[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