生命萬歲

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[骰子]

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[柱子] of salt and pillars of sand

*I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

Roman Cavalry[騎兵] choirs[唱詩班] are singing

Be my mirror， my sword and shield

My missionaries[傳教士] 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[邪惡的] and wild wind

Blew down the doors to let me in

Shattered[打碎] windows and the sound of drums

People couldn’t believe what I’d become

Revolutionaries[革命者] wait

For my head on a silver plate

Just a puppet[傀儡] on a lonely string

Oh who would ever want to be king?

Repeat*

I know Saint Peter will call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world

Hear Jerusalem bells are 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

我曾統領世界

大海也聽我號令起落咆哮

如今清晨獨眠

打掃曾屬于我的街巷

我曾指點江山

敵人都對我畏懼三分

臣民紛紛高歌：

“先帝亡矣，吾王萬歲！”

彼一時大權在手

此一刻身陷圍墻

幡然醒悟，原來我的城堡

不過建于鹽柱沙椿之上

*我聽見耶路撒冷的鐘聲在回蕩

羅馬的驍騎軍歌嘹亮

去吧，做我的明鏡、寶劍與盾牌

我的傳教士踏上異國

無法解釋其中緣由*

自你離去，我便再未

再未聽過只字真言

那就是我統領世界的歲月

兇煞狂風襲來

沖破重門，我被裹挾而入

窗欞散碎，鼓聲隆隆

無人能料及我今日結局

改革者虎視眈眈

誓要將我的頭顱放上銀盤

其實我不過是個命懸一線的傀儡

念及如此，孰愿為君？

重復*

我深知圣彼得將召喚我名

從未聽聞只字真言

那就是我統領世界的歲月

我聽見耶路撒冷的鐘聲在回蕩

羅馬的驍騎軍歌嘹亮

去吧，做我的明鏡、寶劍與盾牌

我的傳教士踏上異國

無法解釋其中緣由

我深知圣彼得將召喚我名

從未聽聞只字真言

那就是我統領世界的歲月

歌的故事

關于樂隊我就什么都不說了，反正指頭動一動，你幾秒鐘就能Google出一本Coldplay教科書來，我就來個“Viva La Vida”的白描吧。

這張從音樂到專輯名都洋溢出濃重西班牙風情的全新大碟，封面是

歐仁·德拉克羅瓦（Eugène Delacroix）的《自由領導人民》（La Liberté guidant le peuple），和歌詞中的法國大革命主題相映成趣。人家說專輯封面往往滲著提綱挈領的音樂之魂，你品出點什么來沒？……