The Last Day of Pompeii

The Last Day of Pompeii by WINTERFLAME Duet: Marcus (male) and Livia (female) [Verse 1: Male Vocal] The ovens breathe before the sun is up I knead the bread my father taught me well The mountain smokes, as it has all my life a quiet giant watching from above [Verse 2: Female Vocal] The earth has trembled twice since yesterday the cups have danced across the kitchen stone The dogs won't sleep, the birds have left the bay I feel it in my bones, we're not alone [Pre-Chorus: Call and response] It's nothing, love, the mountain always breathes Then why do all the birds abandon the bay? Stay, the bread is rising, stay with me The sky is wrong — we should not stay today [Chorus 1: Duet, peaceful, ironic] One more day in Pompeii bread in the oven, sun on the wall one more day in Pompeii we never thought the mountain would fall [Verse 3: Male Vocal, urgent] The sky is black at noon, the sun is gone white stones are falling, hissing through the air Take my hand, run, the boats are at the shore the sea is still our road, if we can get there [Verse 4: Female Vocal, urgent] The streets are choked, the roofs are breaking in the sea is farther than our feet can fly The boats are gone, the harbor's full of ash our feet can't outrun the falling sky [Pre-Chorus 2: Call and response, resolved] Then we don't run Then we stay If this is our last hour on earth Let it be ours, come what may [Chorus 2: Duet, tragic variation] One last day in Pompeii ash on the bread, night at noon one last day in Pompeii we held each other till the mountain fell [Middle: Soft, quiet] Hold me, don't look at the sky Hold me, the world is turning gray If the mountain takes the town tonight It cannot take this love away [Guitar Solo: Short, emotional] [Bridge: Slow build, centuries pass] The city slept beneath the ash and stone The years went by, the world forgot our names But when they dug us from the ash at last They found us still embracing in the ash [Final Chorus: Duet, united, luminous] The fire took the city, stone by stone But ash kept what the fire could not own The mountain fell, the city burned But love outlived Pompeii, love remains [Outro: Piano, quiet] We are still here, in the ash, holding on #WINTERFLAME #EpicMetal #HeavyMetal #PowerMetal #Metal #MetalMusic #Pompeii #RomanHistory #AncientRome #Vesuvius #AIMusic #EpicMusic