Viva la Vida
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โฑ๏ธ 4:05 duration
๐ ID: 4600584
๐ Lyrics
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now every 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
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 stand
Upon pillars of sand
Pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, and my sword and my shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you'd gone there was never
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
It was the 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, and my sword and my shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St. Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, and my sword and my shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St. Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now every 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
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 stand
Upon pillars of sand
Pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, and my sword and my shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you'd gone there was never
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
It was the 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, and my sword and my shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St. Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, and my sword and my shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St. Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:19.38] I used to rule the world
[00:22.35] Seas would rise when I gave the word
[00:25.35] Now every morning I sleep alone
[00:29.37] Sweep the streets I used to own
[00:46.52] I used to roll the dice
[00:49.51] Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
[00:53.51] Listen as the crowd would sing
[00:57.54] 'Now the old king is dead
[00:58.56] Long live the king'
[00:59.52] One minute I held the key
[01:06.52] Next the walls were closed on me
[01:09.53] And I discovered that my castles stand
[01:10.51] Upon pillars of sand
[01:12.77] Pillars of sand
[01:14.72] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
[01:18.73] Roman cavalry choirs are singing
[01:20.73] Be my mirror, and my sword and my shield
[01:24.78] My missionaries in a foreign field
[01:28.75] For some reason I can't explain
[01:31.79] Once you'd gone there was never
[01:34.94] Never an honest word
[01:37.99] But that was when I ruled the world
[01:54.97] It was the wicked and wild wind
[01:59.98] Blew down the doors to let me in
[02:01.98] Shattered windows and the sound of drums
[02:06.90] People couldn't believe what I'd become
[02:08.93] Revolutionaries wait
[02:10.98] For my head on a silver plate
[02:15.16] Just a puppet on a lonely string
[02:19.16] Oh, who would ever want to be king?
[02:23.11] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
[02:28.14] Roman cavalry choirs are singing
[02:30.12] Be my mirror, and my sword and my shield
[02:34.18] My missionaries in a foreign field
[02:37.11] For some reason I can't explain
[02:40.15] I know St. Peter will call my name
[02:43.19] Never an honest word
[02:47.13] But that was when I ruled the world
[02:49.19] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
[03:21.15] Roman cavalry choirs are singing
[03:25.16] Be my mirror, and my sword and my shield
[03:28.11] My missionaries in a foreign field
[03:35.38] For some reason I can't explain
[03:36.37] I know St. Peter will call my name
[03:44.39] Never an honest word
[03:45.31] But that was when I ruled the world
[03:48.30]
[00:22.35] Seas would rise when I gave the word
[00:25.35] Now every morning I sleep alone
[00:29.37] Sweep the streets I used to own
[00:46.52] I used to roll the dice
[00:49.51] Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
[00:53.51] Listen as the crowd would sing
[00:57.54] 'Now the old king is dead
[00:58.56] Long live the king'
[00:59.52] One minute I held the key
[01:06.52] Next the walls were closed on me
[01:09.53] And I discovered that my castles stand
[01:10.51] Upon pillars of sand
[01:12.77] Pillars of sand
[01:14.72] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
[01:18.73] Roman cavalry choirs are singing
[01:20.73] Be my mirror, and my sword and my shield
[01:24.78] My missionaries in a foreign field
[01:28.75] For some reason I can't explain
[01:31.79] Once you'd gone there was never
[01:34.94] Never an honest word
[01:37.99] But that was when I ruled the world
[01:54.97] It was the wicked and wild wind
[01:59.98] Blew down the doors to let me in
[02:01.98] Shattered windows and the sound of drums
[02:06.90] People couldn't believe what I'd become
[02:08.93] Revolutionaries wait
[02:10.98] For my head on a silver plate
[02:15.16] Just a puppet on a lonely string
[02:19.16] Oh, who would ever want to be king?
[02:23.11] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
[02:28.14] Roman cavalry choirs are singing
[02:30.12] Be my mirror, and my sword and my shield
[02:34.18] My missionaries in a foreign field
[02:37.11] For some reason I can't explain
[02:40.15] I know St. Peter will call my name
[02:43.19] Never an honest word
[02:47.13] But that was when I ruled the world
[02:49.19] I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
[03:21.15] Roman cavalry choirs are singing
[03:25.16] Be my mirror, and my sword and my shield
[03:28.11] My missionaries in a foreign field
[03:35.38] For some reason I can't explain
[03:36.37] I know St. Peter will call my name
[03:44.39] Never an honest word
[03:45.31] But that was when I ruled the world
[03:48.30]