The meaning of the song is quite unique in many different ways, one being the fact the Calypso is a Nymph, which is a spirit, and is part of the Greek mythos. So Violent soho is implying that this is their “Only dope calypso”, their last dope spirit to ever go outside.
[Verse 1]
Try
With a little bit of action
They don't build the world this way
It's alright
She lied
With the face of Cleopatra
The world ain't built this way
It's alright
[Chorus]
Now
I'm gonna go outside
Nothing's gonna save us
Nothing's gonna save us
My only dope calypso
My only dope calypso
My only dope calypso
That's alright
[Verse 2]
Wise
Like three men, they never got it
They keep death staring me down
I'm alright
Safe
So safe, they never asked us
The world ain't built this way
It's alright
[Chorus]
Now
I'm gonna go outside
Nothing's gonna save us
Nothing's gonna save us
My only dope calypso
My only dope calypso
My only dope calypso
That's alright
My only dope calypso
My only dope calypso
My only dope calypso
That's alright
[Bridge]
All I say is all I know and all I know is what you made me
All I say is all I know and all I know is what you made me
All I say is all I know and all I know is what you made me
All I say is all I know and all I know is what you made me
(My only dope calypso)
All I say is all I know and all I know is what you made me
(My only dope calypso)
All I say is all I know and all I know is what you made me
[Outro]
All I say is all I know and all I know is what you made me
(It's over, in pieces, it's over, I'm alright)
All I say is all I know and all I know is what you made me
(It's over, in pieces, it's over, I'm alright)
All I say is all I know and all I know is what you made me
(It's over, in pieces, it's over, I'm alright)
All I say is all I know and all I know is what you made me
(It's over, in pieces, it's over, I'm alright)
Dope Calypso was written by James Tidswell & Michael Richards & Luke Henery & Luke Boerdam.
Dope Calypso was produced by Bryce Moorhead.
Violent Soho released Dope Calypso on Fri Sep 06 2013.
‘Dope Calypso’ was one of those songs that came together from pieces of musical scrap. I was working on multiple guitar parts and lyrics as different songs and one morning out of frustration I mixed it into a melting pot and it magically glued together. I basically culminated the lyrics from taking...