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The Last Days of Pompeii/Benediction Lyrics
Woke up, I got dressed and went to Herculaneum
With no idea what the future deemed it would become
My uncle, he is an admiral, as for me I have no trade
My name is Pliny and these are observations I have made
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days, uhhuh, uhhuh, hey
These are the last days
A pretty little city, barely inland from the sea
A social of life of ??? soirees, and debauchery
What took 500 years to build was over in a flash
With people, tables, government houses, all covered up in ash
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days, uhhuh, hey
These are the last days
Woke up, I got dressed and went to Herculaneum
With no idea what the future deemed it would become
My uncle, he is an admiral, as for me I have no trade
My name is Pleni and these are observations I have made
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days...................
With no idea what the future deemed it would become
My uncle, he is an admiral, as for me I have no trade
My name is Pliny and these are observations I have made
These are the last days, uhhuh, uhhuh, hey
These are the last days
A social of life of ??? soirees, and debauchery
What took 500 years to build was over in a flash
With people, tables, government houses, all covered up in ash
These are the last days, uhhuh, hey
These are the last days
With no idea what the future deemed it would become
My uncle, he is an admiral, as for me I have no trade
My name is Pleni and these are observations I have made
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
These are the last days...................
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Alas, as Mr. Hart is no longer here with us, I must attempt to make sense of His mini rock opera. The simplicity of the lyrics belies a vast underlying message...
Obviously, this is a metaphor for the greed of corporate oil and land developers. The "eruption" (climate change and deforestation) is upon us, and the civilization we worked so long to build is threatened. The narrator, Pliny the Elder, historically died of asphyxiation/heart attack while on a rescue mission, at the actual eruption in 79 AD. The line about "having no trade" is meant to call attention to the imcompatibility of commerce with the environment, where modern technological "progress" often means destroying nature to obtain its resources and wealth. If you oppose this structure of ownership and control, you "have no trade", and all of us who are tied to making a living in a world of extreme capitalism with its oligarchy and technocracy are warned of the coming "eruption" which we are all contributing to!
[Edit: fixed typo]