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lyrics

Listen… I warn you my skin is shaking.
Soon I’ll be bleeding.
Run…. Run for your life now.
Or your fate is sealed.

Glorious was Pompéi.

Isn’t it fantastic,
this ancient city
frozen under fire
waiting to be found ?
Isn’t it harrowing ?
To imagine the day
when all these people died
stuck into ashes.

Gods, were they unleashed ?
Or it’s underground ?
Power of the earth !
No gods can afford
This strength.
Fear mother earth.

Vanished is Pompéi.

Immortalised plasters
They are testimonies
their bodies show the pain,
the fear and the tears.
Shaft of knowledge and tools
to understand mankind
and also warn us
about mother earth.

Cherish is Pompéi.

One thousand years back
Dark clouds in the sky
And the earth was bleeding tones of lava.

Nothing is Pompéi.
So be it.

We have to admit our insignificance.
We are small and weak
even if now we can defy
the power of the wilderness.
We shouldn’t put these strengths against us.
But cherish them.

credits

from O​ï​koumen - EP, released February 2, 2020
Guitar, composition &recording : Elie Veux.
Vocals & lyrics : Laura Mazard.
Bass & synths programing : Yael Febvray.
Mix : Alphabet Recording
Graphic artist : Johan Garcia

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Oïkoumen Paris, France

Oïkoumen is an engaged prog/symphonic metal band with tensed riffs and emotional melodies. The band was founded in 2017 by Elie V. composer and Laura M. lyricist. Yael F. joined in 2018 as the bass player and Amaury Didon in 2023 as the drums player.

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