[ti:Viva la Vida] [ar:Boyce Avenue] [al:Acoustic Sessions, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Viva la Vida - Boyce Avenue [00:00.31]I used to rule the world [00:03.35] [00:03.94]Seas would rise when I gave the word [00:06.40]Now in the morning I sleep alone [00:10.05] [00:10.72]Sweep the streets I used to own [00:14.13] [00:27.78]I used to roll the dice [00:30.61] [00:31.45]Feel the fear in my enemies eyes [00:34.48]Listen as the crowd would sing [00:37.57] [00:38.35]Now the old king is dead long live the king [00:41.06]One minute I held the key [00:44.37] [00:44.95]Next the walls were closed on me [00:47.78]And I discovered that my castles stand [00:51.12] [00:52.03]Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand [00:55.05] [00:55.76]I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing [00:59.23]Roman cavalry choirs are singing [01:02.13] [01:02.71]Be my mirror my sword and shield [01:06.17]My missionaries in a foreign field [01:08.94] [01:09.58]For some reason I can't explain [01:12.39] [01:13.08]Once you know there was never never an honest word [01:18.95] [01:19.48]That was when I ruled the world [01:22.35] [01:35.84]It was the wicked and wild wind [01:39.21] [01:40.00]Blew down the doors to let me in [01:42.53]Shattered windows and the sound of drums [01:46.23] [01:46.83]People could not believe what I'd become [01:50.04]Revolutionaries wait [01:52.97] [01:53.55]For my head on a silver plate [01:56.35]Just a puppet on a lonely string [01:59.65] [02:00.66]Oh who would ever want to be king [02:03.40] [02:04.47]I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing [02:07.29] [02:07.91]Roman cavalry choirs are singing [02:10.74] [02:11.32]Be my mirror my sword and shield [02:14.14] [02:14.73]My missionaries in a foreign field [02:17.50] [02:18.09]For some reason I cannot explain [02:21.02] [02:21.57]I know Saint Peter won't call my name [02:24.43]Never an honest word [02:27.83]And that was when I ruled the world [02:30.93] [02:44.44]Ohhhhh ohhh ohhh [02:47.05] [02:47.68]Ohhhhh ohhh ohhh [02:51.07]Ohhhhh ohhh ohhh [02:54.56]Ohhhhh ohhh ohhh [02:57.63] [02:59.19]I hear Jerusalem bells are ringings [03:02.14] [03:02.73]Roman cavalry choirs are singing [03:05.62] [03:06.18]Be my mirror my sword and shield [03:08.96] [03:09.50]My missionaries in a foreign field [03:12.38] [03:12.91]For some reason I cannot explain [03:16.34]I know Saint Peter will call my name [03:19.33]Never an honest word [03:22.18] [03:22.81]But that was when I ruled the world