“Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!”

I used to rule the world

Seas would rise when I gave the word

Now in the morning and I sleep 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
[…]

MARTIN, C. Viva la vida, Coldplay. In: Viva la vida or Death and all his friends. Parlophone, 2008.

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