Cleopatra - The Lumineers - MP3 instrumental karaoke

“Cleopatra,” The Lumineers' rousing indie-folk portrayal of a female taxi driver from the Republic of Georgia, was recorded as the title track to their second studio album of the same name. The song channels the indecisiveness and self-doubt of the titular protagonist who was "late for this, late for that" and ultimately "late for the love of her life". "Cleopatra" was inspired by a real-life encounter. “So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me / From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you”, sings Wesley Schultz, turning a random meeting into an existential vignette. Musically, the song draws from a lush folk palette like the rest of their 2016 album, with acoustic strumming and piano from Jeremiah Fraites and Wesley Schultz's voice gracefully sliding around the song's poetic lyrics. "Cleopatra" played a part in propelling the album to number one on the Billboard 200, the Canadian and UK album charts.