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The Alan Parsons Project – The Turn of a Friendly Card Lyrics 15 years ago
The unsmiling faces could be the facecards themselves?

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Coldplay – Viva la Vida Lyrics 15 years ago
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!"


While I can agree with the religion angle my first take was on the first two passages
First is a high dollar Wall Street type who with a word could make the seas (Stockmarket)
rise. Now he sleeps and sweeps the streets he used to own (Wall Street)

Rolling the dice is business decisions
The crowd would sing (Stock Market Floor Traders)
Throw away the old stock and buy the new stock

Just my .02

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