Viva La Vida Lyrics - Lady Gaga

1 I used to rule the world

2 Seas would rise when I gave the word

3 Now in the morning I sleep alone

4 Sweep the streets I used to own

5 I used to roll the dice


6 Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes


7 Listen as the crowd would sing

8 "Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"



9 One minute I held the key

10 Next the walls were closed on me

11 And I discovered that my castles stand

12 Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

13 I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing

14 Roman Cavalry choirs are singing


15 Be my Chris and I'll be your Gwyneth

16 My missionaries hidin' in foreign trenches

17 For some reason I can't explain


18 Once you'd gone there was never


19 Never an honest word

20 And that was when I ruled the world

21 It was the wicked and wild wind


22 Like just The Doors' Love Her Madly and let her in


23 Shattered windows and the sound of drums

24 People couldn't believe what I'd become



25 Revolutionaries wait


26 For my blonde head on a silver plate

27 Just a GaGa on a lonely string


28 Oh who would ever want to be queen?

29 I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'

30 Roman Cavalry choirs are singin'


31 Be my Chris and I'll be your Gwyneth



32 For some reason that I can't explain

33 I know Yves Saint Laurent, no, he won't call my name

34 Never an honest word


35 But that was when I ruled the world



36 I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'


37 Roman Cavalry choirs are singin'


38 Be my Chris and I'll be your Gwyneth

39 The fame won't change us if we don't let it



40 For some reason I can't explain

41 I know Saint Mary won't call my name

42 Never an honest word


43 But that was when I ruled the world,

44 Ruled the world,

45 Ruled the world