Ophelia
The Lumineers * Track #2 On Cleopatra
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Album Cleopatra
Ophelia by The Lumineers
Release Date
Performed by
The LumineersProduced by
Simone FeliceWrited by
Jeremiah Fraites & Wesley SchultzAbout
“Ophelia” is “the cornerstone” of The Lumineers’s sophomore album, Cleopatra. It was the first track written and recorded for the album, following which band member Jeremiah Fraites said he “felt like it was easier to proceed finishing the album.”
The song is also about how the band has dealt with...
Ophelia Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Ah, ah, when I was younger
I, I should've known better
And I can't feel no remorse
And you don't feel nothing back
[Verse 2]
I, I got a new girlfriend here
Feels like he's on top
And I don't feel no remorse
And you can't see past my blindness
[Chorus]
Oh, Ophelia
You've been on my mind, girl, since the flood
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help the fool who falls in love
[Verse 3]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
"Honey, I love you"
That's all she wrote
[Chorus]
Oh, Ophelia
You've been on my mind, girl, like a drug
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help the fool who falls in love
Oh, Ophelia
You've been on my mind, girl, since the flood
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help the fool who falls in love
Oh, Ophelia
You've been on my mind, girl, like a drug
Oh, Ophelia
Heaven help the fool who falls in love
Ophelia Q&A
Who wrote Ophelia's ?
Ophelia was written by Jeremiah Fraites & Wesley Schultz.
Who produced Ophelia's ?
Ophelia was produced by Simone Felice.
When did The Lumineers release Ophelia?
The Lumineers released Ophelia on Thu Feb 04 2016.
Where did you come up with the great piano rif? It's beautiful, in this song.
Jer came up with the piano riff for this song a short time after we recorded our first album, back in 2011, in our hometown of Ramsey on his favorite piano – once we could afford to, we had that piano shipped out to Denver and we still use it in the demo process because it’s got some magic in it.
Is it about a lost or new love
It’s a hard song to pin down what Ophelia was about as a singular idea – the lyrics in the song were sung in a stream-of -conscious, free sort of way during the demo process. But reading them back, i hear this idea of trying to remind myself not to fall in love with the momentary attention we were g...
Is this really taken from Shakespeares "Hamlet?"
No. There was an initial attempt to base it on the character from Hamlet, because we had the hook for the chorus using that name “Ophelia“before we ever had the rest of the song, but the song took a different path.