Dark Horse - Katy Perry:Lyric Analysis - Part 1

This song’s lyrics were about Cleopatra’s story that can make all men in the world love her and obedient to her.

I knew you were
You were gonna come to me
And here you are
But you better choose carefully
‘Cause I, I’m capable of anything
Of anything and everything  


This stanza tells us, Cleopatra knows that all men will bow to her and love her. It is implicitly said that she has warn the men, once they fall in love with her, there is no way to escape, because she can do anything to make the men love her again. 

Make me your Aphrodite
Make me your one and only
But don’t make me your enemy,

your enemy, your enemy


This stanza tells us that deep inside women heart like Cleopatra, she wants to be the only man’s queen and like Ester said, she wants to be treated as the most beautiful woman in the world.

Mark my words
This love will make you levitate
Like a bird
Like a bird without a cage
But down to earth
If you choose to walk away,

don’t walk away


This stanza tells us, that men who fall in love with Cleopatra will feel as they are in heaven and feel free. Cleopatra also implicitly said to the men, if they deny that love, they will feel like in a hell, because Cleopatra dependently said that loving her is like getting a gift from God.

It’s in the palm of your hand now baby
It’s a yes or no, no maybe
So just be sure before

you give it all to me
All to me, give it all to me


This stanza tells us, that the men have to agree with all Cleopatra terms and/or agreements in any circumstances, if they choose to be with her.  


So you wanna play with magic
Boy, you should know what you're falling for
Baby do you dare to do this?
Cause I’m coming at you like a dark horse
Are you ready for, ready for
A perfect storm, perfect storm
Cause once you’re mine, once you’re mine
There’s no going back 


Then, this stanza tells us that once the men had falling in love with Cleopatra, they cannot escape from her and there is no going back one they become Cleopatra puppet.


She’s a beast, I call her Karma
She eats your heart out
Like Jeffrey Dahmer 

Be careful, Try not to lead her on
Shorty’s heart is on steroids
Cause her love is so strong
You may fall in love

When you meet her

If you get the chance

You better keep her

She’s sweet as a pie but

If you break her heart

She’ll turn cold as a freezer 


This rap stanza tells from the men perspective who said Cleopatra was tricky. Once the men fall in love with her they cannot escape, but if the men treat her like the men’s only Queen, they will live like in a heaven. However, once Cleopatra hurt, the men will get something terrifying in their live that they cannot imagine. As your information, Jeffrey Dahmer here is a cannibal who has killed many people (history.com).


That fairy tale ending with

A knight in shining armor

She can be my Sleeping Beauty

I’m gon’ put her in a coma

Damn I think I love her

Shorty so bad, I’m sprung

And I don’t care, She ride me like a roller coaster

Turned the bedroom into a fair

Her love is like a drug, I was tryna hit it and quit it

But lil’ mama so dope

I messed around and got addicted  
This stanza also tells from the men’s perspective that they do not care if Cleopatra use them as their puppet as long as they can love and have Cleopatra as their woman or Queen. It is also told from the stanza that Cleopatra’s beauty is undeniable and makes every man who sees her, will fall in love with her. 

That song’s lyrics also related to some clips in the music video, for instance Cleopatra was depicted as the most beautiful queen in her era and chased by the kings, even Firaun.


To be Continued-

Sources:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cannibal-and-serial-killer-jeffrey-dahmer-is-caught