COLDPLAY - VIVA LA VIDA

VIVA LA VIDA

COLDPLAY

SONGWRITERS: WILL CHAMPION; CHRIS MARTIN; GUY BERRYMEN AND JONNY BUCLAND

PRODUCER: COLDPLAY, BRIAN ENO, MARKUS DRAVS, RIK SIMPSON

COUNTRY: UK

ALBUM: VIVA LA VIDA

LABEL: EMI

GENRE: POP BAROQUE

YEAR: 2008

"Viva la Vida" (pronúncia em espanhol: ['biβa la 'βiða]) é uma canção da banda inglesa de rock alternativo Coldplay. Foi escrita por todos os membros da banda para seu quarto álbum, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends de 2008. No álbum, a letra da canção segue diretamente para a próxima faixa do álbum, "Violet Hill". Viva la Vida significa "Tenha uma longa vida" em espanhol.

A letra da canção contém referências históricas e religiosas, e a faixa é construída em torno de uma seção de cordas se repetindo com um fundo de percussão. A canção foi apresentada no episódio "Million Dollar Maybe" na 21ª temporada da série Os Simpsons.

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 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 salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

Be my mirror my sword and shield

Missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain

Once you'd gone there was never

Never an honest word

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 could not 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 my sword and shield

My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain

I know St. Peter won't call my name

Never an honest word

And that was when I ruled the world

(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringings

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

Be my mirror my sword and shield

My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain

I know St. Peter won't call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world