The Lumineers - Cleopatra
I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress
When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my hand
But I was sad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress
With my father in a casket, I had no plans
And I left the footprints, the mud stained on the carpet
And it hardened like my heart did when you left town
But I must admit it, that I would marry you in an instant
Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you around
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time
While the church discouraged, any lust that burned within me
Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held true
So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me
From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time
And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce
But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play my part
I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters
But that's all in the past now, gone with the wind
Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom
It's a bed and a bathroom
And a place for the end
I won't be late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time...
2016.3.26.클레오 파트라...노래 가사는 쓴 사람의 관점에서 이해해야 할것
같은 느낌입니다.역사적으로 파고 들기에는 지면도 짧고. 그의 음악 세계에
대해서는 뭐라 말할수 없으나...웨슬리 슐츠(보컬)는 조지아 공화국 여행중에 만난
여성 택시 기사와의 대화를 통해 떠나간 남자.그리고 택시를 할수 밖에 없었던
그녀의 환경..그리고 그녀의 이야기에서 힌트를 얻어 이 노래를 썻다고 합니다.
