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"Cleopatra" is a song recorded by American folk rock band the Lumineers. The song serves as the title track to their second studio album of the same name.
"Cleopatra" was released as the album's second single on March 25, 2016.
According to Wesley Schultz, lead vocalist of the Lumineers, "Cleopatra" tells the life story of a female taxi driver, named Manana, in the Republic of Georgia.[1][2] While Schultz's wife was working on her college thesis in the country, the couple came across Manana, who became the first female taxi driver in Georgia.[3] He describes her as a "badass lady - she’ll pick you up at the airport with a cigarette hanging out her mouth and a beer can between [her] legs."[2] Schultz was inspired by her realism, in contrast to the false imagery of contemporary Instagram culture.[2] He also admired her lack of self-pity and "willingness to confront life."[2][3]
The song opens with the line "I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress,", which is meant to refer to the archetype of the Egyptian queen.[3] The lyric reflects the "destiny idea of greatness" that comes with youth, and how she aspired to be a "force of nature".[3] It was meant to capture the "overflowing" confidence that the Manana possessed, and how in retrospect, it became merely a mask of identity.[4] The song outlines Manana's ill-fated love, which ended after her father's death.[3] At sixteen, she withheld an answer to her lover's proposal in the midst of grief, and he promptly departed from their small village.[5] The lyrics also mention the lover leaving on a rainy day, tracking mud into the room, which the driver refused to wash off.[4] [5] The ballad concludes tragically, with the narrator alluding to her eventual death from old age after being "forever late to her own life.[6][7] Musically, "Cleopatra" contains hand-claps and "mounting harmonies," as well as strumming guitar and an "easy, natural flow".[8][7] The titular track is the third on Cleopatra, and was described by Schultz as the "bedrock of the album".[9][2]
Lyrics
I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress
When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my hand
But I was sad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress
With my father in a casket, I had no plans, yeah
And I left the footprints, the mud stain on the carpet
And it hardened like my heart did when you left town
But I must admit it, that I would marry you in an instant
Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you around
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
And when I die alone, when I die alone, die I'll be on time, ah, yeah
While the church discouraged, any lust that burned within me
Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held true
So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me
From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time
And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce
But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play my part
I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters
But that's all in the past love, gone with the wind
Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom
It's a bed and a bathroom
And a place for the end
I won't be late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
And when I die alone, when I die alone, die I'll be on time, ah
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Jeremy Fraites / Simone Felice / Wesley Schultz
Cleopatra lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
