Music Mondays: “The Ballad of Cleopatra” by The Lumineers

Music Mondays is a book meme where you share a song you really like. It is hosted by The Tattoed Book Geek.

It’s the first Monday of 2019!

I know, I know…I’ve been counting all the firsts of this year. Can’t blame me, 2019 is still so shiny and new, and it’s so easy to be excited for it. Also, indulge a girl and let me count down days and stuff while I still can because by the time February comes around I’m pretty sure I’ll already be tired of saying how many Mondays or Fridays we’ve had.

Anyway, I’ve been contemplating what song I’ll share today because there’s A LOT! So I settled for not one but four songs all jammed in one music video that’s sure to make you cry.

The Lumineers is one of my most fave bands, and their album Cleopatra is my fave album of theirs. I love all the songs in that album, but these four tracks are among their best.

The Ballad of Cleopatra features the songs “Ophelia,” “Cleopatra,” “Sleep on the Floor,” “Angela/Patience,” and “My Eyes.” If you watched it, you could definitely see an interconnected story about a woman, Cleopatra, and throughout the almost 30-minute video you see her in different phases of her life. This hit me hard (and made me cry damn buckets) because it felt too real. I mean, it’s real and I could relate.

The whole video is about choices – its consequences, its outcomes and the inevitable what-ifs that follow each choice. It’s lovely and honest, and seriously, you should just watch this video because my explanation won’t do it justice. I just thought that this video and all the songs in it fit the time we’re in with the year still young and possibilities plenty, as we make new choices that’ll shape us and our lives.

That went deeper than I though it will. Any, I hope the year so far has been good for you. Mine is still hectic, but that’s just work for you. I was fortunate enough to carve some time for myself during my day-off and finish Emma Rous’ The Au Pair, which was awesome! That book comes out tomorrow so you better be in the look out for that.

Alright, here’s where I say bye for now. Til next time! Hanggang sa susunod! 😘

💗💗💗

Rachel