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The last remains of Pompeii burned |
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The gadabout had just returned |
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To see the ashes covering the town |
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Empires burned and cities fell |
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While lovers kissed and said farewell |
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And laid their fragile bodies on the ground |
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But I'm not scared to burn |
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To dust, I will return again |
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If you'll stay by my side |
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I'll lay down and I won't hide from fate |
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Vesuvius was growing colder |
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Embers that had hotly smoldered |
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Settled into lifeless dust below |
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The gadabout was still alive |
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But not another soul survived |
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So through the blackened streets he walked alone |
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But I'm not scared to burn |
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To dust, I will return again |
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If you'll stay by my side |
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I'll lay down and I won't hide from fate |
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The centuries will come and go |
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The sun will shine, the wind will blow |
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And we will curse the passing of the years |
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But time's eternal, day by day |
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It's us who pass, and blow away |
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Soon no one will remember we were here |
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But I'm not scared to burn |
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To dust, I will return again |
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If you'll stay by my side |
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I'll lay down and I won't hide from fate |
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From fate |
