Cleopatra and the Forlorn Souls — album cover
Cleopatra and the Forlorn Souls
Music from the Antony & Cleopatra Dance Theatre Production
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Twenty-three songs across two acts. Tap any title to read the lyrics.

— Act 1 —
01 Save My Soul
Listen to your fortune, then run away Loving or beloved, it's hard to say Many moving pieces on the board play To their own devices
A wish is like a mother, giving life All her little babies come in the night Wanting to survive it, they'll all fight Never say surrender
Oh, my soul As I play another game Save my soul Or are they all the same?
A bishop or a pawn, well, you'll never know 'Til the match is played and who has to go Run into the battle, one fatal Blow(ing) like the wind
Who will be the winner, there's only one Hero in morning, beneath the sun Now that you possess it, what have you won? Was it what you wanted?
Oh, my soul As we play another game Save my soul Aren't we all the same?
02 Meet Your Queen
Here I am now bow down and adore me I'm divine with power from above Listen close and you will know my story As a viper and a holy dove
Meet your queen, meet your queen, meet your queen alright Meet your queen, meet your queen, meet your queen She's your queen, she's your queen, she's your queen tonight Pledge your love and follow her into the night
Let my song and dance become your memory Present, future, every single day Cleopatra is the one and only To your mother, goddess do you pray
03 I Can't Go Slow
Go on I can't go slow now Now that I want you I feel like I'm bleeding out
Let's go To somewhere no one goes And we'll tango Under the moonlit night
Hey, while I don't understand I can't go on anymore Pretending is ending Find out what is true Is it you?
Reason, may well as be treason As I'm betraying All of my passion for fashion Bright light Will follow the dark night Illuminating the depths of my desire
04 A Little Competition
I feel a little competition Now I realize that I'm the one who needed saving She may be the key who opens up my door I apologize if my behavior makes you crazy We knew what the game was, we both knew the score I never thought it would be alright Did you think it would be alright? Everything is a contract and I can't say that I'm surprised
Then we happened to build a life You were happy to be my wife There are feelings we can't decide My heart needs salvation tonight
Oh, lovely dear, I do believe it's time we sever I must stay behind here, I must see this through Not every goodbye must necessarily be forever A love that is divided will show if it is true
05 All Alone
Running away to where, I don't know Overhead a shining star is all alone Pointing where it thinks I oughta go to Run away, where it's safe, running home
Home will never feel the same without you Faraway, faraway, on my own Will I ever love again, I don't know? Is there gonna be a price to pay, no one knows
Never really run until you have to Runaway from your heart and your home Walk into the heat and to the heartache Never want to leave you, now I'm alone
All alone, all alone…
I thought that we could win the world on our own You and I hand and hand to the throne Now you have her dancing all around you Coiling like a waiting snake
Then you're gone I want to give, I want to love, I want to Feel the way you made her feel With your song
All alone, all alone…
06 Give-Why-I
Give, why, I… Again, why, I…
I won't let you walk on by I will never be denied You're gonna feel me, you're gonna feel me
Right before you look around I find your flesh, I'll take a pound You're gonna feel me, you're gonna feel me
I can whisper to a shout Hear my voice without a doubt Do you believe me, do you believe me?
Sister once and mother twice I will avenge her sacrifice You're gonna see me, you better see me
07 Giddy Up
Giddy, you gonna get me up? Giddy, giddy, giddy up!
08 My, My, My
Well, I don't go on Unless there's a song A rhythm, pulsing and brave Enter this lair Lover beware Yours is the soul to be saved
My, my, my, my, my… Don't look away I, I, I, I, I… Want you to stay
The taste of this song The heat of my tongue Holding, breathing you close Feel as my fangs Sink into your veins Rapture, one holy dose
My, my, my, my, my… Don't look away Sigh, sigh, sigh, sigh, sigh… Feel my hips sway
09 You're My Flame
I might be, I can see My only need is by your side And hear your voice, I have no choice I lose myself, I come undone
I can't handle this My thoughts are scandalous with All the things I want to do to you
You're my candle, you're my flame
I would go, I would go To anywhere you want to be I would swim, across a thousand miles of sea Just to hear you sigh
I would come, I will come Anytime you call my name I will play all of your little silly games Just to see your eyes
I can't handle this I'm reeling full of lust, and All the things I want to do to you
You're my candle, you're my flame
10 Ten Beats at a Time
Here we are, each living little lives All alone, in deception and disguise We all have stories God knows I got mine We sing it all in verse and Line by line
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Words that sing, and words that rhyme Tell my tale ten beats at a time 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Make those words sound sublime Tell your tale ten beats at a time
There you go Audition drama queen Oh, recognize it's It's better to be heard than seen We all have stories God knows I got mine We sing it all in verse and Line by line
11 Bliss
Oh, what you want, is what you need Come little boy, down on your knees Soon you'll really know when we're alone what it means to hold me With the touch of my lips, the wet of my kiss, my hips, then you will feel… bliss
I'm what you want, I'm what you need My precious sweet, tell me your dreams Soon you'll really know when we're alone what it means to own me With the touch of my lips, the wet of my kiss, my hips, slowly reveal… bliss
You're what I want, you're what I need Come hither now, give it to me Now you really know, your mind is blown your body moist and reeling With the touch of my lips, the wet of my kiss, my hips, can you feel it? Climbing to the top of ecstasy, the sky, stars exploding Fall down through the wind, into my skin, until there is only… bliss
12 What You'll Get
You took what was never yours in the fire Look at the consequences they're dire
What you want is what I want What you'll get is what is left when I'm done
Run with abandon into the fire Never forget your king, your sire
What you want is what I want What you'll get is what is left when I'm done
Passion and desire both are a dying flower Love is not worth the want, it's power
13 Why I Breathe
Don't think once, don't go twice Don't leave here without goodbyes All I want is locked away again Now I go, now you know I love you, oh I love you
What I give, why I live The heart on my sleeve, (it's) how I breathe
In your eyes, tiny lies Never lasting, lullabies Now I run, but might see you again, love Won't you please still believe I love you, I love you
I concede, full retreat I can't go on, I can't breathe
Sing what's true, know that you Held my soul within your heart All is gone, I'm alone again
— Act 2 —
01 Fortune's Fool
I've nowhere to run or hide Pulled underneath the tide Oh, am I destined to survive? An epic tale, a telling of my time We all have stories, God knows I got mine
Oh, I am fortune's fool Stammering on the stool But I'll come back to the fight I've rose before, left ashes at my feet Ascend to my redemption now you'll see
02 Forgiven
Let it go, let it all be forgiven Nothing to lose or gain Taking back o'r the reigns Oh, if the fates could have their way They'll send me sprawling, falling 'til I fail You'll hear me scream out loud my banshee wail
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Let it go, let it all be forgiven 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Let it go, let it all be forgiven
If I could love again Go back to the start, begin No, but I see where this will end It's counting slowly, growing like disease And the sands are flowing, counting down on me
03 You Don't Ever See Me
You don't ever see me, clearly I don't ever hear you trying I keep finding It's meant to be, 'cause I won't believe me
Let it all be forgiven, let it go Let it all be forgiven, let it be
04 She's My Candle
Hold my honor with All the love in your heart Can't you see I can't stay anymore?
She's my candle, she's my flame
Tie me to the pyre Set my life on fire, now I can feel it burning in my soul
She's my candle, she's my flame
05 Every Moment Matters
Go on 'til the light arrives Talk around in circles all night And I feel the morning, bittersweet relief All these years and days and hours and minutes end in tears Every moment matters until it doesn't, and now we're here
Forward as the light brigade Gonna storm the castle I made And I flee the tower, ivory in my wake I won't be a prisoner of this moment I will endure Every moment matters Distillation makes them pure
Go on end the night with fire Fill my empty heart with desire Soaring upward I'm a Phoenix too Moments become minutes, days and decades, it's how we live But I'll decide what matters, what I'm taking, what I give
06 When I'm Done
Pleading, beseeching, your desert cry The question is not who lives but who I say dies What you want is what I want What you'll get is what is left When I'm done
07 Pretending is Ending
You rip and you ravage with one final blow I'm bleeding out, I'm a hemorrhaging soul I'm withering, wasting, drifting away like dust I'm floating
Molecules, particles, atoms and ooze Primordial energy flowing to you Take me, assimilate, pull me within Just don't walk away
Hey, no, I don't understand And I can't fight back anymore Pretending is ending, find out what is true And it's not you
Reason and treason and seasons will pass Find a true north, of my compass I ask Will you guide me, ignite me and take me away From this total betrayal?
Anger and heartache and loss become one Scavenge my flesh peck away at my bones I'm hollow and empty adrift in the gloom Away I'm sailing
Hey, no I don't understand Cuz I can't fight back anymore Pretending, and it's ending I found out what is true And no, it's not you
08 Will My Heart Go On?
I once believed to be awake Meant to lead with love Young, naive a babe Now my heart grows old
All that I've seen and heard and felt Turns away from love Old, tired and broken Now my heart grows cold
Hear my final song Will my heart go on?
Deep in my bile the illness hides A wound will be my cure Exorcize the demon And my heart grows bold
Run into death like a lover's bed A final bridal rite Consummate the love we had As my heart stops cold
Oh… and love's blade is long Oh… and its sheath is my song
Mourning doves cry, serpents hiss As lovers end their song Now on thy lips, my final kiss Will our hearts go on?
09 Take My Soul
Now I finish this It is coming to an end I won't replenish this You and I are for the dark
I am still your queen After your parade and your charade is done I'm still immortal I don't wanna be, I will never be a pawn A piece upon your board I am still your queen
Take my soul, save my soul Take my soul, save my soul
I am fire I am Isis, goddess Now I must go, leave you Save my soul
10 The Fates Have Their Way
— Instrumental —

VIDEO EXCERPTS: 2022 PREMIERE

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GIDDY UP

Antony completely falls into the culture of the club. He returns to performing with his trusted manager Enobarbus and his backup dancer Eros.
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TAKE MY SOUL

Cleopatra is distraught, and feels the walls quickly closing in. Never one to miss a dramatic turn, she and her girls perform one final snake-charming dance, then place deadly asps on their throats to take their lives.
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WILL MY HEART GO ON?

Having received Charmian's notice that Cleopatra has died, Antony is devastated. He implores Eros to kill him. Out of honor, Eros refuses and stabs himself instead. Antony then takes his own life, and Enobarbus delivers him to Cleopatra's chambers where he dies in her arms.
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EVERY MOMENT MATTERS

Antony tells Octavia that he is leaving her for Cleopatra. Octavia vows to persevere with grace and dignity, but then begins to sink into madness.
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PRETENDING IS ENDING

Cleopatra learns of Caesar’s true intentions – he does not intend to embrace her and her music, but instead, to take control of Club Isis. Refusing to be humiliated by Caesar, she implores Charmian and Iras to spread the word that she has taken her life.
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2026 CAST & CREATIVES

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Thomas James Mason
Cleopatra

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Abigail Lessaris
Octavia

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Isaac Jones
Marc Antony

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Olivia Patton
Caesar Octavian

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Audrey Springer
Charmian

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Vivien Mickels
Iras

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Sophie Jones
Enobarbus

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Nathalie Boyle
Eros

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Josie Moody
Lamprius

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Gregory Glade Hancock
Choreography, Costume Design, Direction

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Cory Gabel
Original Music and Story Adaptation

— Coming This October —

SALEM

A new dance theatre work from Cory Gabel and Gregory Hancock. October 2026.