Dope Lyrics
Cork's off, it's on
The party's just begun
I promise this drink is my last one
I know I fucked up again
'Cause I lost my only friend
God, forgive my sins
[Pre-Chorus]
Don't leave me, I
Oh, I'll hate myself until I die
[Chorus]
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 on searching for an answer, 'cause I need you more than dope
[Post-Chorus]
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 his soul
[Pre-Chorus]
Each day, I cry
Oh, I feel so low from living high
[Chorus]
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 on searching for an answer, 'cause I need you more than dope
[Post-Chorus]
I need you more than dope
I need you more than dope
I need you more than dope
I need you more than dope
[Outro]
I need you more
Need you more
I need you more than dope
About
“Dope” is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It is the only ballad on her third album, ARTPOP.
During her performance at the 2013 iTunes Festival (dubbed Swinefest by the Lady herself) she played an early version of the song with different lyrics called “I Wanna Be With You”.
Lady Gaga promoted “Dope” before its release by wearing a snapback featuring the word DOPE, as well as posting its lyrics on Instagram, triggering the social media website’s concern.
“Dope” peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 due to a boost from Gaga’s performance of the song at the YouTube Music Awards.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
So, then you sort of get to the sad, end part of that story; which is that I became really addicted to marijuana. I know that sounds kind of crazy, because people think you can’t be addicted to it, but I guess I wanted to, kind of be honest about it because, I think a lot of people think you can’t be, and I started to use it as a coping mechanism for my anxiety and I’d smoke like fifteen to twenty joints a day — just numbing numbing numbing my body, my spirit – everything; and, eventually it makes you even more paranoid and sweaty, and kind of, worse than you were before you started smoking; and, I lived high for like a whole year, doing that — maybe a little longer. And, it was really hard for people around me to see me in kind of a withdrawn state all the time — even if I was creating, and I was happy making music and doing what I did — it was hard for them to talk to me, and y’know I’m usually like, a really articulate person, and I wasn’t so articulate anymore, and I was just kind of — not really there all the time. So, I wrote this song as an, “I’m sorry,” to all the people in my life that I really love — is that I’m sorry to my fans, to my boyfriend, to my parents, and I sing at the end, “that I need you more than dope” — and that’s the truth. So, here’s “Dope,” from ARTPOP.
–via Sirius XM (2013)