, my sword and shield


Missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can’t explain


Once you’d gone there was never

Never an honest word


And that was when I ruled the world

It was a wicked and wild wind


Blew down the doors to let me in

Shattered windows and the sound of drums


People couldn’t believe what I’d become

Revolutionaries wait


For my head on a silver plate

Just a puppet on a lonely string


Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing


Roman cavalry choirs are singing

Be my mirror, my sword and shield


My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can’t explain


I know St Peter won’t call my name

Never an honest word


But that was when I ruled the world

Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing


Roman cavalry choirs are singing

Be my mirror, my sword and shield


My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can’t explain


I know St Peter won’t call my name

Never an honest word


But that was when I ruled the world