This day-dream makes him think about the work he had accomplished in his life.
when it says "but if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothings changed at all?" Dan Smith told Structurally, this song is fairly standard except for the "ayyyy ay-yo ayo" vocals that make for a killer hook.
If you lost everything (whether it being certain people/friends, or literally), how would you look to the positive side about it?
I am just guessing that this is what the lyrics meant because they seemed to have a lot in common with what happened in Pompeii.
The volcano erupted and destroyed the paradise. Graham Coxon
and he is watching his life fall to pieces --> And the walls kept tumbling down In the city that we lovebut he dreams of his happy life before --> But if you close your eyes...changed at all?and he wonders how to be happy in his new boring life --> How am I gonna be an optimist about this?While the official explanation is that the song is about the fate of Pompeii itself, one has to wonder if it was partially inspired by what's happening to much of western Europe now. The song itself refers to the destruction and deaths that occured when Mount Vesuvius erupted in Pompeii (hence the name of the song). But what's the meaning behind one of their biggest tracks? The song talks … My InterpretationI can say with relative certainty that this song is NOT about a relationship, a specific person/story, or and definitely not just telling the story of Pompeii.The song is dense with truths about humanity and our tendency to inadvertently cause our own downfalls.
"And it's just such a kind of dark powerful image, and it got me thinking about how boring it must have been emotionally after the event. Back In A.D. 79 in the city of Pompeii Mt. (addition to others interpretation)The line "nothing changed at all" in a literal sense means that like when the village that ash was fallen on was found, the bodies were in perfect condition so its like noting changed at all. He didn't think anyone outside of his circle of friends would ever hear the song, but when he posted some tracks online, they got enough attention to earn his band a deal with Virgin Records. sort form.
Bastille's frontman Dan Smith revealed all to Radio X: " I was reading a book that had some picture of the people who got caught up in the volcanic eruption. sort form. Famously, the city was sort of dug up and people who were wiped out by the volcano were kind of discovered – or the negative space of their body was discovered – in the poses in which they died, and I just thought that was such an interesting image.
With the "ay-yo"s carrying the song, the chorus doesn't come in until :50, which allows Bastille to except the "don't bore us, get to the chorus" rule of songwriting.Dan Smith was not a professional musician when he wrote this song - he was a bartender and student of English literature.
When he turns to the camera with his blacked out eyes, you can see the finality of despair on his face. This chant opens the song, is repeated in the choruses, and is used for a vocal break after the second chorus (about 2:08 in), and also in the fade-out.
The black smoke cloud covering the town as the volcano erupted.
Pompeii is where the rich lived and vacationed, it was very expensive and many people there were selfish and spoiled. The city is a metaphor for something once so amazing and strong that has been weakened and destroyed by a force that cannot be controlled and the utter devastation that it causes as well as the eternal hopelessness. It's about how that loss is driving him insane within and is turning him dark inside, though he's doing everything he can to get back to that source of purity.
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The volcano erupted and destroyed the paradise.
Hence the term "in your pose as the dust settles" old things collect dust :p. Sorry if I bore you huge history freak.Bastille is really good if you like Pompeii you should check the other songs from them.I also agree, to me this is a parallel to Pompeii insofar as his life is in ruins yet it looks exactly as it was.
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France. Released on 12 January 2013, the track reached number 2 on the UK Chart, making it the band's highest charting single to date alongside their The Rhythm of the Night re-imagining, Of The Night.But what's the meaning behind one of their biggest tracks?It turns out, the song is aptly name as it was inspired by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii.
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