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Viva La Vida
Call It Kingdom Rule
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I used to rule the world,
seas would rise when I gave the word.
Now in the 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 new king is dead, long live the king."
One minute I held the key,
next the walls were closed on me,
when I discovered that my castles stand
on pillars of salt, and pillars of sand.
I hear Jerusalem bells ringing,
Roman cavalry choirs singing.
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield,
my missionaries in a foreign field.
For some reason I can't explain,
once you would go there was never,
never an honest word;
But that was when I ruled the world.
It was the wicked and the wild wind,
blew down the doors to let me in.
The 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 heard Jerusalem bells ringing,
Roman cavalry choirs singing.
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield,
my missionaries in a foreign field.
For some reason I can't explain,
I know Saint Peter won't call my name.
Never an honest word;
But that was when I ruled the world.
Woah-oh, Woah-oh, oh,
Woah-oh, Woah-oh, oh,
Woah-oh, Woah-oh, oh,
Woah-oh, Woah-oh, oh.
I hear Jerusalem bells ringing,
Roman cavalry choirs singing.
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield,
my missionaries in a foreign field.
For some reason I can't explain,
I know Saint Peter won't call my name.
Never an honest word;
But that was when I ruled the world.
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