Dirty Heads - Viva La Vida Lyrics

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning, 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

I hear Jerusalem bells are 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 a honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was a 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 are ringing
Roman Calvary 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

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Calvary 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

I’m so very sad

Is this on an album and, if so, which one?

I love Coldplay, and I love Dirty Heads just a little more. This is fucking amazing

SPD in a nutshell

any one know those chords ??

hahah Coldplay got nothing on them

Ah I love them.

love dirty heads

I like both Coldplays music and Dirty Heads music. :)

Way better then the one by coldplay !!!!

Viva la vida or The loss of innocence .. either one works for me

Great cover

This is good beach music right here

damn true I might download it for that purpose

Ty Van good commercial fishing tune also..

way better then the orginal verison dirty heads cant do wrong

So mellow

get wrecked, coldplay.

Hahaahhahahah!

+Shelby Taylor Yassss

just as amazing as orignal

This is fucking magical

I love Coldplay, and this was fantastic

Soowwww good.

Elisa.. They have much more original music if you look them up. :)

OMG!!! I love coldplay but this sing wasn't among my favorites by then. Plus the radio over played it like crazy. I love this acoustic version! It is fresh and I could listen to it all day. I think I have fallen in love with these guys! haha. Although,they should have more of their own stuff and less covers.

Dirty head till the day I die

I like these guys and Coldplay.This version? I like it too. Rock on guys.

i love these guys

Original is better IMO but I like DH just not this version

I think the voices sound a bit the same... I love coldplay and the dirty heads...I'm in love with this version! :) haha

Seriously?

Kolohe Kai is better, just copy this link /watch?v=yHWcm_lwkvg

I think Coldplay

who came first? coldplay or Dirty Heads?

I think it's cool when bands cover other artists who sound nothing like them. It's cool to see how a song works in a completely different genre

excelente ! me gustoooo mucho

Me encantoooooo

@robsirrahbor, thats true, but its more fun when your stoned.

Htcfdhjjhgfxsdhhtbfdgdhgbgfggf FUCKING TACOS

dirty heads should cover like iron maiden or van halen....im really curious as to how that would sound hahaha

why do you guys dislike comments lol dislike or like the music niggas

The point of a cover is to add something, not just copying, they're doing it right

or maybe it's because they like the message behind the music but wanted to execute it differently.

uhuuuull

I get to see them Sunday!! :D yay!!

zrobili to z taką energią i pasją.. uwielbiam... <3

Fuck all of you who hate Coldplay, Go back to your shit no talent music ( not the Dirty Heads)

it's not working.

yup i agree, the reverse.

holy shit.
i think my mind has just been fucked.
awesome cover

Its better to take a song that isn't your style and change it to your style than to cover a song that sounds like something you could have wrote

This song was good and everything, but of all the bands to cover, why did the Dirty Heads choose Coldplay? It's so not their style whatsoever. It would have been cool if they covered Sublime or Bob Marley. No offense, though. It was well-done.

dirty heads be beast!!!!!!!!

naww dude reverse haha

lmao they removed my comment "line from a movie" too many negative votes JOKES!!!

Like i'd really know that.. or anyone else for that matter?

i was just calling you a homophobic bigot. but i guess you get called stupid and iggorent all the time, so no big rite.

Have you seen 40 year old virgin? its a line from the movie. sont take it personal

Lol whaaaat? Liking Coldplay, or in fact ANY other band, does not make one gay.

You know how I know your gay? Cause you like Coldplay

Idk? I think the drums on this version give it power...

Haha what does that even mean man ?! Did I say this song was bad? No, pretty sure I didn't. You really do suck at insulting people though, good luck next time :)

your obviosly afraid of sucking something to use that as an insult..

This is way better than Coldplays version

Wow, is that actually the heads ?! sounds almost identical to the gay ass band that originally does it, not saying this song sucks btw

After hearing this, I thought "Cool story bro, tell it again." So I clicked the replay :3

forming from a coldplay fan, this is amazing. not as good as the original, but really unique :D

Why the fuck r u listening to it if u dont like it?

i just know paint it black and this covers frome them...are there any others??...i love how ther rap on the covers..these guys are sick!

deffinatly better than coldplays version
i love the dirty heads :)

here, here. people musta stumbled.

it kinda looks like a doobie

What the fuck is that....
See the red on the like bar?
buuull shit.

Just add some bongos= AMAZING <3

besides walk off the earth

thats mostly a large opinion but no coldplay doesn't suck stop hating, hating only causes, more problems, more arguing. No more hating.

Fail coldplay

haha i know(: but erryone is saying, i could so get stoned to this. so i was just sayin;)

i know right? i am an all around music lover, i love a little bit of every genre of music, and i usually am not into the "stoned" music, but i love dirty heads and i like sublime too:)

yeah i love their vocals too :) i remember when my friend got me into these guys we were at the beach and he had his portable speakers he played "believe" and i asked him who these guys were and from there i was hooked to these guys :D

well i dunno.... haha i love coldplay too dont get me wrong! but i love the instruments and the vocals dirty heads have(: they are just amazing! when i was in FL the captain was playing them on the parasailing boat i was on and the next day we met up in a restraunt so i could ask him what the band was haha:)

not really coldplay's version is the best but this is right under that version no other guys can do a better cover than these guys :D

this is such a great cover! dirty heads did this better than coldplay in my opinion:) love dirty heads

i cant find any tabs for this song, anyone know?

si mi tambien

wow thats a really good video... talent

I love the dirty heads!!!<3 <3 XD :D

if only ther was no RAP and it was the full song

@doinworkson1o1 bahaha thankyou. \m/

@liveintoxicated dope name

@danbearpig84 lol yeah, okay danbearpig.

muy copado ;) me encanto esta banda!!

i love how they r a lil beach band and they gave this song such a mellow sound ♥ dirty heads

i like this version best

eles são bons demais *-*

i like this but coldplays better

@12ShOrDy03 fuck yes

i like how they add this reggae/rap vibe to the songs they cover.....love both coldplays and theirs!!!

its music like this that makes me wonder why there are haters in the world. everybody just needs to put their differences asside and realize that we are all stuck on the same rock in the middle of space. we kill our own brothers and sisters and try to hurt them and for what? im not preaching but its true. have a good day