Viva La Vid Dictatorship And Losing Power
Viva La vida is a song about dictatorship and losing power. The theme of the song is that power corrupts people. Viva La Vida translates to live the life in english. The song is about going from riches to rags and making mistakes. The song says in stanza 1, “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.” (1) The meaning of these lyrics is that he used to be a monarch, and seas of people would go to battle when he said. This is said in the past tense. He than says that he sleeps alone, sweeping the streets that he used to own. He lost his power, and became a peasant. How he lost his power is explained in the next stanza. “I used to roll the dice,” (2). He