What is the meaning of the lyrics for Viva La Vida?
Chris: Really that song is about Mini me from Austin Powers. I don’t like to explain lyrics, only because I had an English teacher at school who every time I wrote anything creative, would give me a D or a C – which a lot of people still do in various newspapers. It’s definitely not about Tony Blair. It’s more about relationships. Will: That song works for me more as an allegory of a real relationship, the principle that you had something and you lost it. Chris: You messed it up. You did something you shouldn’t have done with a shortie in a club. Are there any changes you’d like to make to Viva La Vida? Chris: I’d love to re-record the whole thing. Will: It’s tough because albums are like a photograph. They are a moment in time and you make decisions based on how you feel about it at the time and then inevitably as soon as you can’t do anything about it, that’s when you decide you want to start changing stuff. Unfortunately you just have to let it go, otherwise we’d never release an al
