Since so many are confused let me explain. The story begins with the youngest girl in this video, she's young and in love. Her father has died and the love of her life asks her to leave, it shows what would happen if she would have left (which is ultimately fall deeper in love, explore, get married, and essentially live a happy fulfilled life.). However in reality she doesn't leave with her true love, instead she stays and he leaves, skipping over to the song Angela (the middle age women) she is now pregnant with another mans child and is living an unhappy life, she decides to leave one night, which ends in her and her new man getting a divorce, now onto Cleopatra (the woman driving the taxi) she is older now and drives the taxi for fun and sees many people that remind her of her and her love. She visits with the song she gave birth too and states that god gave her two blessing, birth and a divorce, now onto the 4th and final song, she is way older now and is now in a nursing home, she explains to the aids there that she was so amazing when she was young, and since they are a younger generation they don't quite understand, so they just shrug it off. She has a collection of the love of her life's pictures and she regrets not going with him, she knows she is going to die in the nursing home, old and alone. The what if moment comes when she decides to leave the nursing home. The end. Ultimately this ballad is a lesson about choices, regrets, and life. She regrets not leaving with her soulmate which in turn leads to her living a depressing life, in which the only blessing are birth and a divorce. You're very welcome.
Tod Goodell OMG Tod, how many times do we have to hear the exact interpretation of this song??? Lets leave it alone, lets leave it alone, Im gunna ask the band to write a song called, Lets Leave It Alone
Tonzo Wall I understand where you're coming from, I've seen the comment a lot, in the the end it's up too you to interpret the visuals and the music in whatever way you feel you need too. I came to the video and still saw people confused about the entire ballad, so I decided to help them a bit.
@@Dizastermaster. yes, but thats the part you wrong. Sometimes when the music video exceed the duration of a song should have finished, ads will come to them to ask permission for putting an ads. But, they seem not to put it tho they can gain money from giving out ads.
"She was Cleopatra - Maybe she was a young girl whose parents got divorced. And maybe she was raised by her mother alone. Or maybe she stayed with her father, until one day he passed away. Then maybe she ran off with her one true love. Or maybe she decided to stay and never leave. So maybe one day she settled for a man she never loved. But then maybe she decided one night to leave with her child, just like her mother. Maybe when her son had grown into a man, she decided to go back to her husband. Then again, maybe she chose to stay alone, waiting for her one true love to return. And maybe he never does. And maybe someday she will settle for some help, in her old age. But strong as always, maybe she will decide to leave everything one last time, and face the end on her own terms..." from Isaac Ravishankara. I love how all of this is linked to Stubborn Love.
Anyone else notice this is a 25 minute video without a single ad to interrupt? Definitely a rare thing today, Lumineers did not want anything to take away from the story. I highly respect that. This is also a perfect piece of art, the first time I watched I cried more than once. Thank you! Absolutely beautiful and stunning, the music, lyrics, visuals all of it.❤
I am watching it for the first time and I am feeling so awkward for wanting to cry and holding my tears back. Thanks for this comment lol it makes me feel less weird.
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
Everytime I watch this, I cry. But it’s also a reminder that we all have a chance at having such an amazing, unique, Bold and beautiful lives to create in our short time we got on this big blue ball. We all end up at the same sort of ending, this music video shows it. But it’s what we did in the time we had that matters the most. A little goddess lives in all is us. I hope to whoever reads this, put the phone down, call the girl or boy you had a crush on and tell them you always love them (what’s the worst they are gonna say?), Do the little road trip out of the city you always wanted to do, Quit that job you hate and take the leap into that new business idea you have, LEAVE YOUR HOMETOWN AND SEE THE WORLD! You deserve it ;)
this made me cry. and made me angry. why? hmmm i think maybe because the two best people ive ever known died 18 days of eachother. they both left me at the same time!!!! the road trip i take is to a grave that is near his family hamlet. and theres nowhere to visit my best friend. im an artist with endless supplies but it turns out im not a website builder or all the millions of things that come with that. so i have inventory i dont know how to sell. leave my home town and see the world. i must do this. i have such a pull that i would hitchhike broke before i miss the oppertunity all together. i did grateful dead tour when i was young but ive been stuck in the same town for 26 yrs. i need an escape. but im too old for an unstructured spontaneous trip lol. i wish someone else that wants to travel but not alone, with a friend, would find me. my stuff would sell itself at festivals and beaches and camp grounds and concerts and museums etc this made me cry. and im angry. why? hmmm maybe because the two best people ive ever known died 18 days of eachother. they both left me at the same time!!!! the road trip i take is to a grave that is near his family hamlet. and theres nowhere to visit my best friend. im an artist with endless supplies but it turns out im not a website builder or all the millions of things that come with that. so i have inventory i dont know how to sell. leave my home town and see the world. i must do this. i have such a pull that i would hitchhike broke before i miss the oppertunity all together. i did grateful dead tour when i was young but ive been stuck in the same town for 26 yrs. i need an escape. but im too old for an unstructured spontaneous trip lol. i wish someone else that wants to travel but not alone, with a friend, would find me. my stuff would sell itself at festivals and beaches and camp grounds and concerts and museums etc
@@jessicajae7777 hey man, By the sounds of it you’ve experienced so much pain and suffering. I’ll just quote the album: “It’s better to feel pain, then nothing at all” Your yearning for exploration is still the young spirit in yourself roaring to get out and I understand life can get in the way. But one thing I’ve learnt recently is that dreading today is tomorrow’s sorrow, the little moments are what makes this life so so so so so special… Carpe diem in the littlest way my friend. I wish you the best.
You just made 48yo guy tear up. In a good way. I’ll be getting on an airplane for the first time in my life. It’s time to dust off and stretch the wings.
@@RoccoMax100 omg that’s amazing to hear! Your wings are never too old to soar my friend. An eagle doesn’t know it can fly until it takes its first leap. Live for the moment my friend, you deserve it 🫶
These songs brought back memories of my life. I am 75 now. Hoping to die with dignity in these uncertain times. I remember the love of my life. We didn't end up together. I hope she is fine.
@@micheletheresonlyone3290 Yes. But in honor of my departed wife, I never did. Its ok. Kids are all grown now. Grandkids light up my life. I had a good and complete life. It is better not to ruin the memory of my youth when we were beautiful and loved without any rules. These songs somehow bring back those memories. I am grateful for that. Take care.
This band will always have a place in my heart. I lived an incredible story with my brother, we traveled from Colombia to Argentina for Vacations and the Lumineers were in the city on November 1st. The concert was sold out, but you could listen to them from the stadium parking lot. The night was cold and windy, but we ended up listening to half of the concert outside. A Security guard was going to take us out of the place and suddenly an Argentinian guy gave us Two tickets to enter the show. It was magic. What I could hear from the stands was beautiful, from this day I learned to trust when you are perseverant and I am sure that my relationship with my brother was strengthened.
My girlfriend's household is not a happy one. She jokes about how she wants to run away and never come back. But I know that there is truth behind her joke. I showed her the video, Sleep on the Floor, and told her that we can run away together. Ever since that night, she and I tried to piece these videos together. It taught us to not make the mistake that Cleopatra made. To take the chance to be with your true love. For if we don’t take this chance, we may not ever have a second one. And even if it doesn’t work out between us, then it is better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all. As of tomorrow, we have been dating for an entire year, and we both appreciate this ballad. Thank you illuminating our lives.
When you have to choose between your love, or your career. Hopefully you’ll not make the same mistake as I did. Don’t let that special person ever walk away. You can always find another career, but finding love is a hell of a lot harder.
"Ophelia" Lyrics Oh, oh, when I was younger, oh, oh, should have known better And I can't feel no remorse, and you don't feel nothing back Oh, oh, got a new girlfriend, he feels like he's on top And I don't feel no remorse, and you can't see past my blinders Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love Oh, oh, got a little paycheck, you got big plans and you gotta move And I don't feel nothing at all And you can't feel nothing small Honey I love you, that's all she wrote Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love "Cleopatra" 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 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 "Sleep On The Floor" Lyrics 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 Forget what Father Brennan said We were not born in sin Leave a note on your bed Let your mother know you're safe And by the time she wakes We'll have driven through the state We'll have driven through the night Baby come on If the sun don't shine on me today And if the subways flood and bridges break Will you lay yourself down and dig your grave Or will you rail against your dying day And when we looked outside Couldn't even see the sky How do you pay the rent Is it your parents Or is hard work dear Holding the atmosphere I don't wanna live like that, yeah If the sun don't shine on me today If the subways flood and bridges break Jesus Christ can't save me tonight Put on your dress, yes wear something nice Decide on me, yea decide on us Oh, oh, oh, Illinois, Illinois 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 "Angela" Lyrics 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 From the second time around The only love I ever found Oh Angela it's a long time coming Home at last Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms With your fingers in a fist Did you hear the notes, all those static codes In the radio abyss? Strangers in this town, They raise you up just to cut you down Oh Angela it's a long time coming Oh Angela spent your whole life running away Home at last Home at last Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe Home at last Home at last Home at last Home at last Home at last, hmm "My Eyes" Lyrics 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 The glow of Hollywood signs They sold you a bridge They fed you the lines You always confused your servants for friends But you couldn't see how it ends It's all or nothing to you What did you do to my eyes What did you say to my only child Promised your love but you lied You better slow down baby soon It's all or nothing to you 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
(Ah, ah!) got a new girlfriend He feels like he's on top And I don't feel no remorse And you can't see past my blindness -Ophelia What did you do to my eyes What did you say to my only child Promised your love but you lied You better slow down baby soon It's all or nothing to you -My eyes
every time i watch this, i find myself crying because this is the reality of life and i fear that. i personally am bad at making decisions in my life. i am afraid to choose the wrong decision and regret it. but that's life we have to deal with it and be strong just like cleopatra. i miss the lumineers so much
That's not life and you don't have to live with it that's called making decisions and the wrong ones you make it right by making the right decisions and your go for it boldly
When I was younger, there were many sleepless nights I spent looking outside my apartment windows, watching the city lights while thinking of ending it all. Yet every single time, long past midnight, I found myself watching "The Ballad of Cleopatra" and crying, when no one could hear it at all. It gave me strength to think of better days... Now, 5 years later, I just wish to say - Thank you, @The Lumineers
i did too. it saved me. it still saves me to this day. im having a kid now, and its all ive ever wanted in the whole world. i hope im a better parent than mine were.....
I'd like to shout to you and other alike to let all know: there are people hiding in the plain sight who can simply love and appreciate you for you are , no more no less.
This is an ode to birth, to death, to love, to hate, to sadness, to happiness and it is saying it's "live, go on and live". Thank you so much for telling us this beautiful story, it has being a pleasure to follow it. I would like to be able to say more because there are a lot of things to say, a lot more, but all I can say is, Lumineers, thank you, with your music, with your heart, with your art, for making life always better, thank you for making us feel that it is worth it.
@@Havoc_279 not at all. Most bitches nowadays like to pump every piece of skin with plasics and shit. I'd like to find a girl that uses makeup only at parties and special events, no more. The natural look speaks for itself.
I was actually thinking about how beautiful she must have been as a young woman cause you can just see it in her older age to look so good she had to be Amazingly beautiful in her prime
Well, here is a story. I lived in Austria for six months and everytime I called the taxi, this old woman picked me up. The woman was 69 years old and she was really awesome. She always told me about life and about the decisions you have to make and that life can be very hard. I really liked the love she had for nature and animals. When it was night and I needed her, we always stopped on the mountain to look for deers or foxes. I asked her why she was a taxi driver and she told me that she liked the stories of the people in her taxi, and she also liked the youth. Everytime when the taxi was full of youth she said: ''I wish that I was young again.''. This lady was so nice and somehow she didn't had a family. She never really talked about it, everything she always told me was that she was happy that she divorced many years ago. I don't know if she had children but I really hope she does. I knew the song Cleopatra before I met her and in my head she really was Cleopatra. But I hope so much that she doesn't end alone because no one deserves that.
I came back here to watch this again, hoping to find and feel something. To my surprise, it’s still the same feeling since I first saw this with him. The difference is, he’s not here by my side anymore.
carlina..took me 40 years to stop waiting...so don't wait, do it. Been on road trips with my Jeep back and forth across the country, still have a few more I want. Seen things I never thought I would see, pulled the family along. Meteor crater, grand canyon, Painted desert, Mt Rainier, Mt St Helens, Puget sound, Oahu, Volanoes national park, Niagara Falls, and on and on. You can do it on the cheap. Camp instead of hotels, bring your food in a cooler instead of eating out. Wish I had started years earlier.
I don't doubt you won't ever see this, but this album and short film have actively made a positive change in my life. A week ago while not exactly sober and thinking about a lost friendship I listened to all these tracks again. I decided to text her, to let her know I missed her and that I was glad to have been her friend. I woke that morning to a text telling me she felt that way, too, and we met up and hung out today, a week later. Music about taking chances and living with the regrets of not making them made me change my life for the better. Thank you.
That is a very different post and honest and made me so happy for two people ill never know. my best friend of 21 years died. now i know letting our random boyfriends seperate us all the time was maybe something we should have not so easily caved to, to please them. they were all threatened by our closeness. one said it was like he disappeared when she was around. and yea i guess he did, everyone did. we could entertain and amuse ourselves endlessly just talking and laughing. we had been told a lot that if you closed your eyes you couldnt tell our laughs apart. we both laugh very weird and loud but strange like i even do this little fake laugh in conversations. i dont know why i do it. but she would mock me. lol no one else would dare. but she could say or do anything. she was my Sara. she was my person. i never knew a better person besides my husband. those two loved me unconditionally. and i them. now its just me. and i hope i hope i hope that we will consciously see eachother again. im so happy for you. some friendships are priceless. im so happy for your story. you made my day.
I wanted a happy ending or maybe just a sad one or anything really.. but like life.. sometimes it's just silence, knowledge that you took paths you regret and the simple fact that what is, is. This isn't Hollywood, not some mush filled romance novel.. it's real. And because of that it is so much more powerful, so true and genuine. But if you let that person go, you will survive, you will go forward. That's it.. Forward..Your choices matter.
I think the character that stood out to me the most was the young man with the teardrop tattoo who looks like he's just left prison. In a short time, he looks so anxious in the back of Cleopatra's cab, but then later on we see him as an aged carer, spending the night with her in her final moments. It's beautiful that in just a few short scenes, he can embody such a powerful and inspiring change of life, and I for one respect anybody out there who tries to build a new life after experiencing extreme hardships.
The woman who Cleopatra is based in must have been special. She obviously went through a lot in her life and I think the lumineers were angels to have told the world her story. She must be eternally grateful, I sure am.
funnily enough, i don't think there was ever a cleopatra. there was a man in a taxi, though. and an angela. I feel soooo bad for angela. her ex wrote a bit song about her XD "your name's angela? that's the name of one of my favorite songs"
Sleep on the Floor is the greatest music video of the past 10 years. It starts in 4:3 ratio or what an old box TV is. Then when Cleopatra doesn't leave but her boyfriend does it goes to 16:9 or what a modern TV is. That is the whole dream of what could have happened. Then it returns to 4:3 when we are back in her true reality.
________________________Ophelia_________________________________________ Oh, oh, when I was younger, oh, oh, should have known better And I can't feel no remorse, and you don't feel nothing back Oh, oh, got a new girlfriend, he feels like he's on top And I don't feel no remorse, and you can't see past my blinders Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love Oh, oh, got a little paycheck, you got big plans and you gotta move And I don't feel nothing at all And you can't feel nothing small Honey I love you, that's all she wrote Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love ____________________________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, 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 ________________________Sleep On The Floor___________________________________ 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 Forget what Father Brennan said We were not born in sin Leave a note on your bed Let your mother know you're safe And by the time she wakes We'll have driven through the state We'll have driven through the night Baby come on If the sun don't shine on me today And if the subways flood and bridges break Will you lay yourself down and dig your grave Or will you rail against your dying day And when we looked outside Couldn't even see the sky How do you pay the rent Is it your parents Or is hard work dear Holding the atmosphere I don't wanna live like that, yeah If the sun don't shine on me today If the subways flood and bridges break Jesus Christ can't save me tonight Put on your dress, yes wear something nice Decide on me, yea decide on us Oh, oh, oh, Illinois, Illinois 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 _______________________Angela______________________________________ 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 From the second time around The only love I ever found Oh Angela it's a long time coming Home at last Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms With your fingers in a fist Did you hear the notes, all those static codes In the radio abyss? Strangers in this town, They raise you up just to cut you down Oh Angela it's a long time coming Oh Angela spent your whole life running Home at last Home at last Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe Home at last Home at last Home at last Home at last Home at last, hmm ______________________My Eyes____________________________ 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 The glow of Hollywood signs They sold you a bridge They fed you the lines You always confused your servants for friends But you couldn't see how it ends It's all or nothing to you What did you do to my eyes What did you say to my only child Promised your love but you lied You better slow down baby soon It's all or nothing to you Enjoy it (:
It's 1st Jan,2023 and I have watched this ballad over and over 1000 times approx and I'm still not over it. Thanks Lumineers for this amazing album and power to you this year for your upcoming music.
This is how I like to see this story: In "Stubborn Love" Cleopatra is separated from her dad. Then, in "Dots and Dashes" (by Silversun Pickups, in that music video the actress is Elise Eberle, the same who plays Cleopatra at 25) Cleopatra is a teenager who meets her first love. Later, in "Sleep on the Floor", the love of her life asks her to marry him, but she rejects because her father just died. However, she imagines all that she would love to do with him, like driving all day. In "Angela", Cleopatra is with another man and pregnant but she knows that she'll never be happy with him. Then, in "Cleopatra" she has divorced and became a taxi driver because all that traffic reminds her of the love of her life. Finally, in "My Eyes", Cleopatra ends alone. I know that one of that songs isn't of The Lumineers but I think that it fits in the story. PD: I'm sorry if I wrote something wrong, I'm not a native speaker and I never practice English.
you can also include dead sea where her father's death and her leaving out to do whatever she wants is mentioned. there's no video for it but i think dead sea fits in perfectly
Àlex Rosselló That’s the Problem off all Loves,you dream about it always!!!But Life is different, no ever lasting Love!!!An the End you alone,jest with your self!!Its all about taking off the Edges off the Diamond and the End hopefully all the Ego is gone,and only forgiving remains!!!
*hey guys, down below are the lyrics in order:* *Ophelia* Oh, oh, when I was younger, oh, oh, should have known better And I can't feel no remorse, and you don't feel nothing back Oh, oh, got a new girlfriend, he feels like he's on top And I don't feel no remorse, and you can't see past my blinders Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love Oh, oh, got a little paycheck, you got big plans and you gotta move And I don't feel nothing at all And you can't feel nothing small Honey I love you, that's all she wrote Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love *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, 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 *Sleep on the Floor* 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 Forget what Father Brennan said We were not born in sin Leave a note on your bed Let your mother know you're safe And by the time she wakes We'll have driven through the state We'll have driven through the night Baby come on If the sun don't shine on me today And if the subways flood and bridges break Will you lay yourself down and dig your grave Or will you rail against your dying day And when we looked outside Couldn't even see the sky How do you pay the rent Is it your parents Or is hard work dear Holding the atmosphere I don't wanna live like that, yeah If the sun don't shine on me today If the subways flood and bridges break Jesus Christ can't save me tonight Put on your dress, yes wear something nice Decide on me, yea decide on us Oh, oh, oh, Illinois, Illinois 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 *Angela* 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 From the second time around The only love I ever found Oh Angela it's a long time coming Home at last Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms With your fingers in a fist Did you hear the notes, all those static codes In the radio abyss? Strangers in this town, They raise you up just to cut you down Oh Angela it's a long time coming Oh Angela spent your whole life running Home at last Home at last Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe Home at last Home at last Home at last Home at last Home at last, hmm *My Eyes* 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 The glow of Hollywood signs They sold you a bridge They fed you the lines You always confused your servants for friends But you couldn't see how it ends It's all or nothing to you What did you do to my eyes What did you say to my only child Promised your love but you lied You better slow down baby soon It's all or nothing to you 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 *And at least, Patience on Piano.* oh dude, a beautiful and innocent story... simply loved it.
I’ve watched this over a thousand times, and every single time, it moves me to tears. The Lumineers will be remembered as a band whose music is deeply rooted in existentialism and a profound love for life-leaving behind a legacy of pure art. Hats off to them. Even their music videos feel like true, authentic cinema.
James Marlon wow very edgy. Don't get me wrong I like radio head but... that's too far. Dude. But neither of these bands are the greatest you know what is? It's doesn't matter cause everyone has different tastes. So your comment was inexcusably and unnecessarily rude and pointless.
Name me a band thats done more for music in the past 30 years? Everyone has different taste of course, but if a dude whose looked at 10 paintings claims one painting is the greatest in the world, when you've seen 10,000 it's not out of question to shut that shit down.
I remember in January, I listened to the album first time fully. It was about midnight on a Sunday and it had poured with rain. My grandfather had been admitted to hospital, for he was seriously unwell with an issue with his pacemaker. I listened to "My Eyes", there was just something about it which screamed, "You need this". The next day, my grandfather died. He had a tragic life, similars to this Cleopatra's. He never found proper love until the very end of his life and was an artist until he divorced my grandma when he had to do courier work. It just makes me love this album, even more, thinking that this is what sent him off. Miss you, always will.
The story makes more sense now, and it's beautiful. This is hands down the most intricate, the most gripping, the most gorgeous thing to watch. It really makes you realise the consequences of life and how every path you take affects you. The lumineers are a band that are like no other, and they are honestly one of the best I've seen.
The most underrated music piece that shall be underrated to preserve its beauty. this ballad is ethereal and eternal, pure heaven to the ears mind and soul, its a melody unasked for.
Mine, for sure. I discovered them at a really low time of my life (by way of the album Cleopatra and the song Sleep on the Floor (now my favorite album and song)). I still struggle with my mental health (anxiety, depression, etc) and their music helps me through (especially Cleopatra). I saw them live last year in February before the pandemic shut everything down when they were touring for III. I damn near cried ( I could feel it coming) when they opened with Sleep on the Floor.
I left my love against our will after my sister was violently taken away when I was 15 and she was 14. I was forced to move to montana and we tried for 2 years long distance. We visited every holiday, Christmas and summer. Our love was evident every moment we had together. At some point I was careless with our love and I was more focused on being apart than the longing of being together. I came back finally, but I knew I had already lost her. I was present but she wasnt there. I left in shame back to montana, this was 2001. I came back 3 years later for a glimpse of a possible spark. Nothing. I left again, with again her tears. I went on to live my 20s, then 30s. We kept in touch, loosely. She had a child, i had a stepchild. We have reconnected now in life and I'm with her now. I am going to college and I'm 40. Could never imagine the things we are doing together, that we had planned as children, and now we are finally living in OUR time. We are getting married in vegas in June. The red string of fate is real.
This is one of the most beautiful things I ever saw...Had to think all the time of my girlfriend. She is gone for 3 months. We both love your music and it keeps us strong and happy!
max aquila surely ur girl friend is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? And if U haven't told her do it. Cause this videos not around for the long run but she very much might.
I always wanted this story of Cleopatra in a single video and here it is now... I am so overwhelmed. Thank you Lumineers for such a lovely story and videos. Love from India :)
Hi Evan, the story resides in these songs: "Sleep on the Floor", "Angela", "Cleopatra, "Ophelia". "Sleep on the floor ": After her father's death 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 which is quite evident in the song "Angela".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). So, in short a story of girl and different life choices she made which has led her to the life she is living right now and have regrets for the same. Hope this makes things little clear... :)
Brilliant explanation Shalini. I have followed the videos and had similar interpretations. You have put the words out of my mind. More creatively than I would have. ;)
It's incredible, I listened to Cleopatra in the summer of 2016, I was 17 years old, I was in my last year of high school (in Mexico), I listen to it now, already graduated at 25 years old, with a couple of wounds in my heart, the weight of a couple of mistakes on my back and the uncertainty for the future, I listen to it differently. But the album didn't change, somehow the experiences changed the listener.
Ever time that I watch I cry, i cry for fear, i cry for love, i cry cause life is this, life is a fork in the road, and ever single choice is death for another one... but you're alive, so patience
24 minutes of crying, of soul washing, of a sentence growing: "i want to live a life full of love, deep feelings and everything that waits for me down the road". thank you, lumineers, isaac ravishankara and everyone involved.
I’m 21 years old, still young but with a failed love story… listening to all these stories is to remember good and bad times but is also a reminder of what pure joy and essence of living is. Now wherever you are Chloe I hope you’re doing your best, thanks for teaching me how to love again.
Your songs help me to cope with this situation happening in my country. A hug from Venezuela and I'm grateful to relax my mind with your lyrics and your music. i am sorry if i don't write very well, but i need to write it. just thank!!
Alejandro Gabriel Martinez Dominguez I am from Venezuela too. Te entiendo, porque yo estoy pasando por lo mismo, pero pronto saldremos de esto. We won't be late for this, late for that
Fuerza amigo. Saludos desde Colombia, cuando veo la Orquesta de músicos jovenes que tienen dirigida por Gustavo Dudamel me lleno de orgullo de mi pueblo latinaamericano, se merecen un destino mucho mejor es una lastima que un pueblo se divida por politica!! por Dios mi padre siempre me ha enseñado que en politica hay otro mundo otras leyes y son las de la hipocresia la falsedad y el camaleonismo. Mientras tanto el mundo restante se rige por la leyes que creemos que son para todos si robas vas a la carcel, si matas te condenan y por suppuesto que esta bien pero cuando entras al mundo de la politica no esperes nada NADA de eso.
I love the simplicity of this video, it's unique. We complicate our lifes sometimes when it comes to a decision, because inside we do know what we really want but we end choosing the other option because we're afraid of the consequences. Those consequences are worth it if at the end we'll be happy with ourselves and the ones we love.
this tells the whole story of "cleopatra" i just realised this even in the beginning how the lead singer meet cleopatra as a old taxi driver and that look of realisation in both their eyes as a silent truth is passed between them when they somehow understood each other without a single word . and he decided to tells the story of cleopatra though this beautiful ballad, a lady who didn't choose love when she had the chance, her one true love and its in real life that he meet a lady like this you can look it up in an interview this video is just so beautiful and deeply profound
I just couldn't understand what gloria is..so dug in further, and here I am. Now, I just couldn't understand what life is. I have read the script, and costume fits, so I'll play my part. In what if?
Unfortunately, though, the vast majority won't lead to a better life in the short term. Building a new life from the start takes many, many decisions for it to become a good life from experience
I'VE BEEN LISTENING THIS SONG SINCE THEY CAME OUT, I PLAYED THEM FOR MY GIRLFRIEND THROUGHOUT HER PREGNANCY & NOW MY SON LISTENS TO THEM EVERY DAY WITH ME. ONE OF THE GREATEST STORYS EVER TOLD
they really created so many details in this that not everyone notices and makes it an undeniably beautiful piece of art -the ghosts dancing in the background when patience was playing at the end -the way the music lines up perfectly with the visual (7:55 especially) -the reoccuring boat -the indescribable looks that show so much emotion on cleopatra's face when she's driving the taxi every time i watch this again i notice something different
Yes. Peter Gabriel's got a song in that vein Love I get so lost, sometimes Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart When I want to run away I drive off in my car
Used to do it almost every day, after going trough my first and probably my toughest breakup after 4 years of relationship, i cant sleep at night thinking about how badly i fucked everything up. so i decided to take a stroll every single midnight with my motorcycle to clear my mind.
To anyone who can read this, you are beloved in some many ways, and you can find love when you also find to love you! Live as much you can love and bring back the same love, this whole album spread that, enjoy it.
I was not planning, but I am crying now. This is just amazing work. And I am thankful for understanding that it is ever too late to change and to be happy.
I cry almost every time I listen to this, no matter what I am doing. The context, the story, the emotions, acting- nothing, nothing could be any better than this.
GUYS I finally actually paid close attention to the end credits, the guy she leaves with after the funeral is Anthony, the guy she has the son with is Julius! And her son's name is Alex, which is actually one of the names of Cleopatra's sons! How clever is that?
i personally think it means to venture out into the unknown, no matter how scary it is, which represents all the main character fade outs. really cool pickup
Esse álbum sempre será o meu favorito, ele é o meu lar para os momentos ruins e em que me sinto deslocada da vida. Infelizmente não vou conseguir ir ao show aqui no Brasil, mas só tenho a agradecer por ter me ajudado a tomar as redias da minha vida❤️🇧🇷
Letra/Lyrics: ["Ophelia" 00:01 - 03:12]: Ah, ah, when I was younger I, I, should have known better And I can't feel no remorse And you don't feel nothing back I, I, got a new girlfriend She feels like she's on top And I don't feel no remorse And you can't see past my blinders (Coro/Chorus) Oh, Ophelia You've been on my mind girl since the flood Oh, Ophelia Heaven help a fool who falls in love I, I, got a little paycheck You got big plans and you gotta move And I don't feel nothing at all And you can't feel nothing small "Honey I love you", that's all she wrote (Coro/Chorus) Oh, Ophelia You've been on my mind girl like a drug Oh, Ophelia Heaven help a fool who falls in love (Coro/Chorus) Oh, Ophelia You've been on my mind girl since the flood Oh, Ophelia Heaven help a fool who falls in love (Coro/Chorus) Oh, Ophelia You've been on my mind girl like a drug Oh, Ophelia Heaven help a fool who falls in love ["Cleopatra" 04:40 - 8:00]: I was Cle-opatra, 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 (Coro/Chorus) 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 (Coro/Chorus) 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 (Puente/Bridge) 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 Cle-opatra, 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 (Coro/Chorus) 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) ["Sleep on the floor" 08:55 - 12:47]: 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 Forget what Father Brennan said We were not born in sin Leave a note on your bed Let your mother know you're safe And by the time she wakes We'll have driven through the state We'll have driven through the night Baby come on (Coro/Chorus) If the sun don't shine on me today And if the subways flood and the bridges break Will you lay yourself down and dig your grave Or will you rail against your dying day And when we looked outside Couldn't even see the sky How do you pay the rent Is it your parents Or is it hard work dear Holding the atmosphere I don't wanna live like that, yeah (Coro/Chorus) If the sun don't shine on me today If the subways flood and the bridges break Jesus Christ can't save me tonight Put on your dress, yes wear something nice Decide on me, yea decide on us Oh, oh, oh, Illinois, Illinois 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 ["Angela" 13:24 - 16:35]: 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 (Coro/Chorus) 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 From the second time around The only love I ever found (Coro/Chorus) Oh Angela it's a long time coming Home at last Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms With your fingers in a fist Did you hear the notes, all those static codes In the radio abyss? Strangers in this town They raise you up just to cut you down (Coro/Chorus) Oh Angela it's a long time coming in (Coro/Chorus) Oh Angela spent your whole life running away Home at last Home at last Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe Home at last Home at last Home at last Home at last Home at last ["My eyes" 18:38 - 22:22]: 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 (Coro/Chorus) 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 The glow of Hollywood signs They sold you a bridge They fed you the lines You always confused, your servants for friends But you couldn't see how it ends (Coro/Chorus) (It's all or nothing to you) What did you do to my eyes? What did you say to my only child? Promised your love but you lied You better slow down, baby, soon It's all or nothing to you (Coro/Chorus) 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 Fin.
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Since so many are confused let me explain.
The story begins with the youngest girl in this video, she's young and in love. Her father has died and the love of her life asks her to leave, it shows what would happen if she would have left (which is ultimately fall deeper in love, explore, get married, and essentially live a happy fulfilled life.). However in reality she doesn't leave with her true love, instead she stays and he leaves, skipping over to the song Angela (the middle age women) she is now pregnant with another mans child and is living an unhappy life, she decides to leave one night, which ends in her and her new man getting a divorce, now onto Cleopatra (the woman driving the taxi) she is older now and drives the taxi for fun and sees many people that remind her of her and her love. She visits with the song she gave birth too and states that god gave her two blessing, birth and a divorce, now onto the 4th and final song, she is way older now and is now in a nursing home, she explains to the aids there that she was so amazing when she was young, and since they are a younger generation they don't quite understand, so they just shrug it off. She has a collection of the love of her life's pictures and she regrets not going with him, she knows she is going to die in the nursing home, old and alone. The what if moment comes when she decides to leave the nursing home. The end. Ultimately this ballad is a lesson about choices, regrets, and life. She regrets not leaving with her soulmate which in turn leads to her living a depressing life, in which the only blessing are birth and a divorce. You're very welcome.
Tod Goodell did i ever said i love u ? i do i do i do
Love ya too buddy
Tod Goodell woowwww, great summary, Thanks!
Tod Goodell OMG Tod, how many times do we have to hear the exact interpretation of this song??? Lets leave it alone, lets leave it alone, Im gunna ask the band to write a song called, Lets Leave It Alone
Tonzo Wall I understand where you're coming from, I've seen the comment a lot, in the the end it's up too you to interpret the visuals and the music in whatever way you feel you need too. I came to the video and still saw people confused about the entire ballad, so I decided to help them a bit.
respect for putting no ads in the mid of the video btw
Its a music video...
@@Dizastermaster. yes, but thats the part you wrong. Sometimes when the music video exceed the duration of a song should have finished, ads will come to them to ask permission for putting an ads. But, they seem not to put it tho they can gain money from giving out ads.
Underrated comment of the decade.
Amen to that!
makes it feel like a movie :0
"She was Cleopatra - Maybe she was a young girl whose parents got divorced. And maybe she was raised by her mother alone. Or maybe she stayed with her father, until one day he passed away. Then maybe she ran off with her one true love. Or maybe she decided to stay and never leave. So maybe one day she settled for a man she never loved. But then maybe she decided one night to leave with her child, just like her mother. Maybe when her son had grown into a man, she decided to go back to her husband. Then again, maybe she chose to stay alone, waiting for her one true love to return. And maybe he never does. And maybe someday she will settle for some help, in her old age. But strong as always, maybe she will decide to leave everything one last time, and face the end on her own terms..." from Isaac Ravishankara. I love how all of this is linked to Stubborn Love.
This is so beautifully sad :'(
Ida H Thank you ❤
DAMMIT!!!!!😭
Ida H fuck men so deep
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Anyone else notice this is a 25 minute video without a single ad to interrupt? Definitely a rare thing today, Lumineers did not want anything to take away from the story. I highly respect that. This is also a perfect piece of art, the first time I watched I cried more than once. Thank you! Absolutely beautiful and stunning, the music, lyrics, visuals all of it.❤
Kinda Like a Christmas Present , As I watch this again, On Christmas 2022!
That's because the band haven't monetized it, they've given it to us for free.
I am watching it for the first time and I am feeling so awkward for wanting to cry and holding my tears back. Thanks for this comment lol it makes me feel less weird.
@@TheOnKnee w
I'm the mins dude now. Also, please like so it can go to the top:
Ophelia: 0:00 - 2:31
Cleopatra: 4:21 - 8:00
Sleep on the floor: 8:21 - 12:55
Angela: 13:23 - 16:42
For Fra: 16:42 - 17:30
My eyes: 18:40 - 22:27
Patience: 22:27 - end
thaks man!
@@rodrigogomes7738 you're welcome man!
dont forget
(technically) For Fra: 16:42 - 17:30
Patience: 22:27 - end
@@Dizastermaster. edited. Thanks mate.
@@minh.ngh12 Np
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
Josh Rozario Thanks a lot for this...
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THIS
Thank you :)
Wow
I only don't understand why the 35yo Cleopatra has a tattoo she made in 25 inside her dream.
Everytime I watch this, I cry.
But it’s also a reminder that we all have a chance at having such an amazing, unique, Bold and beautiful lives to create in our short time we got on this big blue ball.
We all end up at the same sort of ending, this music video shows it. But it’s what we did in the time we had that matters the most.
A little goddess lives in all is us.
I hope to whoever reads this, put the phone down,
call the girl or boy you had a crush on and tell them you always love them (what’s the worst they are gonna say?),
Do the little road trip out of the city you always wanted to do,
Quit that job you hate and take the leap into that new business idea you have,
LEAVE YOUR HOMETOWN AND SEE THE WORLD!
You deserve it ;)
this made me cry. and made me angry. why? hmmm i think maybe because the two best people ive ever known died 18 days of eachother. they both left me at the same time!!!! the road trip i take is to a grave that is near his family hamlet. and theres nowhere to visit my best friend. im an artist with endless supplies but it turns out im not a website builder or all the millions of things that come with that. so i have inventory i dont know how to sell.
leave my home town and see the world. i must do this. i have such a pull that i would hitchhike broke before i miss the oppertunity all together. i did grateful dead tour when i was young but ive been stuck in the same town for 26 yrs. i need an escape. but im too old for an unstructured spontaneous trip lol. i wish someone else that wants to travel but not alone, with a friend, would find me. my stuff would sell itself at festivals and beaches and camp grounds and concerts and museums etc
this made me cry. and im angry. why? hmmm maybe because the two best people ive ever known died 18 days of eachother. they both left me at the same time!!!! the road trip i take is to a grave that is near his family hamlet. and theres nowhere to visit my best friend. im an artist with endless supplies but it turns out im not a website builder or all the millions of things that come with that. so i have inventory i dont know how to sell.
leave my home town and see the world. i must do this. i have such a pull that i would hitchhike broke before i miss the oppertunity all together. i did grateful dead tour when i was young but ive been stuck in the same town for 26 yrs. i need an escape. but im too old for an unstructured spontaneous trip lol. i wish someone else that wants to travel but not alone, with a friend, would find me. my stuff would sell itself at festivals and beaches and camp grounds and concerts and museums etc
@@jessicajae7777 hey man,
By the sounds of it you’ve experienced so much pain and suffering.
I’ll just quote the album:
“It’s better to feel pain, then nothing at all”
Your yearning for exploration is still the young spirit in yourself roaring to get out and I understand life can get in the way.
But one thing I’ve learnt recently is that dreading today is tomorrow’s sorrow, the little moments are what makes this life so so so so so special…
Carpe diem in the littlest way my friend. I wish you the best.
You just made 48yo guy tear up. In a good way. I’ll be getting on an airplane for the first time in my life. It’s time to dust off and stretch the wings.
@@RoccoMax100 omg that’s amazing to hear! Your wings are never too old to soar my friend. An eagle doesn’t know it can fly until it takes its first leap.
Live for the moment my friend, you deserve it 🫶
@@tysonhubbard7682 thank you!! ❤️
No words to describe this .
PrincessSearching ForHerUnicorn U just used 5 tho?
Hi, directioner
Directioners everywhere ^^
Hi ! ;)
🌺
These songs brought back memories of my life. I am 75 now. Hoping to die with dignity in these uncertain times. I remember the love of my life. We didn't end up together. I hope she is fine.
Dear Pen, you are just 75 years old and there is much ahead to do. Just think about making your like colourful. Stay healthy and sane!
Thank you for sharing. I’d like to say more but this is all I can say @ the moment
Best wishes 🙏
Best wishes, thank you for sharing
Have you thought about trying to find your missed love? ♥️
@@micheletheresonlyone3290 Yes. But in honor of my departed wife, I never did. Its ok. Kids are all grown now. Grandkids light up my life. I had a good and complete life. It is better not to ruin the memory of my youth when we were beautiful and loved without any rules. These songs somehow bring back those memories. I am grateful for that. Take care.
This band will always have a place in my heart. I lived an incredible story with my brother, we traveled from Colombia to Argentina for Vacations and the Lumineers were in the city on November 1st. The concert was sold out, but you could listen to them from the stadium parking lot. The night was cold and windy, but we ended up listening to half of the concert outside. A Security guard was going to take us out of the place and suddenly an Argentinian guy gave us Two tickets to enter the show. It was magic. What I could hear from the stands was beautiful, from this day I learned to trust when you are perseverant and I am sure that my relationship with my brother was strengthened.
Watching this in 2023
❤
This is such a beautiful story, fits their song perfectly.
Super nice story bro ❤
My girlfriend's household is not a happy one. She jokes about how she wants to run away and never come back. But I know that there is truth behind her joke. I showed her the video, Sleep on the Floor, and told her that we can run away together. Ever since that night, she and I tried to piece these videos together. It taught us to not make the mistake that Cleopatra made. To take the chance to be with your true love. For if we don’t take this chance, we may not ever have a second one. And even if it doesn’t work out between us, then it is better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all. As of tomorrow, we have been dating for an entire year, and we both appreciate this ballad. Thank you illuminating our lives.
Lucas Ament lovely...wishing both of you more happiness and lots of love and prosperity
gay
I wish you all the best. Take care
Lucas Ament This is so beatiful. ❤
Do it for her, with her. Decide on her, decide on both of you. (:
"in the end we only regret the chances we didnt take"
👊🏼 true 👌🏼
:( so true
amen to that
nope. not crying.
no I regretfully have to say the opposite
This is the most beautiful illustration of regret I've seen
slash self-forgiveness
Been 6 years, and I still come back to it outta nowhere. The beauty and depth of this masterpiece is unimaginable and would never get old ♥️
the piano track in the ending do you know what it's name?
@@hamzahussein5544 Patience
@@hamzahussein5544it’s called Patience.
@@kyrastrick7675 thank you ❤️
What an original idea for a music video. This was a beautiful story.
Very good idea already done by some great old bands like Pink Floyd, The Who, Kiss and others
+João Eduardo Prenazzi no one wants your opinion
5555555lowmen HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA but it isn't an opinion, it's a fact
5555555lowmen and the fact is.... you're a dumfuk
5555555lowmen HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA true
The story is simple: Choosing between life and what you imagine your life could be.
so true
really? so simple?
its simple but in same time is complicate
:( lifefucklife
Not that simple.
0:01 : "Ophelia"
4:16 : "Cleopatra"
8:11 "Sleep On The Floor"
13:15 "Angela"
18:06 "My Eyes"
22:23 "Patience" (Piano Solo)
leonardo448 I love you!! I was wondering what that last song was !!
leonardo448 the last three bits are so so beautiful
I love you for this
obrigada
The last song it's called Patience, and it's the piano ;)
When you have to choose between your love, or your career. Hopefully you’ll not make the same mistake as I did. Don’t let that special person ever walk away. You can always find another career, but finding love is a hell of a lot harder.
❤👋
"Ophelia" Lyrics
Oh, oh, when I was younger, oh, oh, should have known better
And I can't feel no remorse, and you don't feel nothing back
Oh, oh, got a new girlfriend, he feels like he's on top
And I don't feel no remorse, and you can't see past my blinders
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
Oh, oh, got a little paycheck, you got big plans and you gotta move
And I don't feel nothing at all
And you can't feel nothing small
Honey I love you, that's all she wrote
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
"Cleopatra" 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 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
"Sleep On The Floor" Lyrics
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
Forget what Father Brennan said
We were not born in sin
Leave a note on your bed
Let your mother know you're safe
And by the time she wakes
We'll have driven through the state
We'll have driven through the night
Baby come on
If the sun don't shine on me today
And if the subways flood and bridges break
Will you lay yourself down and dig your grave
Or will you rail against your dying day
And when we looked outside
Couldn't even see the sky
How do you pay the rent
Is it your parents
Or is hard work dear
Holding the atmosphere
I don't wanna live like that, yeah
If the sun don't shine on me today
If the subways flood and bridges break
Jesus Christ can't save me tonight
Put on your dress, yes wear something nice
Decide on me, yea decide on us
Oh, oh, oh, Illinois, Illinois
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
"Angela" Lyrics
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
From the second time around
The only love I ever found
Oh Angela it's a long time coming
Home at last
Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms
With your fingers in a fist
Did you hear the notes, all those static codes
In the radio abyss?
Strangers in this town,
They raise you up just to cut you down
Oh Angela it's a long time coming
Oh Angela spent your whole life running away
Home at last
Home at last
Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you
Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last, hmm
"My Eyes" Lyrics
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
The glow of Hollywood signs
They sold you a bridge
They fed you the lines
You always confused your servants for friends
But you couldn't see how it ends
It's all or nothing to you
What did you do to my eyes
What did you say to my only child
Promised your love but you lied
You better slow down baby soon
It's all or nothing to you
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
Harry Evans 😊
(Ah, ah!) got a new girlfriend
He feels like he's on top
And I don't feel no remorse
And you can't see past my blindness
-Ophelia
What did you do to my eyes
What did you say to my only child
Promised your love but you lied
You better slow down baby soon
It's all or nothing to you
-My eyes
a con You, my friend, are a hero.
a con you're a hero with no name 💜
a con Tysm for this❤❤❤❤❤
every time i watch this, i find myself crying because this is the reality of life and i fear that. i personally am bad at making decisions in my life. i am afraid to choose the wrong decision and regret it. but that's life we have to deal with it and be strong just like cleopatra. i miss the lumineers so much
Angel Linao the best love story ever
Crying rn
had you made the "perfect" decision you might've missed out on the people in your life today
Don't be afraid in your decisions you make but be afraid the decisions it takes
That's not life and you don't have to live with it that's called making decisions and the wrong ones you make it right by making the right decisions and your go for it boldly
WHAT ATIME TO BE ALIVE, ONLY TO DIE AGAIN WITH THIS VIDEO.
I love your comment.
may you live a great life
❤thank you i needed this today 😢@rifuspecial2181
When I was younger, there were many sleepless nights I spent looking outside my apartment windows, watching the city lights while thinking of ending it all. Yet every single time, long past midnight, I found myself watching "The Ballad of Cleopatra" and crying, when no one could hear it at all. It gave me strength to think of better days... Now, 5 years later, I just wish to say - Thank you, @The Lumineers
sometimes surviving is all you can do, and sometimes it's enough. glad you made it through, hope things are better for you
Oh, if only The Lumineers could read your comment! I'm sure they would be truely happy to know what miracles their work can do!!!
"Beauty will save the world" (Dostoyevsky) ... good to know it is still true to this day ;) ... all the best
i did too. it saved me. it still saves me to this day. im having a kid now, and its all ive ever wanted in the whole world. i hope im a better parent than mine were.....
I'd like to shout to you and other alike to let all know: there are people hiding in the plain sight who can simply love and appreciate you for you are , no more no less.
This is an ode to birth, to death, to love, to hate, to sadness, to happiness and it is saying it's "live, go on and live". Thank you so much for telling us this beautiful story, it has being a pleasure to follow it. I would like to be able to say more because there are a lot of things to say, a lot more, but all I can say is, Lumineers, thank you, with your music, with your heart, with your art, for making life always better, thank you for making us feel that it is worth it.
1000BeautifulDreams yes!!!
1000BeautifulDreams f
Speak English cretin
+DontTouchMe Excuse me?
1000BeautifulDreams yeah your right
im not ready to cry
I'm into the song Angela when I finally get the damn plot!
PASS ME THE DAMN TISSUE BOX!
what's the plot?
ekinoks The plot? Its about Sesame Street.
Fu** Me.. This was amazing, brought me to tears.
It was amazing guys
the lady who plays old taxi driver is soo beautiful
Rafia Ashraf is it strange I find her prettier than most young women?
@@Havoc_279 not at all. Most bitches nowadays like to pump every piece of skin with plasics and shit. I'd like to find a girl that uses makeup only at parties and special events, no more. The natural look speaks for itself.
I was actually thinking about how beautiful she must have been as a young woman cause you can just see it in her older age to look so good she had to be Amazingly beautiful in her prime
Also amazing acting, real and natural.
**Who drives
‘I’ve read this script, the casting fits so I play my part’ genius, absolute genius. The lyrics to their songs are so magic.
Well, here is a story. I lived in Austria for six months and everytime I called the taxi, this old woman picked me up. The woman was 69 years old and she was really awesome. She always told me about life and about the decisions you have to make and that life can be very hard. I really liked the love she had for nature and animals. When it was night and I needed her, we always stopped on the mountain to look for deers or foxes. I asked her why she was a taxi driver and she told me that she liked the stories of the people in her taxi, and she also liked the youth. Everytime when the taxi was full of youth she said: ''I wish that I was young again.''. This lady was so nice and somehow she didn't had a family. She never really talked about it, everything she always told me was that she was happy that she divorced many years ago. I don't know if she had children but I really hope she does. I knew the song Cleopatra before I met her and in my head she really was Cleopatra. But I hope so much that she doesn't end alone because no one deserves that.
I'm grateful
how sad, i hope so:(
Ilsxnvt. Gay
llsxnvt...did you write this song?
I wish I did
I am in tears. This is art. This is beautiful. I will remember this forever.
If you liked this, watch The Odyssey from Florence + The Machine, is the same audiovisual format and her songs are great too!
Me too
Do
Hard to come by music like this. Up there with the likes of Dark side of the moon and bat out of hell in my humble opinion
You are prettier than I am
i rewatch this every time when i feel like i need emotion in my body
I came back here to watch this again, hoping to find and feel something. To my surprise, it’s still the same feeling since I first saw this with him. The difference is, he’s not here by my side anymore.
sleep on the floor gives me some serious wanderlust
My exact words, I hope I experience that feeling in my life time
carlina me toooooo!!
carlina..took me 40 years to stop waiting...so don't wait, do it. Been on road trips with my Jeep back and forth across the country, still have a few more I want. Seen things I never thought I would see, pulled the family along. Meteor crater, grand canyon, Painted desert, Mt Rainier, Mt St Helens, Puget sound, Oahu, Volanoes national park, Niagara Falls, and on and on. You can do it on the cheap. Camp instead of hotels, bring your food in a cooler instead of eating out. Wish I had started years earlier.
That song gives everyone that feel my man
I just want to point out how in Sleep on the floor, they packed everything but the toothbrush the song asked.
Eyram Seshie lmao 😂
Eyram Seshie that's the point 😏😂
Congrats on being the 3,233,322th person to point that out.
Eyram S1eshie data
lmaooo i noticed that too
Finally, the story completes itself!
Mateus Marques Does it though?
DONT DO THIS TO ME, PAL
Mateus Marques '' forget what father brennan said, we were not born in sin''??
*Listen to 'Peacock Affect - I Wrote This In The Dark'*
Mateus Marques nuunjnbuvh s
I don't doubt you won't ever see this, but this album and short film have actively made a positive change in my life. A week ago while not exactly sober and thinking about a lost friendship I listened to all these tracks again. I decided to text her, to let her know I missed her and that I was glad to have been her friend.
I woke that morning to a text telling me she felt that way, too, and we met up and hung out today, a week later.
Music about taking chances and living with the regrets of not making them made me change my life for the better. Thank you.
That is a very different post and honest and made me so happy for two people ill never know. my best friend of 21 years died. now i know letting our random boyfriends seperate us all the time was maybe something we should have not so easily caved to, to please them. they were all threatened by our closeness. one said it was like he disappeared when she was around. and yea i guess he did, everyone did. we could entertain and amuse ourselves endlessly just talking and laughing. we had been told a lot that if you closed your eyes you couldnt tell our laughs apart. we both laugh very weird and loud but strange like i even do this little fake laugh in conversations. i dont know why i do it. but she would mock me. lol no one else would dare. but she could say or do anything. she was my Sara. she was my person. i never knew a better person besides my husband. those two loved me unconditionally. and i them. now its just me. and i hope i hope i hope that we will consciously see eachother again. im so happy for you. some friendships are priceless. im so happy for your story. you made my day.
This! That's all I'm saying.....
@@jessicajae7777 hey, I'm sorry you lost your friend. I hope you get to see her again.
It's all about the chances we didn't take... like it says on the song "Too young to know, too old to admit that you couldn't see how it ends"
"Marry, and you will regret it; don't marry, you will also regret it; marry don't marry, you will regret it either way..."-Søren Kierkegaard
Dylan S I love it!
It's better to have loved and lost. 💯
А ещё лучше... не терять ❤.@@seankinsella9843
I wanted a happy ending or maybe just a sad one or anything really.. but like life.. sometimes it's just silence, knowledge that you took paths you regret and the simple fact that what is, is. This isn't Hollywood, not some mush filled romance novel.. it's real. And because of that it is so much more powerful, so true and genuine. But if you let that person go, you will survive, you will go forward. That's it.. Forward..Your choices matter.
😊
I think the character that stood out to me the most was the young man with the teardrop tattoo who looks like he's just left prison.
In a short time, he looks so anxious in the back of Cleopatra's cab, but then later on we see him as an aged carer, spending the night with her in her final moments.
It's beautiful that in just a few short scenes, he can embody such a powerful and inspiring change of life, and I for one respect anybody out there who tries to build a new life after experiencing extreme hardships.
The woman who Cleopatra is based in must have been special. She obviously went through a lot in her life and I think the lumineers were angels to have told the world her story. She must be eternally grateful, I sure am.
funnily enough, i don't think there was ever a cleopatra. there was a man in a taxi, though. and an angela. I feel soooo bad for angela. her ex wrote a bit song about her XD "your name's angela? that's the name of one of my favorite songs"
@@memereview9803 it was a female taxi driver
She is all of us.
Sleep on the Floor is the greatest music video of the past 10 years. It starts in 4:3 ratio or what an old box TV is. Then when Cleopatra doesn't leave but her boyfriend does it goes to 16:9 or what a modern TV is. That is the whole dream of what could have happened. Then it returns to 4:3 when we are back in her true reality.
________________________Ophelia_________________________________________
Oh, oh, when I was younger, oh, oh, should have known better
And I can't feel no remorse, and you don't feel nothing back
Oh, oh, got a new girlfriend, he feels like he's on top
And I don't feel no remorse, and you can't see past my blinders
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
Oh, oh, got a little paycheck, you got big plans and you gotta move
And I don't feel nothing at all
And you can't feel nothing small
Honey I love you, that's all she wrote
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
____________________________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, 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
________________________Sleep On The Floor___________________________________
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
Forget what Father Brennan said
We were not born in sin
Leave a note on your bed
Let your mother know you're safe
And by the time she wakes
We'll have driven through the state
We'll have driven through the night
Baby come on
If the sun don't shine on me today
And if the subways flood and bridges break
Will you lay yourself down and dig your grave
Or will you rail against your dying day
And when we looked outside
Couldn't even see the sky
How do you pay the rent
Is it your parents
Or is hard work dear
Holding the atmosphere
I don't wanna live like that, yeah
If the sun don't shine on me today
If the subways flood and bridges break
Jesus Christ can't save me tonight
Put on your dress, yes wear something nice
Decide on me, yea decide on us
Oh, oh, oh, Illinois, Illinois
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
_______________________Angela______________________________________
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
From the second time around
The only love I ever found
Oh Angela it's a long time coming
Home at last
Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms
With your fingers in a fist
Did you hear the notes, all those static codes
In the radio abyss?
Strangers in this town,
They raise you up just to cut you down
Oh Angela it's a long time coming
Oh Angela spent your whole life running
Home at last
Home at last
Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you
Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last, hmm
______________________My Eyes____________________________
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
The glow of Hollywood signs
They sold you a bridge
They fed you the lines
You always confused your servants for friends
But you couldn't see how it ends
It's all or nothing to you
What did you do to my eyes
What did you say to my only child
Promised your love but you lied
You better slow down baby soon
It's all or nothing to you
Enjoy it (:
Yole Soteldo thank u
Yole Soteldo Q
thanks
go to for heaven
Yole Soteldo legend
It's 1st Jan,2023 and I have watched this ballad over and over 1000 times approx and I'm still not over it. Thanks Lumineers for this amazing album and power to you this year for your upcoming music.
Love The Lumineers
I watched this also approx 100 times, yet choices still remain poor. Sigh
rookie number..
That’s my brother bday, Nick111 ! He is passed away now though
The Lumineers are on a whole different level of musical talent.
different lvl of commercial brainwashing for sure
@@louloup4607 Some people love to hate.
Ready or not, here comes Love.
Take a chance. Never regret.
I'll be 43 March 6th. The Ballad will always be the most beautiful arrangement of music of story I've ever experienced. ❤
Same here.. no matter how many times I have listened it, once it comes to suggestions, I couldn't resist myself to listen once again
This is how I like to see this story:
In "Stubborn Love" Cleopatra is separated from her dad.
Then, in "Dots and Dashes" (by Silversun Pickups, in that music video the actress is Elise Eberle, the same who plays Cleopatra at 25) Cleopatra is a teenager who meets her first love.
Later, in "Sleep on the Floor", the love of her life asks her to marry him, but she rejects because her father just died. However, she imagines all that she would love to do with him, like driving all day.
In "Angela", Cleopatra is with another man and pregnant but she knows that she'll never be happy with him.
Then, in "Cleopatra" she has divorced and became a taxi driver because all that traffic reminds her of the love of her life.
Finally, in "My Eyes", Cleopatra ends alone.
I know that one of that songs isn't of The Lumineers but I think that it fits in the story.
PD: I'm sorry if I wrote something wrong, I'm not a native speaker and I never practice English.
Àlex Rosselló your English is amazing, and I love this comment!!!
you can also include dead sea where her father's death and her leaving out to do whatever she wants is mentioned. there's no video for it but i think dead sea fits in perfectly
Àlex Rosselló That’s the Problem off all Loves,you dream about it always!!!But Life is different, no ever lasting Love!!!An the End you alone,jest with your self!!Its all about taking off the Edges off the Diamond and the End hopefully all the Ego is gone,and only forgiving remains!!!
Whatch them telling the real story behind this songs. It's trully amazing.
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Music is subjective.
It's so beautiful, yet I'm crying. It's so haunting, but hopeful. Tragic, while transcendent... This captures life so well... Thank you for this...
BearVersusShark well put.
Why Do You Type Like This
Emo Giraffe why would it matter they are expressing pure emotions
I understand what you're saying, but down-vote for sentence syntax.
Meagan Dahl Sorry Shakespeare.
*hey guys, down below are the lyrics in order:*
*Ophelia*
Oh, oh, when I was younger, oh, oh, should have known better
And I can't feel no remorse, and you don't feel nothing back
Oh, oh, got a new girlfriend, he feels like he's on top
And I don't feel no remorse, and you can't see past my blinders
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
Oh, oh, got a little paycheck, you got big plans and you gotta move
And I don't feel nothing at all
And you can't feel nothing small
Honey I love you, that's all she wrote
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug
Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love
*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, 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
*Sleep on the Floor*
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
Forget what Father Brennan said
We were not born in sin
Leave a note on your bed
Let your mother know you're safe
And by the time she wakes
We'll have driven through the state
We'll have driven through the night
Baby come on
If the sun don't shine on me today
And if the subways flood and bridges break
Will you lay yourself down and dig your grave
Or will you rail against your dying day
And when we looked outside
Couldn't even see the sky
How do you pay the rent
Is it your parents
Or is hard work dear
Holding the atmosphere
I don't wanna live like that, yeah
If the sun don't shine on me today
If the subways flood and bridges break
Jesus Christ can't save me tonight
Put on your dress, yes wear something nice
Decide on me, yea decide on us
Oh, oh, oh, Illinois, Illinois
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
*Angela*
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
From the second time around
The only love I ever found
Oh Angela it's a long time coming
Home at last
Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms
With your fingers in a fist
Did you hear the notes, all those static codes
In the radio abyss?
Strangers in this town,
They raise you up just to cut you down
Oh Angela it's a long time coming
Oh Angela spent your whole life running
Home at last
Home at last
Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you
Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last, hmm
*My Eyes*
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
The glow of Hollywood signs
They sold you a bridge
They fed you the lines
You always confused your servants for friends
But you couldn't see how it ends
It's all or nothing to you
What did you do to my eyes
What did you say to my only child
Promised your love but you lied
You better slow down baby soon
It's all or nothing to you
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
*And at least, Patience on Piano.*
oh dude, a beautiful and innocent story... simply loved it.
lyric guy you hace no idea hoy much i love you ❤️
The world needs more people like you.
Thanks a lot!!!!
In between of Angela and My Eyes there is a piano pice called For Fra but it's slowed down, i strogly recommend it ;)
Thank you, and may you be blessed forever
I’ve watched this over a thousand times, and every single time, it moves me to tears. The Lumineers will be remembered as a band whose music is deeply rooted in existentialism and a profound love for life-leaving behind a legacy of pure art. Hats off to them. Even their music videos feel like true, authentic cinema.
Greatest Band in the World
Thats Radiohead
James Marlon wow very edgy. Don't get me wrong I like radio head but... that's too far. Dude. But neither of these bands are the greatest you know what is? It's doesn't matter cause everyone has different tastes. So your comment was inexcusably and unnecessarily rude and pointless.
Name me a band thats done more for music in the past 30 years? Everyone has different taste of course, but if a dude whose looked at 10 paintings claims one painting is the greatest in the world, when you've seen 10,000 it's not out of question to shut that shit down.
James Marlon Quality not Quantity
Lachlan Martin Art how is that at all relevant?
I remember in January, I listened to the album first time fully. It was about midnight on a Sunday and it had poured with rain. My grandfather had been admitted to hospital, for he was seriously unwell with an issue with his pacemaker. I listened to "My Eyes", there was just something about it which screamed, "You need this". The next day, my grandfather died. He had a tragic life, similars to this Cleopatra's. He never found proper love until the very end of his life and was an artist until he divorced my grandma when he had to do courier work. It just makes me love this album, even more, thinking that this is what sent him off. Miss you, always will.
The story makes more sense now, and it's beautiful. This is hands down the most intricate, the most gripping, the most gorgeous thing to watch. It really makes you realise the consequences of life and how every path you take affects you. The lumineers are a band that are like no other, and they are honestly one of the best I've seen.
my favourite part is when the guy splits into two guys! its amazing!! what do you think the symbolism means?
@@BorgioCornwall it's more a visualization of 'what if I would have gone another way', I guess.
@@BorgioCornwall the universe split into 2 in this moment :)) Quantum physics ;)
The most underrated music piece that shall be underrated to preserve its beauty. this ballad is ethereal and eternal, pure heaven to the ears mind and soul, its a melody unasked for.
In 24 minutes I've had more feelings than I've had in 24 years of my life.
Aaron Castillo So your 24 years old.
mhm
*you're
Aaron Castillo that's the cheesiest shit I've ever read
Isn't it beautiful?
I wonder if these people know how many lives they've changed and maybe even saved through their music. I hope they do.
Mine, for sure. I discovered them at a really low time of my life (by way of the album Cleopatra and the song Sleep on the Floor (now my favorite album and song)). I still struggle with my mental health (anxiety, depression, etc) and their music helps me through (especially Cleopatra). I saw them live last year in February before the pandemic shut everything down when they were touring for III. I damn near cried ( I could feel it coming) when they opened with Sleep on the Floor.
This was hands down the best thing I have ever watched in my entire life.
Cristal Murillo What a cute bow~
I left my love against our will after my sister was violently taken away when I was 15 and she was 14. I was forced to move to montana and we tried for 2 years long distance. We visited every holiday, Christmas and summer. Our love was evident every moment we had together. At some point I was careless with our love and I was more focused on being apart than the longing of being together. I came back finally, but I knew I had already lost her. I was present but she wasnt there. I left in shame back to montana, this was 2001. I came back 3 years later for a glimpse of a possible spark. Nothing. I left again, with again her tears. I went on to live my 20s, then 30s. We kept in touch, loosely. She had a child, i had a stepchild. We have reconnected now in life and I'm with her now. I am going to college and I'm 40. Could never imagine the things we are doing together, that we had planned as children, and now we are finally living in OUR time. We are getting married in vegas in June. The red string of fate is real.
🥹❤️
so happy for you, wishing you luck and prosperity my friend.
Praying that all is well. ✝️❤ Update please! 😊
❤
This is one of the most beautiful things I ever saw...Had to think all the time of my girlfriend. She is gone for 3 months. We both love your music and it keeps us strong and happy!
max aquila surely ur girl friend is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? And if U haven't told her do it. Cause this videos not around for the long run but she very much might.
I always wanted this story of Cleopatra in a single video and here it is now... I am so overwhelmed.
Thank you Lumineers for such a lovely story and videos. Love from India :)
Shalini Singh I'm new here, can someone explain briefly
Hi Evan, the story resides in these songs: "Sleep on the Floor", "Angela", "Cleopatra, "Ophelia". "Sleep on the floor ": After her father's death 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 which is quite evident in the song "Angela".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).
So, in short a story of girl and different life choices she made which has led her to the life she is living right now and have regrets for the same. Hope this makes things little clear... :)
Shalini Singh thanks for the explanation, I was a little confused about the correlation between the songs
i did wanted it so much, now i can't stop crying
Brilliant explanation Shalini. I have followed the videos and had similar interpretations. You have put the words out of my mind. More creatively than I would have. ;)
how could I fall in love with an album so hard and so fast?
\m/
Trust me, honey, with these guys, it's not hard to do.
It's incredible, I listened to Cleopatra in the summer of 2016, I was 17 years old, I was in my last year of high school (in Mexico), I listen to it now, already graduated at 25 years old, with a couple of wounds in my heart, the weight of a couple of mistakes on my back and the uncertainty for the future, I listen to it differently. But the album didn't change, somehow the experiences changed the listener.
Ever time that I watch I cry, i cry for fear, i cry for love, i cry cause life is this, life is a fork in the road, and ever single choice is death for another one... but you're alive, so patience
Same, so strong feeling put in this music, thanks to them :)
I want The Lumineers to get nominated for grammy 2017 and win ☺
the era of Cleopatra was the best era ever, that album was like the background music to my life in 2016. looking forward to hearing Gloria's story.
24 minutes of crying, of soul washing, of a sentence growing: "i want to live a life full of love, deep feelings and everything that waits for me down the road". thank you, lumineers, isaac ravishankara and everyone involved.
Same here...wana touch the sky with someone deserves my love .heart .my soul....I will get what I'm looking for hope down the road.
Ineffable. Life imitates art, art imitates life.... and so it begins: The Ballad of Cleopatra.
In the video for Angela the motel is called "The Three Ladies". Here it has changed to "The Four Ladies"
Radu Ionescu the next video will be "the five ladies" and so and so forth.
Radu Ionescu they added another version of cleopatra
The 4 Ladies Motel.. absolute perfection and artistry
Omg I I was scrolling through the comments to see if anyone noticed
I’m 21 years old, still young but with a failed love story… listening to all these stories is to remember good and bad times but is also a reminder of what pure joy and essence of living is. Now wherever you are Chloe I hope you’re doing your best, thanks for teaching me how to love again.
I think this story represents that theres always someone you missed and you think of what could have been.
Your songs help me to cope with this situation happening in my country. A hug from Venezuela and I'm grateful to relax my mind with your lyrics and your music. i am sorry if i don't write very well, but i need to write it. just thank!!
mucha fuerza
Alejandro Gabriel Martinez Dominguez I am from Venezuela too. Te entiendo, porque yo estoy pasando por lo mismo, pero pronto saldremos de esto. We won't be late for this, late for that
Amanda Patiño es asi...!! nada dura para siempre, bendiciones para ti y para los tuyos.
Fuerza amigo. Saludos desde Colombia, cuando veo la Orquesta de músicos jovenes que tienen dirigida por Gustavo Dudamel me lleno de orgullo de mi pueblo latinaamericano, se merecen un destino mucho mejor es una lastima que un pueblo se divida por politica!! por Dios mi padre siempre me ha enseñado que en politica hay otro mundo otras leyes y son las de la hipocresia la falsedad y el camaleonismo. Mientras tanto el mundo restante se rige por la leyes que creemos que son para todos si robas vas a la carcel, si matas te condenan y por suppuesto que esta bien pero cuando entras al mundo de la politica no esperes nada NADA de eso.
Fuerzaaa Ale!!!! que nada es en vano! SON UN PAÍS VALIENTE! todos estamos con Ustedes! saludos desde Bolivia!
I love the simplicity of this video, it's unique. We complicate our lifes sometimes when it comes to a decision, because inside we do know what we really want but we end choosing the other option because we're afraid of the consequences. Those consequences are worth it if at the end we'll be happy with ourselves and the ones we love.
Melany Guzman so true
this tells the whole story of "cleopatra" i just realised this even in the beginning how the lead singer meet cleopatra as a old taxi driver and that look of realisation in both their eyes as a silent truth is passed between them when they somehow understood each other without a single word . and he decided to tells the story of cleopatra though this beautiful ballad, a lady who didn't choose love when she had the chance, her one true love
and its in real life that he meet a lady like this you can look it up in an interview
this video is just so beautiful and deeply profound
Apparently the Lumineers have mastered the secrets of time travel. For 24 minutes I was sent back to 2017. Pretty good year tbh.
Today I bought two of their albums, I didn't know life had another gift waiting...
Scarlett Ellen life always has lots of gifts waiting that's what's so beautiful about life, culture and this world.
Who’s here after “Gloria”? So exited for this new chapter for my favorite band!
Addy La Torre me
I just couldn't understand what gloria is..so dug in further, and here I am. Now, I just couldn't understand what life is.
I have read the script, and costume fits, so I'll play my part.
In what if?
Me!!!
Definately ME!!!!!!!!!!
Me too. I'm waiting so eagerly for the whole story of the Sparks family.
The songs makes me feel really lonely and emotional but I love them.
6 years later - still the best ballad I have heard. Its flawless, it's a story - no, a dream, just flowing. A purely perfect work of art!
I’ve just discovered this beauty
@@Truthfully3 I envy you! It hits different the first time you listen to it!!!
The scariest depiction of life the world has ever seen.
"you're always one decision away from a completely different life."
A matter of minutes
Stolen
as fast as you can imagine about having a different, new, fresh, however you like to call it kinda life... you talk yourself out of it even faster...
Unfortunately, though, the vast majority won't lead to a better life in the short term. Building a new life from the start takes many, many decisions for it to become a good life from experience
I need to stop watching this because It just fills me with deep sadness to the point where I have to pause and stop my crying.
Every time I hear these songs. I experience every emotion possible. I love this group so much. They were a God send at the perfect time in my life.
I'VE BEEN LISTENING THIS SONG SINCE THEY CAME OUT, I PLAYED THEM FOR MY GIRLFRIEND THROUGHOUT HER PREGNANCY & NOW MY SON LISTENS TO THEM EVERY DAY WITH ME. ONE OF THE GREATEST STORYS EVER TOLD
STOP SCREAAAAAAAAMING
Senorali 04072019 sToP sCrEAmInG
the loudest story ever told
they really created so many details in this that not everyone notices and makes it an undeniably beautiful piece of art
-the ghosts dancing in the background when patience was playing at the end
-the way the music lines up perfectly with the visual (7:55 especially)
-the reoccuring boat
-the indescribable looks that show so much emotion on cleopatra's face when she's driving the taxi
every time i watch this again i notice something different
does anyone else just drive away when you're thinking too much? you don't even know where you're going, you just keep going
Carrie Harlow yep
Yes. Peter Gabriel's got a song in that vein
Love I get so lost, sometimes
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
When I want to run away
I drive off in my car
Used to do it almost every day, after going trough my first and probably my toughest breakup after 4 years of relationship, i cant sleep at night thinking about how badly i fucked everything up. so i decided to take a stroll every single midnight with my motorcycle to clear my mind.
thats what th bicycle or motorcycle is for, silly. not the car
smh, not with these southern California gas prices.
To anyone who can read this, you are beloved in some many ways, and you can find love when you also find to love you! Live as much you can love and bring back the same love, this whole album spread that, enjoy it.
Sleep on the Floor is easily one of the most feel-good-melancholic-sad-happy song of the century. Thank you for this.
So... am I the only one who comes to this video just to cry?
everything will be okay my friend
nope
definitely not lmao
I'm criying i can't stoped
I was not planning, but I am crying now. This is just amazing work. And I am thankful for understanding that it is ever too late to change and to be happy.
I cry almost every time I listen to this, no matter what I am doing. The context, the story, the emotions, acting- nothing, nothing could be any better than this.
Hallelujah sister please tell me you haven't seen the Lumineers 3 that album is a freaking master piece
I'm watching and crying right now. 💕
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have you heard Kodaline as well? I feel both their vibes on the simiilar nodes of our hearts :)
@@holbvgbbbbkfz can i get the link boy
Never thought I could watch a 24-minute song video over and over. Epic stuff.
At least twice. 👌🏻
Everyone who loves this masterpiece is a friend of mine
So we are friends
@Ben Rosen damn.. this comment is dark
Hey Carlo..nice to be friends with you
Carlo Casterly hey friend
Carlo Casterly hi friend
GUYS I finally actually paid close attention to the end credits, the guy she leaves with after the funeral is Anthony, the guy she has the son with is Julius! And her son's name is Alex, which is actually one of the names of Cleopatra's sons! How clever is that?
The same orange/red boat keeps appearing... it's at 1:24, 1:35, 2:59 (a painting in the background), and 20:57 (the same exact painting as before)
Liv S what you think this boat means?
Gi Guilarducci I have no clue, but I'll try to figure it out! It keeps showing up so it must be important
i personally think it means to venture out into the unknown, no matter how scary it is, which represents all the main character fade outs. really cool pickup
I assume the boat is a metaphor for life. You see it traversing rough waters just like the characters do in their lives.
If you look closely she also has the same tattoo
Esse álbum sempre será o meu favorito, ele é o meu lar para os momentos ruins e em que me sinto deslocada da vida. Infelizmente não vou conseguir ir ao show aqui no Brasil, mas só tenho a agradecer por ter me ajudado a tomar as redias da minha vida❤️🇧🇷
Bem no dia do ENEM!! Eu quis chorar quando vi.
é o meu favorito também!
Letra/Lyrics:
["Ophelia" 00:01 - 03:12]:
Ah, ah, when I was younger
I, I, should have known better
And I can't feel no remorse
And you don't feel nothing back
I, I, got a new girlfriend
She feels like she's on top
And I don't feel no remorse
And you can't see past my blinders
(Coro/Chorus)
Oh, Ophelia
You've been on my mind girl since the flood
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help a fool who falls in love
I, I, got a little paycheck
You got big plans and you gotta move
And I don't feel nothing at all
And you can't feel nothing small
"Honey I love you", that's all she wrote
(Coro/Chorus)
Oh, Ophelia
You've been on my mind girl like a drug
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help a fool who falls in love
(Coro/Chorus)
Oh, Ophelia
You've been on my mind girl since the flood
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help a fool who falls in love
(Coro/Chorus)
Oh, Ophelia
You've been on my mind girl like a drug
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help a fool who falls in love
["Cleopatra" 04:40 - 8:00]:
I was Cle-opatra, 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
(Coro/Chorus)
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
(Coro/Chorus)
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
(Puente/Bridge)
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 Cle-opatra, 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
(Coro/Chorus)
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)
["Sleep on the floor" 08:55 - 12:47]:
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
Forget what Father Brennan said
We were not born in sin
Leave a note on your bed
Let your mother know you're safe
And by the time she wakes
We'll have driven through the state
We'll have driven through the night
Baby come on
(Coro/Chorus)
If the sun don't shine on me today
And if the subways flood and the bridges break
Will you lay yourself down and dig your grave
Or will you rail against your dying day
And when we looked outside
Couldn't even see the sky
How do you pay the rent
Is it your parents
Or is it hard work dear
Holding the atmosphere
I don't wanna live like that, yeah
(Coro/Chorus)
If the sun don't shine on me today
If the subways flood and the bridges break
Jesus Christ can't save me tonight
Put on your dress, yes wear something nice
Decide on me, yea decide on us
Oh, oh, oh, Illinois, Illinois
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
["Angela" 13:24 - 16:35]:
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
(Coro/Chorus)
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
From the second time around
The only love I ever found
(Coro/Chorus)
Oh Angela it's a long time coming
Home at last
Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms
With your fingers in a fist
Did you hear the notes, all those static codes
In the radio abyss?
Strangers in this town
They raise you up just to cut you down
(Coro/Chorus)
Oh Angela it's a long time coming in
(Coro/Chorus)
Oh Angela spent your whole life running away
Home at last
Home at last
Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you
Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
["My eyes" 18:38 - 22:22]:
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
(Coro/Chorus)
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
The glow of Hollywood signs
They sold you a bridge
They fed you the lines
You always confused, your servants for friends
But you couldn't see how it ends
(Coro/Chorus)
(It's all or nothing to you)
What did you do to my eyes?
What did you say to my only child?
Promised your love but you lied
You better slow down, baby, soon
It's all or nothing to you
(Coro/Chorus)
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
Fin.
G R A CIAS!
Thank you!!
Thank you!
This was so beautifully made that I wish I could personally meet the people who made this and congratulate them for this piece of perfection!
All the five songs and formed them into a story... beautiful.
How the Lumineers manage, every single time, to produce such emotion-filled, meaningful, beautiful songs is beyond me. I'm glad I found you guys.
Ditto😊
This is a cinematic masterpiece
I just love the fact this masterpiece is finally trending.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST AMAZING THING I'VE SEEN! I'M FREAKING OUT!!!