Pompeii (Bastille song)

"Pompeii" is a song by British rock band Bastille, from their debut studio album Bad Blood (2013). The song was released as a digital download on 24 February 2013. It has reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, number 4 in Australian ARIA Chart, and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Alternative Songs chart.

Lyrically, the song is inspired by the Roman settlement of the same name, which met its fate with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It has been nominated for the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, at the 2014 BRIT Awards.

Music Video
The music video features Dan Smith runing though Los Angles in an allegory concerning moral decay.

Lyrics
Eh-eh-o eh-o [6x]

I was left to my own devices

Many days fell away with nothing to show

And the walls kept tumbling down

In the city that we love

Great clouds roll over the hills

Bringing darkness from above

But if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

Nothing changed at all?

And if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

You've been here before?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

We were caught up and lost in all of our vices

In your pose as the dust settled around us

And the walls kept tumbling down

In the city that we love

Great clouds roll over the hills

Bringing darkness from above

But if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

Nothing changed at all?

And if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

You've been here before?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

Eh-eh-o eh-o [4x]

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

Great clouds roll over the hills

Bringing darkness from above

But if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

Nothing changed at all?

And if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

You've been here before?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

If you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?

Eh-eh-o eh-o [8x]