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
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