I used to rule the world(1)Seas would rise when I gave the wordNow in the morning I sleep aloneSweep the streets I used to ownI used to roll the dice(1)Feel the fear in my enemy's eyesListened as the crowd would sing:"Now the old king is dead!Long live the king!"One minute I held the keyNext the walls were closed on meAnd I discovered that my castles(2) standUpon pillars(3) of salt, pillars of sand
I hear jerusalem(4) bells a-ringingRoman cavalry(5) choirs(6) are singingBe my mirror my sword(7) and shield(8)Missionaries(9) in a foreign fieldFor some reason I can't explainOnce you'd gone there was never,never an honest wordThat was when I ruled the world
It was the wicked and wild windBlew down the doors to let me inShattered windows and the sound of drumsPeople couldn't believe what I'd becomeRevolutionaries(10) wait for my head on a silver plateJust a puppet(11) on a lonely stringOh who would ever wanna be king?
I hear jerusalem bells a-ringingRoman cavalry choirs are singingBe my mirror my sword and shieldMissionaries in a foreign fieldFor some reason I can't explainI know saint peter won't call my nameNever an honest wordBut that was when I ruled the world(ohhhhh ohhh ohhh)
