Learning through music

Aprender inglês através de músicas é eficiente e divertido. Ouvir a música acompanhando a letra é um bom exercício de aprendizagem. Que tal começar com este sucesso do Coldplay?

Listen to the song, read the lyrics and know a bit more about the lyrics:

Viva La Vida - ColdPlay

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
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

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

Song’s meaning

This song is about losing everything and becoming a nobody, but soon realizing that being rich (king) isn't everything. Basically, living life in nobility isn't as good as just living.
Bassist Guy Berryman explained:” It’s a story about a king who lost his kingdom, and the entire album's artwork is based on the idea of revolutionaries and guerrillas. There's this slightly anti-authoritarian viewpoint that's crept into some of the lyrics.
Chris Martin about the lyric on this song said: "I know Saint Peter won't call my name:… You're not on the list. I was a naughty boy. It's always fascinated me that idea of finishing your life and then being analyzed on it. And it's that runs through most religions. That's why people blow up buildings. Because they think they're going to get lots of virgins. Drummer Will Champion says: the tracks on the album share a theme of "trying to remember what's important in your life, rather than being carried away by the trappings of other things."