[ti:Viva la Vida (Radio Edit)] [ar:Coldplay] [al:Now But that's What I Call a No. 1 (Deluxe Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Viva la Vida (Radio Edit) - Coldplay (酷玩乐队) [00:06.61]Written by:Christopher Anthony John Martin/Guy Rupert Berryman/William Champion/Jonathan Mark Buckland [00:13.22]I used to rule the world [00:16.87]Seas would rise when I gave the word [00:19.59]Now in the morning I sleep alone [00:23.79]Sweep the streets I used to own [00:40.88]I used to roll the dice [00:44.64]Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes [00:47.67]Listen as the crowd would sing [00:51.83]Now the old king is dead [00:53.52]Long live the king [00:54.73]One minute I held the key [00:58.58]Next the walls were closed on me [01:01.26]And I discovered that my castles stand [01:05.61]Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand [01:09.36]I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing [01:13.01]Roman Cavalry choirs are singing [01:16.43]Be my mirror my sword and shield [01:19.91]My missionaries in a foreign field [01:23.42]For some reason I can't explain [01:26.86]Once you go there was never [01:29.75]Never an honest word [01:33.48]But that was when I ruled the world [01:50.04]It was the wicked and wild wind [01:54.03]Blew down the doors to let me in [01:56.79]Shattered windows and the sound of drums [02:01.19]People couldn't believe what I'd become [02:04.41]Revolutionaries wait [02:08.23]For my head on a silver plate [02:11.13]Just a puppet on a lonely string [02:15.23]Oh who would ever want to be king [02:18.99]I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing [02:22.55]Roman Cavalry choirs are singing [02:25.99]Be my mirror my sword and shield [02:29.44]My missionaries in a foreign field [02:32.95]For some reason I can't explain [02:36.21]I know Saint Peter won't call my name [02:39.49]Never an honest word [02:42.87]But that was when I ruled the world [02:59.62]Oh oh oh oh oh oh [03:02.87]Oh oh oh oh oh oh [03:06.23]Oh oh oh oh oh oh [03:09.77]Oh oh oh oh oh oh [03:13.36]Oh oh oh oh oh [03:14.71]Hear Jerusalem bells are ringing [03:18.08]Roman Cavalry choirs are singing [03:21.60]Be my mirror my sword and shield [03:25.00]My missionaries in a foreign field [03:28.61]For some reason I can't explain [03:31.86]I know Saint Peter won't call my name [03:35.11]Never an honest word [03:38.42]But that was when I ruled the world