Pandagaul.com – Viva La Vida adalah singel kedua yang dirilis oleh band rock alternatif Coldplay pada tahun 2008 di album mereka “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends”. Singel ini mula-mulanya dirilis pada tanggal 25 Mei 2008 di iTunes sebelum album Coldplay “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends”.
Berbeda dari lagu Coldplay yang lainnya, lagu ini memiliki ciri khas diantaranya suara vokalis Chris Martin yang tidak terdengar falsetto, di riff dan di bass gitar.
Lirik Viva La Vida oleh Coldplay Yang Memberi Semangat!
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
Listened 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
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can’t explain
Once you’d gone there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world
It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
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 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
But that was when I ruled the world
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh [5x]
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
But that was when I ruled the world
