Letra de
Pompeii

A música Pompeii foi escrita por Dan Smith, que se inspirou na história da antiga cidade de Pompeia, destruída pela erupção do Monte Vesúvio em 79 d.C. A letra fala sobre a inevitabilidade da mudança e pergunta ironicamente como alguém pode ser otimista em face de uma catástrofe. A música se tornou um grande sucesso, representando a ideia de encontrar paz e aceitação mesmo em meio ao caos e destruição.

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?