The Lumineers - The Ballad Of Cleopatra
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- Опубліковано 26 кві 2017
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Music video by The Lumineers performing The Ballad Of Cleopatra. (C) 2017 The Lumineers, under exclusive licence to Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd
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No words to describe this .
PrincessSearching ForHerUnicorn U just used 5 tho?
Hi, directioner
Directioners everywhere ^^
Hi ! ;)
🌺
WHAT ATIME TO BE ALIVE, ONLY TO DIE AGAIN WITH THIS VIDEO.
I love your comment.
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
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 ;)
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.
"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
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
Cleopatra was also based from a real person. inspired by a real-life encounter with a much different woman. “Cleopatra” tells the life story of an elderly female taxi driver that guitarist and lead vocalist Wes Schultz met during a trip to the Republic of Georgia between Europe and Asia.
I am late for everything so everytime I hear this, I chuckle, because I will die on time because it won't be mine LoL
Omg thank you! I have loved this song from the moment I first heard it!!! After reading your description, I know why! This is me!!!
***im literally in tears right now ***
Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you for sharing the details of the art. The only two comments i see are people who really are willing to understand the art displayed.
Jeiby, thanks so much for the break down of the beautiful song. It's always been a fav or mine yet only tonight did I get the full picture of its entirety. This song is so much of everything...it too reminds me of my past, present & obviously my future! Thanks again & have a beautiful life, make it yours! This gives me so many highs & lows throughout....and its one of those feel goods! ⚓👐❤💖🪁🎈👍🦋👌👏🤗🐾🐾🥰❣⭐
Well, you’re insights of this songs is so beautiful.
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
❤
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
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
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 ❤️
2024 still jamming this band. One of my top ten bands. I appreciate all of the releases.
"you're always one decision away from a completely different life."
How true!
Brb off to watch Mr Nobody again
can u explain me the eding?
a powerful thought. be good.
That happened to me.
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
Cleopatra rips my heart out every single time I watch it. Such a powerful piece of art to be able to do that.
😅😅
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.....
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
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
That's one of the most beautiful, understated dance segments I've ever seen.
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?
This is the most beautiful illustration of regret I've seen
slash self-forgiveness
‘I’ve read this script, the casting fits so I play my part’ genius, absolute genius. The lyrics to their songs are so magic.
Never thought I could watch a 24-minute song video over and over. Epic stuff.
At least twice. 👌🏻
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?
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
The lumineers was definitely one of the best bands we listened to.
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.
"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
Ida H de
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. (:
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.
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.
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
"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. 💯
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
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!!!
This was hands down the best thing I have ever watched in my entire life.
Cristal Murillo What a cute bow~
OMG I'm so happy to come here this early. ❤️
Yabancı, çorak, ıssız topraklarda bir Türk. Selam olsun.
sana da selamlar olsun
Ooo selamlar
çok güzel olmuş be :'(
keyfini çıkar
iyi, güzel müzik iyi ki var!
0:00 Ophelia
4:42 Cleopatra
9:25 Sleep on the Floor
13:23 Angela
18:39 My Eyes
22:25 Patience
thanks yo
A master class in story telling and cinematography.
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.
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.
2:33 Watching him walk home, rain-soaked, on an deserted street makes me remember the summer I was 20. I went abroad to south america not knowing or expecting anything. it's true what they say, when you're not looking for anything that's when love comes to find you. the past is the past now, but even now all these years later I still remember the smell of the rain, the cicadas at night, the house built from wood I lived in. And of course, the passion of being young and feeling like you're falling in love for the first time...
My son Jeremy and I fell in love with the music of different artists while we have been unfortunately in homeless shelters on Long Island . To be con...
sorry for that holly.......all will be well
Good luck Holly
Ready or not, here comes Love.
Take a chance. Never regret.
CAN YOU HEAR MY TEARS???
chléa 😂
chléa Yes, because i'm crying too, did she die?
i think yes :(
can you hear mine?
This has me crying. Not a sad cry, but one for memories and adventures and the bonds people share. I needed this today
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'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
It's been 5 years now, am now in my 20s and theses songs are still amazing.
Thank you.
ditto here
Wait until it’s been 15-20-25 years…
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.
i rewatch this every time when i feel like i need emotion in my body
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
I am 24 and have never had a relationship, girlfriend, or connected with a girl. I lead a very isolated life in a corner of a small town. I hope that I can feel the magic of love in a world that is so cold, so discouraging, and so disparaging.
As soon as you find out that this world is also a wonderful, blessed place, true love will come to you whereever you are
love appears when you least imagine it, love is in how you look and how you choose to live with who you choose. Be allowed
Your world can turn upside-down and inside out and the whole world stays the same. But your world is everything to you.
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
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
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😊
The lights slowly shutting off in the long hallway is the perfect metaphor if you’ve ever gazed into the eyes someone you love and watched their life slowly fade away. It’s just like that.
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
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.
Everyone stop trying to explain a album that is about emotion and growth . This is the best single record of my generation.
This entire album's story is so beautiful and bitter in the end. But what i love about it most; is its real life. it's not pandering like the movies we watch and the stories we hear as children. It's reality. And unfortunately majority of the people in this world, including myself, have regrets. And we all have that one person. That one person that always makes us wonder "what if?". (if you haven't heard this whole ballad you won't get that statement until you do) The Lumineers aren't just musicians, they are a voice for every single one of us just out here livin man. L-I-V-I-N.
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.
how could I fall in love with an album so hard and so fast?
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Trust me, honey, with these guys, it's not hard to do.
the best thing about the comment section is that there's people telling their own stories with their experience in love. i really hope everyone find their true love without any regrets and just full of honesty.
A masterpiece for the ages. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
All the five songs and formed them into a story... beautiful.
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
This is not a song to only listen to, nor to daydream on, this is a thing you should watch at least once a day to calm down.
There is something so nostalgic about this, every time I come back to it I feel so calm
Makes me want to cry. Wait, I am.
The 4 Ladies Motel.. absolute perfection and artistry
Omg I I was scrolling through the comments to see if anyone noticed
This is a cinematic masterpiece
Glad we're all here together to experience this 🤍🤍🤍🤍
That guy on piano deserves an award. I love the piano and I can't stop playing the end of this song.
agree, he also gets it
When I listen to "Sleep on the floor" I WANNA ESCAPE FROM MY DAILY LIFE!!!
Jjake Jjake oh my God am from listening to it and I hate this feeling that I'm single and I would like to escape this world with someone, I mean we can go anywhere
King of Pes club manager Yeah, I do know what you feel. I also need someone who would be with me during this journey. However, I hope I'll find someone, because I don't want my life to fall in routine. I wanna try to be crazy 😀😁.
/xx
Why am I just seeing this now... Incredible...
same dude haha
Same! How did I miss this? 😳😂🤣🤷🏻♀️
same, amazing
better late than never
To see this again for the first time. The 100th+ time is still pretty amaze tho
So the destination is the end of our wonderful journey, today I spoke with my son who has been staying and supporting his grandmother while his grandfather was passing away. Today he passed and my son was upset while he held his hand while on his last part of the journey.
My boy told me of the letter he was left asking for no black at the funeral and that his ashes were scattered in Boscastle with his daughter who was my son's mother and my loving wife and best friend.
The journey is yours and only yours we get lucky being a part of that journey and so we cry missing you and smile remembering you.
Never never stop just keep on keeping on.....
Best wishes and love and hugs to you all.
There's a freedom that comes after the big cry. Dry teared and invincible for a bit. The fucking absurdity of all of it. The love and pain and joy and loss. The Irish in it
me: *checks notifications*
my notifications: "The Lumineers Uploaded: perfection."
I got the same notification.
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.
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.
From me to you... I hope you enjoy this... love u to the moon and back
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"
The Lumineers are on a whole different level of musical talent.
different lvl of commercial brainwashing for sure
@@louloup4607 Some people love to hate.
I LOVE that i can just keep coming back.......
She wakes up at the end of the can only to be seen at the end as the woman walking into the home where she no longer even has her taxi full of memories in a wheel chair her final spirit walks out free from the constraints of this world getting her keys and finally watching the light in this world become extinguished
"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❤❤❤❤❤
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.
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.
I knew you and your Cleopatra about 5 years ago, when I was seventeen, and it hits different through time.
I know what I should do now, thanks for you. Sleep on the floor is always my favourite, maybe some days it will be Angela and others.
Wish you all the best. Wish me all the courage.
Perfect. Maybe this is the right word which can describe the ballad of cleopatra!
Francesca Ricatto bell' inglese
THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST AMAZING THING I'VE SEEN! I'M FREAKING OUT!!!
I felt lost almost, then I cautgh myself watching this again 🍄
I love how the music videos are all connected to the song Cleopatra lol. Such an intricate detail
Thanks for this short film, magic history.
Who else crying alone on a Friday night after watching this?
OMG me
it’s friday right now and i’m doing just that
I'm crying (on the inside) here on a Wednesday night
Well, it's monday
Sunday morning
I always say The Lumineers are legends. It would be a shame not knowing them. I love every single music they make. I hope this goodness lasts forever. Long live The Lumineers
25 minutes full of so many feelings
The scariest depiction of life the world has ever seen.