VIVA LA VIDA!

Hi all,

this last few days I have been listening to some tracks from the new album of the Coldplay

I have to say that I totally love them, and I don't understand the few critics I have heard around about this last album.
I think that in face of all this celebrity, the Coldplay are still keeping their motivation on music as an art of expression...i wish them to continue like this!

But what actually leads me to write this post is to try to find a meaning-interpretation to the song VIVA LA VIDA...it's quite fascinating and I don't understand who is actually speaking.


Anyone has an idea?



I leave u here the lyrics:

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 enemies 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 are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
Once you know there was never, never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world (Ohhh) 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 are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name

Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world (Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

Hear Jerusalem bells are ringings
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh