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LoTR Denethor, Steward of Gondor | 'Viva la Vida'

4,542 views · Published 20 October 2016 · 3:29 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Wizarding World shopping channel · 2016 · Entertainment

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Lord of the Rings music video edit ('Viva la Vida' by Coldplay).  Denethor, under the influence of a palantir, slips deeper into despair in Minas Tirith as he sees the loss of his beloved sons and  his city.  See my other Middle-earth music videos at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu6dW69cEWyLYSyeeUIWTeVE_88IDr-0b
VIVA LA VIDA
'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
Listened 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
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 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 St Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world.'
Written by Christopher Anthony John Martin, Guy Rupert Berryman, Jonathan Mark Buckland, William Champion • Copyright © Universal Music Publishing Group

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