Coldplay - "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
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 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 go, there was never, never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world

It was the 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 Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

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 Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

listen to the song here


IS THIS ABOUT THE DOWNFALL OF THE CHURCH?

89.1 the wood, how i love thee

My favorite radio station in the world (I've been trying to get into KCRW too) is 89.1 the Wood, the radio station for Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO. I dug Ingrid Michaelson when I heard her single on the radio a couple months back but then forgot about her. The Wood played her song "Breakable" a couple days ago and I wrote down some lyrics so I could look up the song later: "Have you ever thought about what attacks our hearts?" Here's the song with a fan collage vid:

near laguna beach, ca

While I was in LA this past weekend for my friend Dan's graduation from Biola, I met his rockin' friend Felicia. While we were in the car (45 min to get anywhere in LA from Biola) she was playing a band called City and Colour. I like them a lot, here's their myspace.

Public art/Graffiti at Venice Beach, CA this past memorial day.

Things I've always wondered:

(link)

What would happen if you threw your car in reverse on the highway? Well, this answer from Howstuffworks is for a manual transmission, but I'm sure the same rules apply for my automatic.

"The reverse gear on any car with a manual transmission is an incredibly simple piece of machinery. There is a shaft that gets its power from the engine, and it has teeth on it that are used for reverse. There's another shaft that will drive the wheels, and it, too, has teeth on it that are used for reverse. To engage reverse, a gear literally gets pushed in between the two shafts to engage the two sets of teeth. It simply slides its teeth into the teeth on the two shafts and engages them."

The whole article (here).

Animals on the London Underground

more (here).
normal tube map (here).