Cleopatra(Acoustic Demo|Bonus Track) - The Lumineers

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

(yea)

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 thislate for that

late for the love of my life

And when I die alonewhen I die alone

when I die I'll be on time

(aye)

While the church discouraged

any lust that burned within me

Yes my fleshit was my currency

but I held true

When a man's dejected

well he can fight for your affections

or he can act like he never met you

and even go to the ground

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

(yea)

So I drive a taxi

and the traffic distracts me

from the strangers in my backseat

They remind me of you

But it's all a daydream

when it's you who's behind me

but you never recognize me

appraising you

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 play my part

And there are nights I wake up

to the sound of a door shut

and I search on the floor but

I find no tracks

And the nurse in white shoes

leads me back to my guestroom

it's a bed and a bathroom

and a place to relax

but I was late for this

late for that

late for the love of my life

When I die alone

When I die alone

When I die I'll be on time

(aye)