Dope - Lady Gaga

by Benjamin O'Loughlin 

Meaning: You hate yourself... but you can't stop. It's destroying you, but you can't stop. Dope. In a rare moment of simple candor without the gaudy show, Lady Gaga dedicates this song to her own struggles, and to all the friends she's had who let themselves be destroyed by drugs and alcohol...

Music Video: Still waiting...

The Meaning of Dope: It's a simple song with a simple message. Don't start. Because drugs destroy your ability to stop. They destroy you, period, but you keep going back to them because they help you forget the mess that you've become. That's a great insight... but it could apply to a lot more than just drugs and alcohol. Simply leaving it at "don't do drugs, and don't drink" is a very partial solution to the problems facing young people today.

Ask Yourself: Don't do drugs... Fine. But what do you fill your life with, once you've finally gotten rid of the garbage?

LYRICS:

It's off, it's on

The party's just begun

I promise this

This drink is my last one

I know that I f-cked up again

Because I lost my only friend

God forgive my sins

Don't leave me, I

Oh I will hate myself until I die

My heart would break without you

Might not awake without you

Been hurting low, from living high for so long

I'm sorry, and I love you

Sing with me, "Bell Bottom Blue"

I'll keep searching for an answer cause I need you more than dope

I need you more than dope

Need you more than dope

Need you more than dope

I need you more than dope

Toast one last puff

And two last regrets

Three spirits and

Twelve lonely steps

Up heaven's stairway to gold

Mine myself like coal

A mountain of a soul

Each day, I cry

Oh, I feel so low from living high

My heart would break without you

Might not awake without you

Been hurting low, from living high for so long

I'm sorry, and I love you

Sing with me, "Bell Bottom Blue"

I'll keep searching for an answer cause I need you more than dope

I need you more than dope

Need you more than dope

Need you more than dope

I need you more than dope

I need you more

Need you more

I need you more than dope