[Verse 1]
I try to imagine the best place I've been
Can I go back again?
Open my eyes, what was no longer exists
I can't go back again
I like to pretend that nothing has changed
And never went too far
But it started to lose me
Like a four-hour movie I'd already seen

[Bridge]
Holding onto my memory
Of what this used to be
Holding onto my memory of you

[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes I tell myself
That things are okay
Another lie, but it makes me feel better
Never as old as I was today
I'm gonna breakdown, breakdown

[Chorus]
In American Pompeii
In American Pompeii
I break myself just to live this way
Never as old as I was today
American Pompeii
[Verse 2]
Look in my eyes and see how sick I feel
About what you've become
Filthy and twisted like you never existed
I know what you were
Your beauty forgotten
Under mountains of schism
I don't wanna climb
Giving up my memory
Of what this used to be
I'm giving up my memory of you

[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes I tell myself
That things are okay
Another lie, but it makes me feel better
Never as old as I was today
I'm gonna breakdown, breakdown

[Chorus]
In American Pompeii
In American Pompeii
I break myself just to live this way
Never as old as I was today
American Pompeii
[Guitar Solos]

[Chorus]
In American Pompeii
In American Pompeii
I break myself just to live this way
Never as old as I was today
American Pompeii

[Verse 3]
Try to imagine the best place I've been
Can I go back again?
Open my eyes, what was no longer exists
I can't go back again
I'm giving up my memory
Of what this used to be
Giving up my memory of you