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    Are the lyrics of Viva La Vida based on anything? I can't get the song out of my head!

    Question #111596. Asked by SiegeTank55. (Dec 20 09 4:16 PM)


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    		Frontman Chris Martin told Rolling Stone that he christened this song and the album "Viva la Vida" - meaning "long live life" or more literally, "the life lives" - after he saw the phrase on a painting by Mexican artists Frida Kahlo. He explained: "She went through a lot of s--t, of course, and then she started a big painting in her house that said 'Viva la Vida.' I just loved the boldness of it."
    The movie Frida, starring Salma Hayek, is about her life. You can see the painting that inspired the title in Song Images.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=11520

    Dec 20 09, 4:32 PM

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