We Interrupt this regularly scheduled blog...

Coldplay...Viva la Vida

...Okay people...seriously-this is INSANE!

I have spent the first hour of my morning listening to this song. I heard it a few days ago advertised on tv during the Stanley Cup playoffs. I am on a mission to try and decipher the lyrics. I love, love, love the song, but I can't crack the code. And it appears that I'm not the only one who wants to know. INQUIRING MINDS want to know. What's it all about, Alphie?

Coldplay Viva la Vida lyrics:

I used to rule the world

Seas would rise when I gave the word

Now in the morning I sweep 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 go there was never, never an honest word

That was when I ruled the world

It was the 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 waitFor 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 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

I know Saint Peter will call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world

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

I know Saint Peter will call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world

...So I dedicated my entire post today, my contemplative, thoughtful mind, to figuring out the meaning of a freakin' song?

Yes, you heard me right. Thank you for bearing with me and my NEED TO KNOW moment.

I'm going to dig into it and see what I come up with. I am convinced it has something to do with Christianity and I'd like to think it's a good message, not a bad one. I'll letcha know what I find.

Anyone have any ideas of their own?

...in the meantime, I'm gonna crank up the speakers and clean something.