Letra de
Pompeii

Pompeii fue escrita por Dan Smith, quien se inspiró en la historia de la antigua ciudad de Pompeya, destruida por la erupción del Monte Vesubio en el 79 d.C. La letra habla sobre la inevitabilidad del cambio y pregunta, de manera algo irónica, cómo uno puede ser optimista frente a un desastre. La canción se convirtió en un gran éxito, representando la idea de encontrar paz y aceptación incluso en medio del caos y la destrucción.

I was left to my own de-v-i-c-e-s
Many days fell away with nothing to show

And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e

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 settles around us

And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e

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?


Oh where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?
Oh where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?

And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e

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?