Eh-ehu, ehu

[minoanmiss]

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I am a bit disappointed that I couldn't find a video overlaying this song with actual footage from the eponymous city.



Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh

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
Grey 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 settles around us

And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Grey 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-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh

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 (oh, where do we begin?)
In the city that we love (the rubble or our sins?)
Grey clouds roll over the hills (oh, where do we begin?)
Bringing darkness from above (the rubble or our sins?)

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?
Oh, 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-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Eh-eh-oh, eh-oh
Writer/s: Daniel Campbell Smith
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments

[ride_4ever]

This song means a lot to me. I wrote a due South historical AU that placed a previous incarnation of Fraser and Kowalski in Pompeii at the time of the eruption. There's a due South AU fanvid that was made as a complementary piece to the fic.

[minoanmiss]

that is so nifty! I love writing that includes songs. I titled most of my Chekov/Sulu from Muse''s "Starlight" just for continuity.

[ride_4ever]

Yes, song-feels and fic-feels can get so intertwined.

[full_metal_ox]

And then there was the time a foundational New Wave/Goth band had a (richly deserved) Top 40 hit about classical history:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1su_hfODX4

Water was running, children were running
You were running out of time
Under the mountain, a golden fountain
Were you praying at the Lares' shrine?

But, whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend

We found you hiding, we found you lying
Choking on the dirt and sand
Your former glories and all the stories
Dragged and washed with eager hands

But, whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
Your city lies in dust

Water was running, children were running
We found you hiding, we found you lying
Water was running, children were running
We found you hiding, we found you lying

Your city lies in dust, my friend
Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend

Hot and burning in your nostrils
Pouring down your gaping mouth
Your molten bodies, blanket of cinders
Caught in the throes, and

Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
Your city lies in dust, my friend
Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
Whoa, oh, your city lies in dust

[minoanmiss]

I love that song! I didn't know that's what it's about!

[ride_4ever]

Wow, that was powerful! Thank you kindly for sharing that link!

I watched a lot of Pompeii-related stuff while writing my due South historical AU set in Pompeii at the eruption, but I never saw THIS vid before.

[full_metal_ox]

My pleasure and honor to have been of service.

[sovay]

I am a bit disappointed that I couldn't find a video overlaying this song with actual footage from the eponymous city.

I also can't believe no one has ever made that vid.

[asakiyume]

Me too! It's begging to be made.

(And it's a great song)