viva la vida

i dont know if anyone has listened to coldplay's new title track viva la vida... but its INSANE. me and seth (and i hear jason too) have been listening to it on repeat.. haa.... but when i listen to it i feel like 'no wonder i'm not passionate about hearing new music' because its never as good as things like this, and when i hear this i'm blown away and i dont even want to listen to other music after it. i'm not the kind to get super crazy about a band, but coldplay is the exception for me. they're geniuses and when people dont like their stuff i can't let it surprise me because this band is so far ahead there are lots of people who aren't ready for what they can do.
here's they lyrics, but if you can go listen to this song, and listen to it really loud.



I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sweep 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 word
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 will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world


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 will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world