0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,000 I used to rule the world, seize it right now 1 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Seize it right when I gave the word, now in the morning I sleep alone 2 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Sweep the streets I used to own 3 00:00:40,000 --> 00:01:00,000 I used to roll the dice, feel the fear in my enemy's eyes 4 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Listen as the crowd would sing, now the old king is dead, long live the king 5 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:13,000 For a minute I held the key, next the walls were closing on me 6 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:21,000 And I discovered that my castle stood upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand 7 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:28,000 I hear Jefferson bells are ringing, Roman Catholic choirs are singing 8 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Be my mirror, my soul, my shield, my missionaries in a foreign field 9 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:45,000 For some reason I can't explain, once you've gone there was never, never an honest word 10 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,000 That was when I ruled the world 11 00:01:49,000 --> 00:02:09,000 It was the wicked and wild wind, blew down the doors to let me in 12 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:16,000 Shattered windows and the sound of drums, people couldn't believe what I'd become 13 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:23,000 And revolutionaries wait for my hand on a silver plate 14 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Just a puppet on a lonely string, or who would ever want to be king 15 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:38,000 I hear Jefferson bells are ringing, Roman Catholic choirs are singing 16 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Be my mirror, my soul, my shield, my missionaries in a foreign field