[Intro]

   
   


[Verse 1]

             
I used to rule

       
 the world
             
Seas would ris

              
e when I gave 

     
the word
              
Now in the mor

             
ning I sleep a

  
lone
             
Sweep the stre

              
ets I used to 


own


[Instrumental]

   
   


[Verse 2]

             
I used to roll

      
 the dice
             
Feel the fear 

              
in my enemy's 

 
eyes
              
Listen as the 

            
crowd would si

ng
             
"Now the old k

              
ing is dead! L


ong live the k

ing!"
              
One minute I h

        
eld the key
             
Next the walls

              
 were closed o

  
n me
              
And I discover

             
ed that my cas

       
tles stand
             
Upon pillars o

             
f salt and pil


lars of sand


[Chorus]

             
I hear Jerusal

    
em bells are r

inging
             
Roman Cavalry 

  
choirs are sin

ging
             
Be my mirror, 

     
my sword and s

hield
             
My missionarie

         
s in a foreign

 field
             
For some reaso

     
n I can't expl

ain
             
Once you go th

         
ere was never
             
Never an hones

    
t word
              
And that was w

             
hen I ruled th

   
e world


[Instrumental]

   
   


[Verse 3]

              
It was the wic

             
ked and wild w

 
ind
              
Blew down the 

             
doors to let m

  
e in
              
Shattered wind

              
ows and the so

        
und of drums
             
People couldn'

              
t believe what

 
 I'd become
             
Revolutionarie

   
s wait
             
For my head on

           
 a silver plat

e
              
Just a puppet 

             
on a lonely st


ring
             
Oh, who would 

              
ever want to b

   
e king?


[Chorus]

             
I hear Jerusal

   
em bells are r

inging
             
Roman Cavalry 

  
choirs are sin

ging
             
Be my mirror, 

     
my sword and s

hield
             
My missionarie

         
s in a foreign

 field
             
For some reaso

     
n I can't expl

ain
             
I know Saint P

          
eter will call

 my name
             
Never an hones

    
t word
              
But that was w

             
hen I ruled th

   
e world


[Instrumental]

 -  -  - 
(Ohhhhh Ohhh O

hhh)
 -  -  - 
(Ohhhhh Ohhh O

hhh)


[Chorus]

             
I hear Jerusal

   
em bells are r

inging
             
Roman Cavalry 

  
choirs are sin

ging
             
Be my mirror, 

     
my sword and s

hield
             
My missionarie

         
s in a foreign

 field
             
For some reaso

     
n I can't expl

ain
             
I know Saint P

          
eter will call

 my name
             
Never an hones

    
t word
              
But that was w

             
hen I ruled th

   
e world


[Outro]

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