Bastille's "Pompeii"

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“Pompeii”: My Interpretation... I believe that this song metaphorically speaks how life can be compared to the ancient city of Pompeii. In Pompeii, they never took the cautions of the volcanic eruptions much like how we don’t prepare ourselves for the unknown in life.ALso speaking, this could also mean that you work so hard to achieve something but then your life’s work just seems to collapse or “engulf” you much like lava from a volcano. This could be linked to how dreams can’t always be reality. Or, in a way, we can make decisions to stay away from situations that lead us astray, but sometimes we take the wrong path and by this, cause us much destruction. The line “Where do we begin, the rubble or our sins?” brings a strong message or implied theme about how we destroyed things but not thinking of why we did this in the first place or by looking at why we started the problem. Pretty genius idea from Bastille ;) The music video however… I believe that since he was blinded from society, he never really got to see what was going on around him. When he sees the black eyes’ of the people he’s startled much like how a person would be if they saw a drastic change in someone they knew. On the other hand, the black eyes could symbolize how we all have “demons” or imperfections in a way and we need to except that not all people will accept that. It could also mean that change occurs quite often but we may not notice it until we take a closer look into life. *I could be way off.. idk. Music is seen the way we see
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