The Lumineers - Cleopatra
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Leaving a comment so that when someone likes it, I be reminded of this nice song
Hope you enjoy coming it back to it my friend. 😊
Come back 😂
Get back here I liked! 😁
Where are you my fridoooo🤔
Come bk 😂❤
this song played in the car 3 years ago as I was visiting my hometown and hanging out with one of my closest friends. we were driving and it came on, and it along with the conversation we had earlier that night, helped both of us realize we were in love with each other. I moved back a few months later to be with him. we moved in together, got married, and it's our daughter's birthday today. so thank you, Lumineers, for helping a random couple of people who'd been hurt in the past realize they needed to take a shot at love.
Amaryn Elizabeth wow your story is amazing.
I don't know I'd ever be that lucky.
I wish I could like this comment a 💯 times ... 🤗
Beautiful
Thats awesome!!
A note from Wesley on the video:
“Cleopatra made me cry in the studio and I had to stop the take. It’s inspired by a true story about a female taxi driver who, when she was younger, was proposed to. But her father had just passed away, so she didn’t give her boyfriend an answer. So he left the village broken-hearted and rejected and never returned again. He was her great love and she wouldn’t wash the footprints off the floor after he had left.
I knew immediately that I wanted to write a song about the story because it was so haunting and poetic. And I got to meet the lady herself eventually and she was very honest and humble. She really affected me because of the sadness in her story. In today’s world, we are just inundated with images of grandness and how great everyone’s life is. And it’s not true. In fact, it’s depressing. This was a real and honest story.”
-Wesley Schultz
I don't know....it's a beautiful story but I think if he really was her great love he would of waited. I think Cleopatra's better off even if she didn't feel that way.
I totally agree. Who on earth would propose to a woman when her father just passed away and feel rejected and leave the town because she didn't give an answer? It's so egocentric.
burcu ataman Thank you for your note... very touching to know how this song came to life
burcu ataman When I listen to the song once more after reading this,I wanna cry.Behind this cheerful song is such a touching but sad story😭😭
burcu ataman i
“I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life. But when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I’ll be on time.” This crushed me.🖤
Me too ,i cry everytime 😭😭😭💙
Ikr it was too sad
I told my husband and sons to make sure I'm late for my funeral.
@@greeneyeddg lol Good one!
Recently, my sister n law died in her sleep at 40 next to my brother it made me reflect on my life . She died on time. Gods time.
every single passenger on that taxi is a different music video guys
Hope so
Holy crap! You're right! That's awesome! Thanks for pointing that out!
if you watch Angela,Sleep on the Floor and Cleopatra you'll get the story =)
They're not just passengers. Cleopatra, Angela, and Sleep on the Floor are all about the same couple. Throughout the videos, you can see the similarities. The keys, her tattoo, her scar....
the mom and daughter are from their video stubborn love
The mom and daughter from "Stubborn Love"
the lady from "Angela"
the couple from "Sleep on the Floor"
and the taxi driver, is the lady from "Angela"
and obviously, the band.
I love it
Rebecca_Claire_ Howard the nurse and older Cleopatra from My Eyes! but can’t figure out where the red-haired guy with glasses in the taxi fits into the story?
grammar please the lady from “Angela” is the older version of the lady from “sleep on the floor”. Because of the same tattoo that was shown in both videos. So I’m assuming the middle aged guy with glasses to be the older guy
ZarKLeftys yes i’m aware of all the versions of the female lead, but her ex in Sleep On The Floor isn’t a redhead like the guy with glasses in the taxi, and the ex was shown fast forward in My Eyes (he was older but still obviously looked like his Sleep On The Floor self)
Rebecca_Claire_ Howard are you dumb? The other person replying is named “grammar please”
@@zarkleftys9186 😂😂😂😂
Damn your wife, I'll be your mistress to have you around.
This hit too hard
She’s divorced. As I am . It is a pain you’ll have to endure for life. The two divorcées wish they were still together but pride is a powerful driving force.
Good bye Ellen. I’ll love you forever.
You're a side piece?
Ikrr too hardd
@ I agree, I am completely against cheating but this line is meaningful because a person with self respect would never want to be a mistress, but imagine how much love they have for that other person, how much they mean to her that she would want him by her side even if it meant just being a small part of his life. I guess it's impactful in theory than in practice, in real life it will just ruin you.
For real I relate too much
"But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play my part."
This hits right in the feels.
💯
I’ve never understood what that line meant
@@terminallumbago6465 I understand it as life gives you what it gives you and you play that part.
@@terminallumbago6465 It means people follow the path that SEEMS to fit them instead of the life they truly want, because pursuing what they truly want is so much harder than fulfilling the role everyone THINKS you fit.
@@guy8646 In other words people do what they or society think they should rather than what they want?
This is just magical. I am enjoying every lyric in every song The Lumineers have. I've never been addicted to something, I am now
OliverVlogss see them live you will be blown away it's amazing experience
try the band Oh Wonder - i have been daunted ever since
you should try heroin
same ive heard about ho hey last 2015 and i never really paid attention to them until now i regret stanning them this late. i wish i could ever see them perform live T.T
Off topic but im the 1k like
I watched all the other music videos before this one and this made me cry like a baby. In love with all of these videos and songs. The story is just amazing..
Yes it makes me feel so sad! Its like not fair with her.
Can you please explain the story I didn't get it
ME TOO OMG
Could you please explain the story? PLEASE
SUMMING UP for who is lost, under the (great) merit of other people around here...
Ken Tucky1 dia atrás
Ophelia - falls in love
Sleep on the Floor - the man she fell in love with leaves and she can't go with him because her father died
Angela - she marries another man she doesn't love and has kids
Cleopatra - she is old and the passengers remind her of her youth and regrets for not going with the man she loves
Hunter McDonald4 dias atrás
She falls in love with a guy (Ophelia). Her father dies and the guy she
loves asks her to leave town with him (Sleep On The Floor) but she stays
in that town. She marries a guy she doesn't love and has a child
(Angela). When she's old and divorced she regrets not leaving town with
her lover, back when her father died (Cleopatra).
KanKillz2 dias atrás
Really nice theory, now that you've said that I wouldn't be surprised if she is the protagonist in Long Way from Home if they decide to do it. Considering the character they sing about is an aged lover on their deathbed
Raiya3 dias atrás
Anyone else notice the mom and daughter at 0:43 are from Stubborn Love? Was that girl supposed to be the youngest version of the woman?
Okay so hear me out.
About SLEEP ON THE FLOOR, ANGELA and CLEOPATRA.
So basically of course this is open to a lot of interpretations but WHAT IF, all three videos (Sleep On The Floor, Angela and Cleopatra) are the story of one woman. Cleopatra. The old lady. And the ‘what ifs’ of her life. The girl from Sleep on the Floor got a wave tattoo, the pregnant lady from Angela has the same tattoo. So she could be that girl. The old woman and her son who she picks up, could be that pregnant lady and that son could be the child she was bearing. You see that transition happening in every video where it’s almost like a person's soul escaping the body and going ahead living a life of its own. So then we got two narratives. One is the actual reality and the other is the WHAT IF. In the actual reality, she never ran away with the love of her life in Sleep on the floor. In Angela, she's married and pregnant with someone else and in Cleopatra she doesn’t live with that child’s father as we see her dropping her own son and not going to the house. In the WHAT IF, in Sleep on the Floor she does run away with the love of her life and get married, but wakes up in reality. Again in Angela, the what IF is she runs away from that husband and reminisces her lost love as we see her dancing. In Cleopatra, she lives alone but the WHAT IF is when she craves for that love and family we see that transition happening and a part of her escapes her and joins that family.
And another angle to that is, the day in the life of Cleopatra that we see, the old woman as a taxi driver picking up passengers, every passenger that comes, represents a phase of her life. From her being a child, to her running away with her love, to turning pregnant and being alone. Moving onto other phases of her life of grief and loneliness because then we only see single passengers, no one is in pairs.
Imagine the attention to detail these guys have put into creating these three videos.
i really loved the way u made all this, its so great, its just i dont think she ever had a baby (or was pregnant) since she never met the love of her life again since the day he left( there is a relation between cleopatra and sleep on the floor, since the writer himself stated that the lady told him about her story and everything ) if u have some time check the first comments, the story is stated below and thank you for taking some of your time and writing all these words, they might someday warmth someones heart ( excuse my english)
This is based off an actual woman though.
watch the ballad of cleopatra
then its Ophelia
This is nothing original, it’s well known. Watch Ballad of Cleopatra.
This makes me realize how short life is and if something feels right, you better do it dammit.
Preach
Totally f**ng agree ,don't worry about what other people say ,U do U !!👍🤭🤗
you made me dry sob
YOU JUST MADE ME CONFESS MY FEELINGS TO MY CRUSH AND I GOT REJECTED💀🤣
@@aubreyscott3198 ayy now ya know... keep your head up king there are plenty fish in the sea
And yes, the taxi driver is the older version of the woman in all three videos. 1:50 that's the son she was pregnant with in Angela
GARY J
GARY J
You notice the old woman in the yellow sweater in the back of the cab has the same scar? Probably another video continuing this story.
YoSoyPro maybe, or maybe just symbolism to show how we all have scars from the choices we made.
***** Fake contacts, lol.
Ophelia Meaning :
The film opens with “Ophelia.” This is really one of the only parts of the film in which The Lumineers actually appear. It’s a way for them to introduce the ballad, with a song they hold close to their hearts. “Ophelia” deals with the success, expectations, and pressure the band has gone through since rising to fame, which is why this song means so much to them.
I, I got a little paycheck
You got big plans and you gotta move (whoo!)
And I don’t feel nothing at all
And you can’t feel nothing small
“Ophelia” is a constant reminder for The Lumineers. It allows them to take a step back and appreciate all that has happened to them, and that’s exactly what the video depicts. The band is playing the song for a crowd when lead singer, Wesley Shultz, steps out of his own body and removes himself from the chaos of his current life; just as the meaning of the song depicts. He exits the building and begins to dance along the street to the beat of the music. The song continues as he pleasantly strides along. As the music of Ophelia fades out, transitional notes fall in, eventually leading Shultz into the taxicab, of one, Cleopatra. They share a conversation unheard to our ears, and thus, the story begins.
Cleopatra Meaning
Shultz exits the car and “Cleopatra” the song begins as Cleopatra, the driver, waits for her next passenger. The “Cleopatra” portion of the ballad follows the beautiful taxi driver with wild gray hair and eyes full of wisdom, through her shift. As she drives along the busy streets you are able to see that she is reminiscing. She is reminiscing on the “what ifs” that life inevitably brings you. It’s not so much about regret, as it is about thinking about the path you took in life, and realizing that for whatever reason, it was the path you needed to take.
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
And I left the footprints,
the mud stained 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
Casts of characters enter in and out of the cab, some familiar and some not, some metaphorical and some literal. Each character has a different story, and each taken in by our seasoned Cleopatra.
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
Eventually she turns the meter off, and picks up her adult son from the airport, who enters the front seat with a wide-eyed smile and a grand hug. They drive until dusk. They stop to enjoy burgers with full smiles and genuine laughs before night falls and she must take him to his father. The song comes to a close as she drops her son off to his father’s home, and that’s when the first “what if” of the ballad, a theme that reoccurs throughout, happens. Cleopatra imagines going in to make amends with the father so they can enjoy their son’s stay together, as a family. However, instead she turns around, gets in her car, and drives away.
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
She drives. Her face is sullen and soft. A smooth transition begins as Cleopatra transforms into a much younger version of herself, driving away from something else, with the same soft and sullen look upon her face. What comes next is the beginning for Cleopatra, the beginning of the “What Ifs.”
Sleep on the Floor Meaning
Peaceful piano track “Patience” plays as we see the youngest version of Cleopatra sad and transfixed, staring deeply into her boyfriend’s eyes, standing at her father’s funeral. As the keys of the piano put you at ease, everything moves in slow motion. The boy slowly approaches her and whispers, “If you don’t leave now you may never make it out.” With that, “Sleep On The Floor” begins, and Cleopatra imagines what could have been if she left with the love of her life on that very day.
Pack yourself a toothbrush dear
Pack yourself a favorite blouse
Take a withdrawal slip
Take all of your savings out
‘Cause if we don’t leave this town
We might never make it out
I was not born to drown
Baby come on
“Sleep On The Floor” takes us on a journey. The young and in love couple drive across the states. They wander in and out of dirty motels, they meet new people, and they find themselves free. Although they have nothing stable or secure - they have each other. And what we come to find, is that is quite literally all that they need. They eventually marry, happy as ever, and dance into the night. As they lay down to sleep on their wedding night “Sleep On The Floor” comes to a close. The young Cleopatra locks eyes with the camera before the scene shifts out of the “what if” scenario and into reality. She’s now back in her car, just as we saw her before the song began, with that soft and sullen look on her face. She looks in the rearview, only for a second, and then continues to drive on, always moving forward.
Angela Meanign
“Angela” begins with Cleopatra slightly older and pregnant. She’s in bed with her husband, safe and secure in a nice home. However, it’s easy to tell she does not want to be there. At this point in the ballad you know who the Cleopatra character is, or at least who she wants to be. She’s “taller than the rafters.” Life has gotten in the way of who she wanted to become, but that still doesn’t change who she is at her core. And so, as the guitar plucks of “Angela” continue, we see the older, pregnant Cleopatra leave her body, and begin to imagine what life would be like, if she left him when she wanted to.
When you left this town, with your windows down
And the wilderness inside
Let the exits pass, all the tar and glass
‘Til the road and sky align
The strangers in this town,
They raise you up just to cut you down
Oh Angela it’s a long time coming
And your Volvo lights lit up green and white
With the cities on the signs
But you held your course to some distant war
In the corners of your mind
She’s back to driving, back where she always seems to be - on the open road, on her own, moving forward. But this time the look on her face is not soft or sullen. It’s determined. Determined to hold her course. She drives far and wide until she reaches a motel. She gets out of the car, looks to the sky, and for the first time in the ballad she expresses joy, celebration, and finally, peace. The “Angela” video takes us on the journey of the heart and soul that is the Cleopatra character - following your gut and your heart to its wits end.
My Eyes MEaning
“My Eyes” is the bow that ties the story of this legend together. She’s older now; older than she was when we first met her in the taxi. She’s in a nursing home, sharing stories with the nurse, and waiting for her time to end.
Oh, the devil’s inside
You opened the door
You gave him a ride
Too young to know, too old to admit
That you couldn’t see how it ends
What did you do to my eyes
What did you sing to that lonely child
Promised it all but you lied
You better slow down baby soon
It’s all or nothing to you
Before it ends, we see Cleopatra shift out of her body one last time, to make the move we know she wants to make. She walks down the empty halls, out of the nursing home door, and into the abyss.
“The Ballad Of Cleopatra” spreads the wisdom of this character onto those who view it. She shows you to be strong and to stay true to yourself. She shows you that you may not end up exactly where you thought you would. And she shows you that even if you don’t become who you thought you would be - it doesn’t matter, becuase in the end, the only thing that really matters in your life are the people you could never and would never want to life without. So choose those people, and hold on to them tight.
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,
when I die I’ll be on time
So there is an order and a story for the songs? I assume that the order for the connected songs is the order in which you listed them here right?
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BEAUTIFUL
Omg that's fantastic you took time to explain and it is fabulous I'm speechless THANK YOU
you win the longest comment
The narrative order: "Sleep on the Floor", "Angela", "Cleopatra, "Ophelia" (order is also exact opposite of the time release of the videos on RUclips). After her father's death ("my father in a casket", Cleopatra lyrics), girl is asked by guy to leave town, but she didn't and ends up bearing a child to another guy and of course has regrets ("Angela" lyrics starts with referring to the guy who left town and there's a scene of them in "Angela" video that is taken from the "Sleep on the Floor" clip) and ironically feels free and "home at last" ("Angela" lyrics) when she goes out of the house. In Cleopatra, she's the taxi driver (proof: the same wave tattoo on arm and scar on cheek) and is "divorced" ("Cleopatra" lyrics) (also, the end shows how she didn't enter the house of her ex-husband along with her son) ("Ophelia" lyrics: "got a little paycheck, you gotta move"). Like the Ophelia character in Shakespeare's "Hamlet", the story's about a girl and choices and 'what if's of two worlds (there's always a splitting scene of one's self in all four videos), and, like the Cleopatra character in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra", she had her times of glory, but that's past now. In the song Ophelia, Wesley (the vocalist) talks of how she has "been on [Wesley's] mind", reflecting on the whole narrative, and thus the production of the brilliantly interconnected songs and video clips.
What do you think?
Love this connection. Have you looked in to stubborn love too?
I love the subtle continuity and that the screenwriter/s and band do not feel the need to overstate the narrative.
I do still cry, though. :)
This makes me "happy-sad" 😟
Go ahead and feel free to mention the actual Cleopatra. Her father died, leaving Egypt in a state of worry and her younger brother (who was about eight and she thirteen). She wanted Julius Ceasar, but he left her in Egypt to go back to Rome with his wife. Cleopatra Married Marc Antony and bore his son.
Did Chrisopher Nolan recently switch from making movies to making songs???
I mean this is unbelievably well-wrought ....
I love how they have recurring people in their music videos. It's like watching a movie then seeing the same actors in the sequel, very well done.
It's kind of a multiverse.
All the female actors in all the videos are the same but at different ages and phases of life.
Should've seen the ballade of cleopatra, it was the entirity of the story combined.
it is a movie. Watch the full one with all the songs. its a beautiful story
Can we please acknowledge how beautiful this woman is. Such a loving, sincere and warm smile.. If you ever read this lady taxi driver; you made me feel like calling my mom to tell her how much I love her. Thank you for that
Exactly :)
I was thinking the exact same thing!
How true! And let's acknowledge, that there are many more people outside (men and women), just like her.
ok and why did we need to know that?
Rosanne-renee Lagendijk RIGHT?! I hope I am half that Beautiful when I get to be her age🤗 She is soooo amazing!!! WOW😍😍😍😍😍
Just an observation, but if seems like the woman is driving around, or remembering, her past self. When the pregnant girl gets in the taxi, you can see a cut on her cheekbone and when she gets out, the woman driving the taxi has that same cut on her cheek. I think it shows her driving her young self away from the man we saw her son walk up to at the end of the video. And of course, the different reality that would have been had she not left.
Just my take :)
It seems as though most of the women have that scar. I think it's a beautiful part of the narrative.
You think very beautiful
I think it part of a beautiful larger narrative.
yeah, I thought the same thing
I thought the same
She's so beautiful...even still
true!
☺☺😊😊
yes
who is she!?
Cleopatra :P
I'm completely stunned by the consistent beauty the Lumineers create.
They are all related by the scars on the left cheek it explains the life story of the taxi driver. First it starts with sleep on the floor where it shows what could of happened if she didn't stick with him then next is Angela where it shows what happened when she got divorced then in cleopatra it tells her whole life story about how what would of happened if she didn't get a Devore and how she still would of been with her husband and her child. LIKE TO SPREAD THE WORD.
I just relized that then scrolled down to see you noticed !!!
This song makes me cry.... everytime!
Well I'm not exactly crying but yeah, this song gives you feel :'-)
Monyet Bambam same
same
Christin Kolbeck same
Christin Kolbeck same and I am wearing a lot of mascara now cuz I'm in a play and my makeup isn't waterproof
There is some kind of deep sensibility in her eyes that fascinates me...
agree
Ikr, kinda makes me want to sit down and listen to her stories
I dont know if its sadness or something else but her eyes are trying to "talk".
Growing humble makes your lights change in ways you can't even pick up right away, but over the years.
DIVORCE. Don’t you get it! DIVORCE
I can’t help but feel I’m going to be her when I’m older. That sad smile that still enjoys and lives through others in her taxi
beauty never ages, especially if its etched in your soul.
beautifully said👌
👍💜
what is etched in your soul radiates in your beauty...
+janis ian Rirao agree
Peach!!!
it's astonishing the range of emotions that this lovely lady can express only with her face.
Yes! It was beautiful how her face alone had so much emotion.
I know it's just a story for a music video, but I wish I could sit down with her and listen to while she tells her story
This lady is peaceful!
It's based on a true story !!!
what's the story?
im here to leave my mark before this song blows up the worlwide charts.
Same
count me in!
yassss
Me too!
amen
i can't describe in words how close this song is to my heart, recently a month ago me and my girlfriend broke up with me and this just has this feeling in my heart that i can't describe. i was going through severe depression, anxiety, insomnia leading me not to sleep for days and other stuff and then the breakup rlly messed me up but it is what it is, if anyone is reading this and going through something, just know there is always hope even in the darkest of times, stay strong, life is too short for worrying and feeling dead and miserable all the time, hope whoever is reading this have a happy great life, much love 🖤
Me as of right now!!
Wonderful message! 🙏
My dad died last year and today would have been his birthday. I'm on vacation at the moment with a friend so i can't be at home with my family now and it's really hard. But your message honestly helped me feel better. So thank you! I hope you have a life full of greatness and happiness, too
Unfortunately it's me right now😭😭😭
Hang in there brother and if any woman leaves you do not sit and cry, stand up brush yourself off you are the prize. If she left you don't need her and she doesn't deserve you.
*LYRICS*
💙 *CLEOPATRA* 💙
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
And I left the footprints, the mud stained 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, when I die I'll be on time
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 now, 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, when I die I'll be on time
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Pablo Althaus thanks!
@@eohne2500 💙
tysm for the lyrics 💙💙💙
you're amazing 🌺
Thank you💖💖💖
❤❤❤❤❤
I was late for this
Late for that,
Late for
You.
:(
Painful isn't it?
Who liked before they even watched!? :D
me 😂😂
Absolutely me! 😂
Yep
meee :O
me lol
This beautifully haunting song makes me cry every single time. At 3:36 when she slaps her hand on the steering wheel, I saw and felt her hurt, a life full of regrets. That was her final gesture of surrender, and it pierced my soul as I watched her expression. The little details in this music video made it all the more precious❤️
I finally understood the ending... The ghost is her in another time line if her choices were different. And it made me cry, because I just had that stand in the driveway moment myself about a week ago...
Elias D Hi, I understand you very well...
Cool. Now go watch Angela.
The story around the song is that it's based on a taxi driver from Georgia, former Soviet Socialist Republic. Her boyfriend asked her hand in marriage, but her father had just passed, so she couldn't handle his question. He left her and she never stopped loving him.
Michael Rokofsky wow, i am from Georgia and that is so interesting!! Thank you
Elias D it made you cry because you are young, not hardened to life. To goodbye's. To disappointment. To being told no.
I listened them to much i crying so mcuh right now i cant even see the screen. I just happy and sad at the same time while i listening them
I feel you
Exactly the same over here
+Khaleesi thanks
I relate to this so much goddamn me too
Michael Johnston at least you're not lying when you say ugly fat f××k ...now I'm crying:'(((
0:48 Sleep On The Floor!
Luciana Gil and Angela and Stubborn Love all within 50 seconds!!
She hasn't got black nail varnish on her nails D:
Luciana Gil most of his vids connect. can't wait for the next one. do you get the story?
I listened to this song when visiting my best friend in Spain. It had been 3 years since I had seen her, and the realisation that I was standing near her, walking down her street, only began to dawn when this song came on. We listened to it together on my headphones, as she showed me her life. Where she had gone to nursery, her dentists, where she went to get her groceries. The streets smelt like chocolate chip cookies from the local cookie factory, and the sun was so bright I could see little gold flecks. I don’t think I’d ever been happier
Ugh! Your words are so pretty ❤❤❤
"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" these lines are so sad and the video makes it sadder.
i know right!
song made me cry when I read the lyrics
But i was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
👌😆
+Karla Esquivel such great lyrics
Right when I read that they were singing it 😂😂😂
!!! LeftRightLeftRightLeft!!! :D Coldplay :D
Great lyrics, brings me home again!
when she splits into two is that what could have happened if she had said yes and it shows you two different outcomes
wait but yes to what specifically?
Being with her love qnd having a child or dying alone. He sort of looks at her as if he is saying "you could have had this"
ooooohhh damn thats sad. the lyrics too. beautiful song;) Pardon my stupidity btw;)
Same thing happened in the Ophelia music video at the forty second mark.
What do you mean if she said yes, yes to what?
I'm 38 and remember feeling this way about this song at 28. Through two marriages, beautiful children and what seems like a life time later, I'm still brought to my knees by the emotions this song incites in me. "Late for this, late for that" - heart crushingly true! I want to be reminded every year so I can come back to this song and see the beautiful comments by my community members who feel music like I do! Love to you all 💗🌿
This is your reminder to listen to this song again 😊
I'm 37. Always been single. And it's still a stunningly beautiful yet tragic song. And that line "late for this, late for that" is truly haunting once you lived for a few years.
I feel like everyone focuses on the Regret part of this story, when Cleopatra didn't go with her love, but that disregards the happiness of this song. True she never went, and had her son with someone she didn't love, but look at how HAPPY she is with her son! And at the end she even wishes she went in with him and his father (her ex), left behind her regret, and found happiness again. But alas, she is just as obsessed with her regret as we are.
Borno Zaman the most destructive force known.......regret
Borno Zaman Excellent comment man. Thank you for writing this because it was thought provoking for me. Cheers!
Phew! I thought she was a pedophile!
I am taking -2 for off-task
agreed, and your last phrase got me hooked. hahaha
In my world, music will always be "The Lumineers" and "others". You guys are genuinely the only band I strive waiting to hear. Thank you for being. Just for being.
Me too!!!! They are my absolute favorite! I listen to others as well, but not nearly ad much as them.
you need to listen kodaline too :)
+Sammy Medina ooooohhh yes! kodaline is great! I love "all I want" and "way back when"!!
+Gamergirl 2223 Look up the band GroupLove
Passenger is great too
ignore this, making sure that i know this song before my siblings .
I relate to this on a spiritual level.
Hahaha
Dude same hahaha
xD
same here haha
This song reminds me of a very dark time for me. I was suicidal and the first time I listened to this song I had decided to end it all. The same night I broke up with my first love. It's been two years and still every time I hear this song I think about him. The break up made me realize that I need to love myself until I can love someone else. I am better now thank god, but every time I listen to this song I cry. I just can't help myself.
I'm happy that you are better now :) and it's ok to cry sometimes but not always
We all deserve love and to be loved ^^
I want to give that old lady a big hug
Pablo Gomez she’s not an old lady! Yikes. But she is beautiful and soulful and hug-worthy
@@lizrosenberg43 Very hugworthy. I feel like she needs a hug.
I want to give the lady @0:59 an orgasm.
You mean song or really after sleeping on the floor ?
Bc I did sleep at the floor last night
Ben Rosen Why would you say that ?
oh, I got one bit wrong. the man at the end of cleopatra isn't her true love. The only time you really see her with her true love is on sleep on the floor (and a bit of angela) because she didn't go with her love after mourning the death of her father, she never sees him again. This is a true story of a family friend The Lumineers wrote these songs about. het name is Manana who drives taxis. Wesley, the lead singer, had to stop recording one of the takes of cleopatra in the studio because he was crying too hard to finish :( :( that's how close to the story and the songs he got to.
Chelsey Ray Awesome!
I put together some of this so far, you cleared up some questions I had.
Sleep On The Floor
Angela
Cleopatra
She doesn't leave with the boy, gets pregnant of another man and runs away (her mo) and in cleopatra she is the taxi driver, she sees herself in all her passengers. She looks back at her life with a lot of regret, she's plagued by "what if."
Exactly! You got it! Such a beautifully sad story.
Also, in "sleep on the floor", I realized the song is being sung by her true loves point of view he's telling her all the things he wants her to do with him, and in cleopatra it's like she's responding to her true love from sleep on the floor and all the regrets she's had in her life(besides her son from angela which is the boy in cleopatra) hence the lyrics "the only gifts from my lord, were a birth and a divorce. Sayings she's grateful for the birth of her son and the fact that she got divorced from someone she didn't love.
Perfect. I commented on a like every one of these three videos. With other people helping like you "we" all pieced it together. That is interesting what you wrote about them recording, I had a feeling whomever the subject had to be close to the writer, it's such an intimate story.
I love it!!
Do you think Ophelia fits in somewhere too? I am wondering if that's the start, if that is her as a child.
It took me a bit to realize the "body splitting" were like choices, if she did X then it would have played out like so (or she imagines how it would play out) and if she chooses Y it would play out another way. Like the story of her pivotal decisions and what she did, now looking back she is regretting not taking the chance with the boy in SOTF. I can so relate to this, and I am in an on again off again relationship right now with a woman I love so dearly, due to life circumstances I don't know how it will play out- if we will end up together or not. But I know in my heart what i want, and I think she does too ass even the "off" times in our relationship we still talk often and it's clear neither of us want to just walk away, we are both at that pivotal moment that the character is in on SOTF. We don't want to just give up, "it's too hard to maintain a relationship with work and school ect" or that old bullshit word about timing, "it's not the right time."
When is it ever the right time? This moment is all I have, it's all we have. I don't want to look back like Cleopatra and think, "well.. what if?"
+J Paul Rogers go for it! go for your love! you don't want to end up like the ending of SOTF. you don't want to have a "what if". Love is worth it all in the end. Also, I researched Ophelia and it doesn't have to do with the other three. It's about falling In love with fame, but fame doesn't love him back the same way because it's fleeting and doesn't last forever. He makes the metaphor for fame into a girl named Ophelia. hence the lyric "I got a new girlfriend." He's saying fame/Ophelia is his new girlfriend and in the lyrics "you got big plans and you gotta move
And I don't feel nothing at all
And you can't feel nothing small" he's saying Ophelia/fame is moving on to the next star and that their time together was fleeting.
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 stained 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, when I die I'll be on time
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 now, 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, when I die I'll be on time
Thank you
Thank you
Just for anyone who doesn’t know this is what happened to the woman in sleep on the floor when she didn’t go with the man
this lyric is really touching
I'm not a man who cries easily. Let alone over art. But this is hauntingly tragic and beautiful.
I was crying so hard because I have a really bad relationship with my mom and no matter what I do it isn’t enough
same :(((
I was you before my mother passed.
I never understood her until years after.
..
I realize now my mother was very Mentally ill.
I registered her never speaking about her first child, my half brother, passing within days of birth from a defect due to her drug use.
Never spoke about her next, My half-sister, being taken away at 1 after being found left in a playpen soiled for days covered in one bottle of red juice.
There was also an older puppy in the pen too who had tried eating on her flesh in different areas.
Then there's my full brother at 2 and myself then 1, who were just left with her neighbor for good until I was a teen.
She was in and out of our lives..
We did not get along.
I would wipe her kisses bc she was a prostitute. She hated that.
I saw so much during the 2 years I lived with her in my teens to escape years of every kind of abuse from that home she left us at.
Its so hard and so much.
I'm still healing.
I loved her so much.
I hope your doing okay.
Watch Sleep on the floor, Angela and Cleopatra in that order. I think the slightly chubbier guy with glasses at 1:10 is the guy who Cleopatra refused to run away with when her father laid in a casket. (She did imagine running away with him in Sleep on the floor). She married another man later and left him in Angela. The ex- husband appears in the end of this video. The older lady in the yellow sweater is Cleopatra at a later age. All these women have a scar on their left cheek. The director of this series deserves an award!
holy shit you're right
Avant amaaazing!
Avant ,holy shit..rather u deserve an award for decoding it..lol
That can't be, the couple of from Sleep On The Floor appeared at 1:14
Avant but isn't Cleopatra the girl who drove the taxi...? And the man at the end is who she was going to get married to but she turned him down due to dealing with her father's death so he left and never returned. And she was thinking 'The is what it could've been if I said yes.' ???
For those of you who understand that the 3 videos are connected. Whoever is reading this comment: follow what your heart tells you to. There will always be a million reasons to do what has been set in front of you and what is comfortable but soon you'll realize that no amount of comfort will allow you to live with regret. My ex fiance left me because it was too difficult to present our cultural differences to her family and now I can feel her regret in the air every morning. If you don't make your own decisions someone else will make them for you.
Blue Ronin that was beautiful.
wow.. really needed to hear this thank you.
Yes please do it!! Go get her ❤️
Thank you...
I needed this.thank you
WTF HOW DIDNT I RELIZE THE OLD LADY HAS A SCAR ON HER CHEEK THE SAME SCAR THE PREGNANT LADY HAD AND THE PREGNANT LADY HAS THE SAME TATOO AS THE GIRL FROM SLEEP ON THE FLOOR WTFFFF
It's the same woman! In chronological order, the story is "Sleep on the Floor," then "Angela," then "Cleopatra." They're "body divides" are the what if moments which they regret not taking.
Moly Hayes damn the scar, i just realised after i read this comment. Oh my god, this video, sleep on the floor video they are just so so interwinged and connected. Idk but this makes me sad, liek real sad...
Such minute details. Oh my god.
There’s no wtf it’s not crazy it was meant to be it’s all written dumb ass
Wheres the scar at?
Saw this live a week ago. Made me cry. Definitely worth seeing them in concert. Life-changing.
I LOVE THIS BAND.
you're a white supremecist
Now that Sleep On The Floor is out, and I've re-watched them all, this and all the other videos from this album SUDDENLY ALL MAKE SENSE.
Explain please I think I get it but I want to see other interpretations as well.
Well I think the 4 songs is a reference to the couple in "Sleep On The Floor", which I think is some lovestory of the vocalist (starts in Ophelia), then some of the story in which they get married (Sleep On The Floor), then to when she gets pregnant and gets in something like a "crisis" (on Angela, not sure if understood this one right), and if you noticed the girl in Angela had the same tatoo that the girl in Sleep On the Floor had, and finally in Cleopatra they are divorced with a son together, which she picks up at the aeroport.
the lumineers music video requirements : be in a car 😂
The "Angela" video is gonna be epic.
and have a cute guy in it
Yes 😂😂😂😂
Ophelia didn't have someone in a car, and I don't think Hey Ho did either.
stolen from Oasis.
If you love someone and have not told them - and still have the chance - take it. Sure, the risks are great; but if you hold back the moment will pass and you might see the love of your life slip away forever.
Thanks...
@@soph4702 it will develop my dear, just take the risk everything will be worth it.
@@aveljosecullantes3008 My ex-girlfriend broke up with me by saying she didn't loved me the way i did, and after a month of trying to be friends with her, i couldn't stand it and i abandoned her friendship. I still don't know what to think, don't know if i made the right decision. But the reason why i did it was mainly because i couldn't know if she'd ever love me that hard one day, and i didn't have the strength to keep pretending like i didn't feel anything for her anymore. Ever since we parted ways she seems happier now, so i'll keep on moving on. It hits me real hard but i guess that's life. But despite everything, i'm glad i told her i loved her, i have no regrets.
And God, i love this band so much! :)
@@DanielHorodenko I'm sorry to hear. Soon you'll get better. Love u x
@@aveljosecullantes3008 I'm way better nowadays, thank you! :)
This might sound crazy what i'm about to say.. this is how i found this song, after a whole night of researching recent plane crashes i fell down a rabbit hole of researching victims, particularly Ethiopian airlines Flight 302 that went down on March 10 2019, one victim lived 7 hours away from me here in Canada, i never knew her but i felt a lot of sorrow after looking up her information online and it led me to her RUclips channel, she uploaded a single AMV of her travels and this was the song she chose for her soundtrack, it was such a beautiful song i had to find it. so im dedicating this to the memory of "Stephanie Lacroix" who passed away on March 10th 2019, im sure you had a beautiful soul if this is the song you chose. R.I.P 💔
I love the entire sequence of all of this songs, and the story they tell. But out of all of them this is my absolute favorite. The lyrics alone are beyond amazing, they give me chills everytime I listen and they make me happy in a weirdly somber way.
Current status: bawling in a dark corner
same
T-T
It's literally me lmao
Láyrics
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 stained 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, when I die I'll be on time
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 now, 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, when I die I'll be on time
marcos vinicius xD
marcos vinicius *lyrics
+
Damn these lyrics make me cry
I thought I knew the lyrics but man...that last verse
Greatest song ever written
Current Status:
Crying in the basement
AtlasFlame same here
NoodleDoodles crying in my garage.
U have achieved the 100th like thanks to me!!
im crying too
yepppp...
WHY
I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress
When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my hand
I was sad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress
With my father in a casket, I had no plans
And I left the footprints, the mud stained 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, when I die I'll be on time
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 now, 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, when I die I'll be on time
Ok so just to be clear about the story that Sleep on the Floor, Angela, and Cleopatra are telling: A girl is at a funeral for her father when the guy she loves leaves for good. Sleep on the floor is the hypothetical situation where she leaves with him instead of staying at the funeral. However, she doesn't do that. Since she didn't do that, she ends up marrying somebody she doesn't really love and, plagued by regret over her past decision, leaves him that night, the hypothetical situation being if she just went back to bed. She has her child, ending up as a taxi driver in Cleopatra. Throughout Cleopatra, she encounters all the what if's in her life, but despite being bittersweet about the decisions she's made, she loves her only son, and regrets leaving his father as now she feels alone in the world every night. Did I get all that right?
What confuses me is that she has the same tattoo in Angela that she gets in Sleep on the Floor :/
they have the same tattoo because they are the same people
But guys, sleep on the floor was hypothetical, so is there just something I'm missing?
Aannahweii Jo Sleep on the Floor actually happened. That was her thinking about a trip they had actually taken. She regrets not actually getting married to him, and at her father's funeral he gives her one last chance. She doesn't go with him though.
so if Sleep on the Floor actually happened why aren't they married anymore? Remember, at the party, she proposed to him and they got married in the backyard of the house. When the screen is narrow I believe that signifies reality, whereas when it is wide it signifies her fantasies.
This album just shredded me apart, wow. Amazing. And so hauntingly familiar. I feel it from so many angles. So many ideas it spawn. So many regrets. Music touches the soul. And send messages. Very complex and hard to explain messages. Thank you for this one.
1:39 is the moment that every woman has had where you look into the eyes of another woman and there is just a raw yet beautiful understanding...even for brief moment.
Beautifully Said. 🌺
Prfghde
this song along with others have really helped me with my depression thank you
man, that old lady is really gorgeous!
yes
Yes she is....
At 3:00 you can see the old ladies pain of dropping her son off at his dads house/exhusband
And she thinks of what might, could have been. Great song and video, I do not think it could of been made any better
After reading all these tear jerking comments; I found some icing for the cake. One woman simply replied "I told my husband and sons to make sure I was late for my funeral." Now there's 1 woman that obviously wasn't "late" for everything (like me). I hope her family honors her request! SHE deserves it!👍
Beautiful Beautiful
The Lumineers - Cleopatra Video Clip Trilogy in order:
Sleep On The Floor - Angela - Cleopatra
Extra story : Stubborn Love & Ophelia
Watch carefully and let's make a petition to give the director some damn award! XD
Anyone else notice the Mom and daughter at 0:42 are from the Stubborn Love music video? :)
oh god!
i comment The same but in spanish
I hadn't, but thanks so much for pointing it out! I'm glad to see the mother and daughter are happy living in they're new home. I love how the Lumineers did this.
One of the amazing things about this band and their creative community is their commitment to a narrative that both challenges and keeps you waiting for the next chapter. It's an uncommon skill.
Aww.. They moved on from the break-up 😊
She lives vicariously through the people she drives in her car because when she gets to live her own story it's a sad one, ugh, this life man lol... love the song, love the video.
Great song and a beautiful taxi driver. Her face lights up when she smiles, and shows moods so well with expressions. (Sad, happy etc.)
My friend told me about these videos and I am sobbing watching this. This is amazingly made and helps us comprehend the choices that the women made throughout the videos. I was so touched by this and hope that this gets millions of views so the whole world sees this art
I think they are all the same girl. In Sleep On The Floor, i think she didn't go with him. In Angela, I think she married another guy and got pregnant and then wanted to leave him so she got a divorce. In Cleopatra, I think that she now regrets not leaving with the first guy in the first video. And this is her son in the video.
I got that from the lyrics of Cleopatra. I'm not sure if I'm right or not but it makes sense from the lyrics.
Anyways, I LOVE THE LUMINEERS. They will always be one my favorites!
Glad I'm not the only one weeps every time this song comes on. The backstory, the video, the story you get from the song alone, my own personal connections--it's a fucking vortex of emotions every time.
What's the backstory?
lmao
On The Spectrum (Sirius) the DJ said this was a song about Elizabeth Taylor. Ummm, no. It's not. Though she did play Cleopatra. Shows how unable the dj was to dive into the song. This video is beautiful.
Oh fuck me. I've never heard this song, just surfed in, I was sobbing by 3 minutes in.
Are you a divorced taxi driver?
My entire family loves this song. We went to see the lumineers last night, and the brightside was just finishing up. As soon as we got settled. Cleopatra came on at the perfect time.
This is my first youtube comment ever because I've had to because this song and the video are beautiful and I feel like I'm a Lumineers fan now.
Welcome!
me too. replying your comment
almost all of there songs are brilliant (:
This is all so well though out, "stubborn love, Ophelia, Cleopatra, Angela and sleep on the floor", they all some how one story
1:38 I fell in love
1:44 is better
thats Arya Stark of Winterfell and shes going home
+clary fray I'm so confused I don't see masie
+Amber Louise that's not masie she just looks like her haha
she looks like Harison Well's daughter in The Flash season 2
My grandmother just died. Watching my mother mourn the death of her own mother makes me fear the day I have to mourn her. This song reminds me so much of my mother. She's lived her life to the best of her ability, and even though she might not die with the love of her life, I know she won't die alone. I love you so much, Mom.
If you see this comment, I'm sorry to be so sentimental at the moment, but live your life to the fullest and without regrets. Time flies by.
I hear you.
I freaking love this song. Writing this comment so that year after year as Im getting old, i will come back once in a while and hear this song again and again and remember how much full of life i was when i was young... Presently Im 28 y.o, always broke, also heart broken and have mostly done everything i should have done in my teens and i will never regret about anything because i never hurted any1 and i have very lovely memories of my teens, thank you everyone who are/were part of my young journey! Note for you Sarthak, you will come back here on this video at the age of 38, please cry your heart out, you have nailed life!
Lots of love and power to you, my friend. Ace the life!!!
This is the comment i want to return to in 2030. HAVE A NICE TIME AHEAD, also come back to this i wanna know your story.
1 year later
2 years later....i wanna be a part of this i don't wanna be where i am right now 5 years later see you then
I am here now! 38 now and never want to not feel this way about this song! They lyrics, omg. So much feeling about the risks and mistakes we make. There's no manual for life, were all just wanting to discover our purpose. See you in a year! What a great idea 💗
Interesting video; her life is passing through the back seat of her taxi as she drives folks around town (watch the other two videos first). Nice song, too.
this showed up on my reccommended without me ever listening to this band or even this genre and now I'm so happy I clicked :)
Welcome to our world :)
I envy your ears now that you get to listen to Lumineers for the first time.
Same! Im glad it did though
They're awesome. Ophelia is also awesome 🤗 and all of their songs
I can't believe I just discovered this song two weeks ago, I fcking love it, the only good thing that happened to me in this quarantine:)
btw Viva Mexico perros, si hablas español y te gusta esta rolita ya somos bros
"Cleopatra made me cry in the studio and I had to stop the take. It’s inspired by a true story about a female taxi driver who, when she was younger, was proposed to. But her father had just passed away, so she didn’t give her boyfriend an answer. So he left the village broken-hearted and rejected and never returned again. He was her great love and she wouldn’t wash the footprints off the floor after he had left.
I knew immediately that I wanted to write a song about the story because it was so haunting and poetic. And I got to meet the lady herself eventually and she was very honest and humble. She really affected me because of the sadness in her story. In today’s world, we are just inundated with images of grandness and how great everyone’s life is. And it’s not true. In fact, it’s depressing. This was a real and honest story."
-Wesley Schultz
Now that I realized there was a storyline, the videos, songs, everything fit together so well
help which videos and what order
Esmeralda Regino same question pls
Sleep on the floor - Angela - Cleopatra
What a gorgeous woman.
Very true...
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Very beautiful too
This song is one of my favorite songs and it reminds me of a very special friend of mine that I don't want to ever lose
“But I’ve read this script and the costume fits...so I’ll play my part” ugh *shudder* I’m terrified of ending up with that mentality of just “well this is what i know”
I think i figured out the story: Angela lays in bed with her husband and
she is pregnant, than she drives away to a motel called The Three
Ladies; Ophelia, Angela and Cleopatra. She sleeps at the hotel and than
the next morning she sees a taxi and the story skips 40 or so years and
she is Cleopatra and she has a son that she is gonna pick up and than
brings home to her husband. She also has the wife and daughter in her
taxi from Stubborn Love and i'm not sure but it looked like Ophelia was played in the street where the wife and the daughter rode through in Stubborn Love.
i've been waiting for a complete theory!!.....thanks m8!
No problem Mark Thompson
It is obvious that "Cleopatra" is divorced, she is spending a day with her soon before she drops him at his father's house, that is why the the shadow of her past self walks with him yet she stands her distance
And "Sleep on the floor" is the beginning.. "...with my father in a casket i had no plans.." is because she's in her father's funeral.
She falls in love with a guy (Ophelia). Her father dies and the guy she loves asks her to leave town with him (Sleep On The Floor) but she stays in that town. She marries a guy she doesn't love and has a child (Angela). When she's old and divorced she regrets not leaving town with her lover, back when her father died (Cleopatra). - Swiftologist
I know this video is gonna make me all depressed and reflective but I'm ready to get hurt again.
This song is so beautifully written, the subject of it hits home and listening to it is so bittersweet
this song is so beautiful, I'm crying
time flies. This song has accompanied me for so many places for such a long time. Things change but the melody remains.
3 songs that tell a beautiful story of loved lived, lost, and remembered. This is telling the story of the girl mostly, would love to see 3 songs telling the same story from the guys side! PLEASE LUMINEERS!
I don't it's the same guy all the way through. If you look at the credits in The Ballad of Cleopatra, the guy in Sleep on the Floor is named Anthony, but in the other two the guy's name is Julius.
The Dark Knight Rises it’s based off the girl because they knew her. They didn’t know the guy 💁🏻
The fact the music videos for cleopatra, Angela and sleep on the floor are all intertwined into one big beautiful story is something else
sleep on the floor - angela - cleopatra. watch this in sequence, then yall understand
please let us know why the sequence is important. I can't find the connections now.
I've looked for the lyrics. u mean the girl leaving in sleep on the floor, came back in town, felt like a strager and at the end became a taxi driver? i'm missin something honestly. show ur theory, i love readin different interpretations on songs :)
Edit: think i got it.
first 2 shows how her life could have been if she left with the guy and cleopatra shows actually how her life is, cause she didn't leave ith the guy.
first go watch backstory explanation from the band itself ruclips.net/video/3Zfm181ozb/видео.html
after watching these videos and reading comments this is what i think how the story goes.
the girl never left in sleep on the floor so she ended up with someone she didn't truly love.
Then she left him(the latter) in Angela and continue as the old woman in Cleopatra.
Angela was real because she imagined not getting a divorce in the end of Cleopatra.
Taxi passengers in Cleopatra is like the summary of her life and what could've been. The girl can be identified by the scar on her left cheek, including the old lady in yellow shirt.Still not sure if everyone of the passengers is a character from other videos.
but there're still something i don't really get such as if sleep on the floor was hypothetical why the tattoo is still there (maybe the director neglect small discontinuity just to hint us that it's the same girl.)
so if anyone find something wrong or something interesting please share !! :).
Nicole Garcia
What about Ophelia
Opphelia comes first then sleep on the floor then angela then cleopatra
Basically The girl from sleep on the floor is the same as the lady in angela and Cleopatra. If you notice theres a phase in the intro where she's still standing there, but she also she yells wait. That's like her subconscious of "what would have happened if i would have left with him" but in angela you realize she didn't leave, but she was imprgenated by someone else (because she stayed at her dads funeral) and later hated who she was with so she left and she lived in the hotel for a while. Cleopatra is set approximately 20 or so years later when she's older, and her kid has grown (and in the song you can catch the refrence - The only gifts from my lord was a birth and a divorce) but she doesn't regret having the kid or living her life, she just daydreams on the upside of "if I would have taken the chance with him, we could have been great" but she's not really sad about it. Its life and she understands. There's probably a lot that i didn't cover, and some that I kinda implemented in there but thats that. Oh and if u notice the Hotel she stays in is "The three ladies" and the ladies are "Ophelia, Angela, and Cleopatra" Like you have to research and watch closely but Its VERY MUCH worth it.
My friend and I just figured out that the driver actually had husband and they have 2 kids: the curly one (0:52)and the girl in the airport (01:40) but she cheated on him and she left her family. In the end, she regrets for what she decided which can be seen in the end of the video.
We agree that the passengers depict her past. We assume that her husband is the man who wears the glasses (01:17) and her 'another' man is the bald one (01:01)
(OMG, we rewatched the video for 3 times to get the best theory)
I was thinking more along what the song is saying. I think she missed her chance with a man, and the taxi drive is showing all the lives she could have had. The curly haired boy that she eats the burger with..that could have been her son.
Well that's is interesting. But I really dont like the thought that she cheated on him. The bald guy shows no interest in her. Perhaps, and I hope that he is just a normal passenger, of all the passenger, or maybe someone she missed a chance with hime. I don't think she left the family because she cheated on him, a woman can leave a man because they love each other but they don't get along, because she is too independent for him, as she is not a 9 to 5 woman who goes home after work, and also other reasons. The sadness in her eyes means many things. Also I think the young girl at the airport is herself when she was young, as that girl hair and shirt look quite vintage. The 2 other woman at the beginning of the video have the scar, maybe it's the symbol of the hardness in life that she's been through, but the young girl doesnt have one. Life hasnt hurt her deeply at that time.
It's just a theory after all :)
Scarlett O'Hara hahahah yea just a theory after all, we have our own interpretation :3
True art is always subject to interpretation.
If you watch "Angela"'s music video you can figure out how the pregnant girl at the beginning is Cleopatra herself (because Angela exits from the same house where Cleopatra brought her son at the end of the video). I think that she probably felt something on her soul that led her to abandon the family that it was going to born, carring anyway the remorse for all her life. Just thinking
I don't know why, this song makes me cry😭😭😭
Davan Flat me too, it makes sense though-this is the true story of a woman and it is sad
Aliana Welth did you watch the knew video? it was amazing too!!!!!!
me toooo
crying while watching this video for the 9th time today
I didn’t hesitate for one second as regards the love of my life.
We were 32 years together when I lost her to cancer 4 years ago.
I miss her terribly but I don’t have any regrets.
This song is amazing