[00:00.108]Viva La Vida (-Dirty Heads [00:01.472]Written by :Christopher Anthony John Martin/Guy Berryman/Jonathan Buckland/William Champion/Stan Frazier/Steve Fox/Lewis Richards [00:05.622]I used to rule the world [00:08.987]Seas would rise when I gave the word [00:11.278]Now in the morning I sleep alone [00:15.86]Sweep the streets I used to own [00:17.721]I used to roll the dice [00:21.319]Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes [00:23.997]Listen as the crowd would sing [00:27.244]Now the old king is dead long live the king [00:30.27]One minute I held the key [00:33.470]Next the walls were closed on me [00:35.802]And I discovered that my castles stand [00:39.535]Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand [00:42.900]I hear jerusalem bells a ringing [00:46.246]Roman calvary choirs are singing [00:49.192]Be my mirror my sword and shield [00:52.448]My missionaries in a foreign field [00:55.439]For some reason I can't explain [00:58.401]Once you go there was never [01:00.628]Never an honest word [01:04.297]And that was when I ruled the world [01:08.474]It was the wicked and wild wind [01:12.08]Blew down the doors to let me in [01:14.442]Shattered windows and the sound of drums [01:18.55]People couldn't believe what I'd become [01:20.856]Revolutionaries wait [01:24.230]For my head on a silver plate [01:26.559]Just a puppet on a lonely string [01:30.319]Oh who would ever want to be king [01:33.712]I hear jerusalem bells a ringing [01:36.581]Roman calvary choirs are singing [01:39.943]Be my mirror my sword and shield [01:43.34]Missionaries in a foreign field [01:46.200]For some reason I can't explain [01:49.114]I know saint peter won't call my name [01:51.621]Never an honest word [01:54.729]But that was when I ruled the world