Here is the official 30 Seconds to Mars Kings and Queens video, known as The Ride, and lyrics in support of the lead single of the band’s forthcoming third studio album This Is War (track-list below) which will be released Dec. 8, 2009.

The band is comprised of Tommy Milicevic, Shannon Leto and frontman Jared Leto, who directed the music video under the name Bartholomew Cubbins. The epic short film was shot on location in downtown Los Angeles and features a large cast of extras. He discussed the making of the video in an interview with MTV.

“We’ve been to the People’s Republic of China and made a 14-minute-long short film [for the song 'From Yesterday'],” Leto noted. “And then we went to the Arctic, and sat on top of icebergs and glaciers that were crumbling beneath our feet [in the video for 'A Beautiful Lie']. So we figured to go to another destination, it would start to be like we’re working for the Travel Channel or something, so it was time to turn the camera on our hometown, to basically make a love letter to Los Angeles and to celebrate that side of the world.”

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As for the album, This Is War, which was two years in the making, and features guest appearances from Kanye West andTom DeLonge, he said:

“We were literally having to kill ourselves at times. I had it written on the wall: ‘Kill yourself to finish.’ There were no other options,” Leto said. “So we did that. It was a time to redefine, rediscover, reinvent, reinvest in each other. We thought about this record in a very deep way, and it means a lot to us. … Music can just be fun, but it can also do more, mean more, and that’s just what it is for us, I suppose.”

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Here are the Kings and Queens lyrics. Video and tracklisting below.

30 Seconds to Mars This Is War Track-Listing
1. “Escape”
2. “Night of the Hunter (featuring Tom DeLonge)”
3. “Kings and Queens” – 5:47
4. “This Is War”
5. “100 Suns”
6. “Hurricane” (featuring Kanye West)
7. “Closer to the Edge”
8. “Vox Populi”
9. “Search & Destroy”
10. “Alibi”
11. “Stranger in a Strange Land”
12. “L490″

iTunes edition bonus tracks

13. “Kings and Queens” (remix)
14. “Night of the Hunter” (remix)

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30 Seconds to Mars Kings and Queens Video: The Ride (Short Film)