I thought I could lose you
in another country
down by the waters
Pompeii
City of ashes
somehow I could breathe
burning red
hot to death
I saw you from across the room
and I just knew

You were with her
I didn't see her

It was the end of my time
in the place I thought I'd lose you
something about the city
it just gets me
freeze frames of last breaths
and beloveds lost forever

buried treasures
buried in burning death
a symbol of material's emptiness
how do I confess to you
my love is true?
When we leave this behind
we leave all our dimes
but I will still have love for you

riches and gold
forever plastered
life's meaningless treasures

suffocation
I had to leave before you saw me too
I don't know what it was
I couldn't be reintroduced to your drug
in the city of ashes
surely I would burn
because I knew

you are with her
and when you look at me
I can't tell if it shows
but I know

you are with her
and when you look at me
I can't tell if it shows
but I know