Coldplay "Viva la vida" | Video ufficiali + Lyrics

Eugène Delacroix
"La Liberté guidant le peuple"
1830, Musée du Louvre, Paris

Vi avevo già annunciato un paio di mesi fa che "Viva la Vida" (ascolta) sarebbe divenuto il secondo singolo estratto dal loro ultimo album "Viva la vida or death and all his friends". In questo caso i Coldplay hanno fatto più del solito, pubblicando due video ufficiali per la canzone, quindi una versione (questo video anche in alta risoluzione su YouTube) che vedremo sicuramente in tutti i canali musicali e un'altra versione decisamente più anacronistica, con un sovrano in una città moderna, un po' fuori luogo e spaesato, ma un chiaro omaggio a “Enjoy the silence” diretto da Anton Corbijn.

Ecco quindi di seguito i due video, partendo da quello destinato a canali musicali, in cui le immagini del gruppo si fondono con quello del dipinto che fu d'ispirazione per la copertina "La libertà che guida il popolo" di Delacroix, e con uno stile molto vicino a quello dello spot girato per Apple.

Testo | Lyrics

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

ooooo ooooo ooooo oooooo ooooo
(repeat with chorus)

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 word
But that was when I ruled the world
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh

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