"American Pompeii" lyrics

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

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

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 break down, break down

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

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

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 break down, break down

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

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

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