"Pompeii" is a song by British pop rock band Bastille. It is the fourth single from their debut studio album, Bad Blood, and was released on 11 January 2013. The song's title and lyrics refer to the Roman town of the same name that was destroyed and buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
"Pompeii" became the band's breakthrough hit, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart and became the eleventh best-selling song that year and, until June 2014, was the country's most streamed single of all time. Read more on Last.fm.
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Pompeii Lyrics
“Pompeii” was the fourth song to be released from Bastille’s debut album Bad Blood. It has reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, topped the Scottish charts, and reached the number 5 on the Billboard Hot… Read More
[Directed by Jesse John Jenkins]
[Intro]
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
[Verse 1]
I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing to show
[Pre-Chorus]
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love
Grey clouds roll over the hills, bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
But if you close your eyes (Eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? (Eh-eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
And if you close your eyes (Eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
Does it almost feel like you've been here before? (Eh-eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
How am I gonna be an optimist about this? (Ah, ah)
How am I gonna be an optimist about this? (Ah, ah)
[Verse 2]
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
In your pose as the dust settled around us
[Pre-Chorus]
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love
Grey clouds roll over the hills, bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
But if you close your eyes (Eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? (Eh-eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
And if you close your eyes (Eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
Does it almost feel like you've been here before? (Eh-eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
How am I gonna be an optimist about this? (Ah, ah)
How am I gonna be an optimist about this? (Ah, ah)
[Post-Chorus]
(Eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
(Eh-eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
[Bridge]
Oh, where do we begin, the rubble or our sins?
Oh-oh, where do we begin, the rubble or our sins?
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love (Oh, where do we begin, the rubble or our sins?)
Grey clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above (Oh, where do we begin, the rubble or our sins?)
[Chorus]
But if you close your eyes (Eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? (Eh-eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
And if you close your eyes (Eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
Does it almost feel like you've been here before? (Eh-eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
Oh, how am I going to be an optimist about this? (Ah, ah)
How am I going to be an optimist about this? (Ah, ah)
If you close your eyes (Eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? (Eh-eheu, eheu, eh-eheu, eheu)
[Outro]
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
Eh-eheu, eheu
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