(."Revolutionaries wait for my head on a silver plate".) Google: King Louis XVI Revolutionariesģ. King Louis XVI was beheaded, by a group of people called the Revolutionaries. Google Images: French Revolution PaintingĢ. I believe it's title is The French Revolution. Originally said by UpPastMidnight "King Louis XVI and the French revolution.ġ.The album cover is a famous piece of art depicting the French revolution. Others think it literally is about a king :\ Thanks for reading my interpretation.i dont know this is just my opinion.
he also states that why would anyone want to be on the peak of success because eventually that peak will come crashing down. people now hate him and he is wandering around like a lonely soul. everything happened so fast he could not get caught up in what was happening and it ended up being a little too late. the people who he thought were his friends left him for the popular ones he's begging for someone to help him and believe in him again the narrator is saying that he realized why this may have all happened which is because he was so caught up in his "fame and popularity", he didn't see what was really around him so when everything was gone, he learned his lesson.
there's a saying that everything happens for a reason. Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand" this point shows how at first he was successful in life and things used to go his own way, but did one wrong turn and ended up losing everything. they can all just be metaphors.but that is just my opinion.
This song is actually way more general than just kings. Either that or they're too cool for the Gates of Heaven. Peter probably won't call their name because they'll be hanging out with Virgil and Plato all the other smart people in Limbo. People often lied to/about the Medici.Īs I mentioned before, Piero lo Sfortunato brought hell upon the city because he left and Savonarola took control.Ĭosimo locked up by Condottieri, Giuliano dead by Pazzi, Lorenzo excommunicated by pope and called heretic by Savonarola, Piero II drowned by French. Missionaries = Savonarolaįlorence was known for lies. In Florence, rining bells meant either time for church of a crisis. One minute, you have the key, the next your locked in the sacristy by a poet while your brother is getting stabbed to death by your sisters husband. Nonetheless, once Piero il Gotosso died, everyone was so happy because Lorenzo il Magnifico was now Lord of the city. Eventually, Savonarola gained power and Piero lo Sfortunato was drowned by the French. But around 1490, everything started to go downhill. In the beginning, everything was so great. I look at it as the House of Medici, from Giovanni di Bicci to Piero lo Sfortunato. I could just be biased as a History major and a huge Napoleon fan. But, I've always assumed it used Napoleon as it's basis. It is, of course, a treatise on nostalgia, lost dreams, power, strength and arrogance of youth. A king is just a lonely puppet - Napoleon was aiming much higher than that, and at one point he ruled almost half of Europe before becoming an exile on a tiny island. The wicked and wild winds are the revolution itself, which allowed him to rise to power, the drums are the cannon that he fired upon citizens in the street. He invaded Egypt and thanks to him we found the Rosetta Stone, but was not able to hold his victory so far from home and was forced to come back. Napoleon's ultimate goal, until forced to give it up was always the empire of Alexander. In the early stages of the revolution, the revolutionaries would not have relished an emperor, nor were they happy about the amount of power and support Napoleon garnered with his military might. I find it silly.Napoleon - I always felt it told Napoleon's story much better than Louis XVI. Honestly, I can't seem to get much of his(their) point. And this is serious." When asked about the song, bass guitarist Guy Berryman said, "It’s a story about a king who’s lost his kingdom, and all the album’s artwork is based on the idea of revolutionaries and guerrillas." I know about this stuff because I studied it. That is the most frightening thing you could possibly say to somebody. I always feel like saying, just join a band (laughs). Because they think they're going to get lots of virgins. And this idea runs throughout most religions. It's always fascinated me that idea of finishing your life and then being analyzed on it. The magazine Q asked Chris Martin about the line "I know Saint Peter won't call my name" sung in "Viva la Vida". Once you know there was never, never an honest word Upon pillars of salt, and pillars of sand "Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!" Hi everybody, I was following your discussion and I found the lyrics and copy them right here:
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