VIVA LA VIDA (COLD PLAY)

Seas would rise when I gave

Now in the morning I sweep alone

Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice

Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes

Listen 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

Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

Roman Calvary choirs are singing

They are my mirror, my sword and shield

My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can not explain

Once you know that there was never an honest word

That was when I ruled the world

It was crazy and wild wind

Blew down the doors to let me

Broken windows and the sound of drums

People could not believe what I became

Revolutionaries wait

My head on a silver platter

Just a puppet on a lonely string

Oh Who would want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

Roman Calvary choirs are singing

They are my mirror, my sword and shield

My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can not explain

I know Saint Peter will call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

Roman Calvary choirs are singing

They are my mirror, my sword and shield

My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can not explain

I know Saint Peter will call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world