I used to rule the world

昔日萬邦孤為王

Seas would rise when I gave the word

四海沉浮吾獨斷

Now in the morning I sleep alone

今朝悚悟廣寒中

Sweep the streets I used to own

煢煢孑立如孤魂

I used to roll the dice

昔日生殺吾人掌

Feel the fear in my enemy"s eyes

談笑聲中梟敵首

Listen as the crowd would sing:

略聽草民高聲贊

"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

成王敗寇皆正義！

One minute I held the key

黃袍加身掌權柄­

Next the walls were closed on me

萬丈高牆孤自囚

And I discovered that my castles stand

枉有阿房三千里

Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

根如酥鹽碎沙礫

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

聖城鐘聲驚孤魂

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

驍騎戰歌譏吾行

Be my mirror my sword and shield

諍友忠諫與勇將

My missionaries in a foreign field

旨諭番邦諸王知！

For some reason I can"t explain

天子寂然事終焉

Once you go there was never,never an honest word

君可知？為王稱孤，絕盡諍言終愚己

That was when I ruled the world

此誠寡人為王一世鑑

It was the wicked and wild wind

滾滾紅塵­如浪潮

Blew down the doors to let me in

寡人逐流如朽竹

Shattered windows and the sound of drums

賊逆兵禍百業零

People couldn"t believe what I"d become

世人皆驚英雄歿

Revolutionaries wait

弒君志士皆翹首

For my head on a silver plate

血祭孤首謝干支

Just a puppet on a lonely string

如若傀儡隨弦舞

Oh who would ever want to be king?

誰願稱王百年孤

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

聖城鐘聲驚孤魂

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

驍騎戰歌譏吾行­

Be my mirror my sword and shield

諍友忠諫與勇將

My missionaries in a foreign field

旨諭番邦諸王知：

For some reason I can"t explain

天子寂然事終焉

I know Saint Peter won"t call my name

聖人離棄吾自知

Never an honest word

絕盡諍言終愚己

But that was when I ruled the world

此誠寡人為王一世鑑­