Lyric discussion by Chnpo 

Cover art for Selene lyrics by Imagine Dragons

I believe the song to be Octavian talking to Brutus. One thing that supports this is the line: "Cleopatra is the only one you loved." Brutus marries Cleopatra. Then he is torn to pieces because Caesar was a father to Octavian and him and brutus are his only real family he is in touch with. Then he fought and won in the battle of Phillipi and won afterward Brutus Killed himself. The song goes "this is not what i expect this is not what i expect and now they're crowning me the caesar.

My Interpretation

This isn't a bad interpretation but I think every time you say "Brutus" you really mean Marc Antony. Antony was the husband of Cleopatra, Brutus was a senator who was key in the assassination of Caesar (you know, "et tu, Brute?")

@ncc yeah thanks I actually realized that a few months after I wrote this, but never really had time to correct it

@Chnpo I hadn't thought of it that way, thanks for taking the time to write it ;)