Viva la vida by Cold Play

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1. Fill in the blanks

I used to rule the____________
Seas would rise when I gave the ______________
Now in the morning I sleep ____________
Sweep the streets I used to ____________

I used to roll the ___________
Feel the fear in my enemy's ___________
Listened as the crowd would ___________
Now the old king is dead long live the__________
One minute I held the___________
Next the walls were closed on____________
And I discovered that my castle _______________
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of _____________

I hear Jerusalem bells a-____________
Roman cavalry choirs are __________________
Be my mirror, my sword and __________________
Missionaries in a foreign____________________
For some reason I can't _____________
Once you'd gone there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was a wicked and wild __________________
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of _________________
People couldn't believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver ______________
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be ________________?

I hear Jerusalem bells a-____________
Roman cavalry choirs are __________________
Be my mirror, my sword and __________________
Missionaries in a foreign____________________
For some reason I can't _____________
Once you'd gone there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

Compositor: Christopher A. J. Martin, Guy Rupert Berryman, Jonathan Mark Buckland, William Champion

2. Read about the meaning of this song, explain it with you own words

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