By/My/Song

(2008 / Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends)

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
My Missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest work
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 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 Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest work
But that was when I ruled the world

Ohhh
Ohhh
Ohhh
Ohhh

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 Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh

(2008 / Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends)

YES

When it started we had high hopes
Now my back's on the line
My back's on the ropes
When it started we were alright
But night makes a fool of us
In the daylight

There we were dying of frustration
Saying Lord lead me not into temptation
But it's not easy when she's turns you on
Still stay gone

If you only
If you only say “Yes”
Whether you will is anybody's guess
God only God knows I'm trying my best
But I'm just so tired of this loneiness
I've become so tired of this loneliness

So, up they picked me by the big toe
I was held from the rooftop then they let go
There's only screaming
Let the windows down
As I crawl onto the ground

If you'll only, if you'll only say “Yes”
Whether you will's anybody's guess
God, only God knows she won't let me rest
But I'm just so tired of this loneliness
I've become so tired of this loneliness

CHINESE SLEEP CHANT

Ooh...

Ooh...

Ah sleep
I need
Sleep satisfies
Sleep satisfies

Ah sleep
I need
Sleep satisfies
Sleep satisfies

Sleep
Sleep...[sleep]

[repeat]

Sleep satisfies
Sleep satisfies

Fall asleep
Fall asleep
Sleep mystifies
Sleep mystifies

Fall asleep
Fall asleep
Sleep satisfies
Sleep satisfies

Sleep
Sleep...[sleep]

[repeat]

Sleep satisfies
Sleep satisfies

(2008 / Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends)

LOVERS IN JAPAN

Lovers, keep on the road you're on
Runners, until the race is run
Soldiers, you've got to soldier on
Sometimes even the right is wrong

They are turning my head out
To see what I'm all about
Keeping my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day, we are gonna get out

Tonight maybe we're gonna run
Dreaming of the Osaka sun
Ohh ohh...
Dreaming of when the morning comes

They are turning my head out
To see what I'm all about
Keeping my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day the sun will come out

Ooh...

REIGN OF LOVE

Reign of love
I can't let go
To the sea I offer
This heavy load

Locusts will
Lift me up
I'm just a prisoner
In a reign of love

Locusts will
Let us stop
I wish I'd spoken
To the reign of love

Reign of love
By the church, we're waiting
Reign of love
My knees go praying

How I wish
I'd spoken up
Or we'd be carried
In the reign of love.

(2008 / Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends)

Those who are dead,
Are not dead,
They're just living in my head.

And since I fell,
For that spell,
I am living there as well [Oh].

Time is short
And I'm sure,
There must be something more...

Those who are dead,
Are not dead,
They're just living in my head [Oh].

And since I fell,
For that spell,
I am living there as well.

Time is so short,
And I'm sure,
There must be something more...

Oh...

You thought you might be a ghost,
You thought you might be a ghost,
You didn't get to heaven
But you made it close,
You didn't get to heaven
But you made it close,

You thought you might be a ghost,
You thought you might be a ghost,
You didn't get to heaven
But you made it close,
You didn't get to heaven but you [Oh Oh...]

Oh, Oh

Those who are dead,
Are not dead,
They're just living in my head.

Ooh...

(2008 / Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends)

Just because I'm losing
Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn'tmean I'll stop
Doesn't mean I would cross

Just because I'm hurting
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get
What I deserved
No better and no worse

I just got lost
Every river that I tried to cross
Every door I ever tried was locked
Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off

You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
‘Cause along may come
A bigger one

And you'll be lost
Every river that you tried to cross
Every gun you ever held went off
Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting until the firing stopped
Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off

Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off
Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off

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