Viva la vida由提琴演奏的充滿英倫風(fēng)格的主旋律短促有力，步伐整齊，透露著一股濃烈的革命氣息，其慷慨激昂的氣勢(shì)和齊整有力的節(jié)奏，讓人情不自禁有一種想要前進(jìn)的沖動(dòng)。主唱獨(dú)特的滄桑嗓音與歌詞含義的完美結(jié)合，通過與主旋律的同步協(xié)調(diào)以及伴奏樂器的獨(dú)特樂音，完美詮釋了18世紀(jì)中晚期法國(guó)大革命爆發(fā)對(duì)站在封建階級(jí)最高層的統(tǒng)治者的巨大沖擊。

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 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’d gone there was never,

never an honest word

But 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?

我曾經(jīng)主宰世界。

一聲號(hào)令,海水洶涌。

如今我清晨獨(dú)眠，

清掃我曾經(jīng)擁有的街道。

曾經(jīng)由我投擲骰子

感受敵人眼底的恐懼，

傾聽人群高頌：

“先王已逝!我王永生!”

大權(quán)剛剛在手，

城墻卻立刻將我囚禁。

我這才發(fā)現(xiàn)我的城堡

建立在鹽粒和散沙的支柱之上。

我聽見耶路撒冷鐘聲鳴響。

羅馬騎兵唱詩(shī)班高唱。

我異疆的傳教士啊，

我的明鏡，寶劍與盾牌由你們擔(dān)當(dāng)!

其中緣由我不能講明，

自你走后，我從未，

從未聽過只字真言。

但那是在我主宰世界之時(shí)。

邪風(fēng)怒吼，

沖破重重大門將我卷入，

粉碎窗子與鼓聲。

人們無(wú)法相信我將變成何等模樣。

革命人士等待著

等待著我的頭顱擺上銀盤。

我不過是一個(gè)單線傀儡，

誰(shuí)又曾渴望萬(wàn)人膜拜?