Sweet Pompeii

Lyrics

[Excerpt 1] "How are you?" "Well, it's been a long time since anybody's asked me that." [Verse 1: Dan Smith] You took my heart and you held it in your mouth And with a word all my love came rushing out And every whisper, it's the worst Emptied out by a single word There's a hollow in me now [Verse 2: Dan Smith] It isn't easy for me to let it go Cause I swallow every single word And every whisper, every sigh Eats away this heart of mine And there is a hollow in me now [Chorus: Dan Smith] So I put my faith in something unknown I'm living on such sweet nothing But I'm trying to hope with nothing to hold I'm living on such sweet nothing And it's hard to learn And it's hard to love When you're giving me such sweet nothing Sweet nothing, sweet nothing You're giving me… [Bridge: Erika] But if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like you've been here before? [Bridge: Bernie Sanders] The lesson to be learned here is Since their greed and recklessness and illegal behavior So many people to lose their homes These guys have learnt nothing! [Chorus: Dan Smith] How am I gonna be an optimist about this? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? If you close your eyes Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? [Outro] "I'm great."