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Calypso Lyrics
Artist: Suzanne Vega
Album: Solitude Standing
My name is Calypso
And I have lived alone
I live on an island
And I waken to the dawn
A long time ago
I watched him struggle with the sea
I knew that he was drowning
And I brought him into me
Now today
Come morning light
He sails away
After one last night
I let him go.
My name is Calypso
My garden overflows
Thick and wild and hidden
Is the sweetness there that grows
My hair it blows long
As I sing into the wind
My name is Calypso
And I have lived alone
I live on an island
I tell of nights
Where I could taste the salt on his skin
Salt of the waves
And of tears
And though he,pulled away
I kept him here for years
I let him go
My name is Calypso
I have let him go
In the dawn he sails away
To be gone forever more
And the waves will take him in again
But he'll know their ways now
I will stand upon the shore
With a clean heart
And my song in the wind
The sand will sting my feet
And the sky will burn
It's a lonely time ahead
I do not ask him to return
I let him go
I let him go
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Comments/Interpretations
i love this song it was at my cousins funeral
i love this song but the the lyrics above are messed up starting 1/2 way through the 2nd verse it s be aught to be
As I sing into the wind
I tell of nights
Where I could taste the salt on his skin
this is my my litature book at school, shes famous
I love this song too. It's related to The Odyssey by Homer. Maybe that's why it's in your literature book, Ginger!
this is my favorite suzanne vega song evaaaa !
i have to write and essay about this song yay me...its a good song tho
I love this song... It's about when Odysseus was on Calypso's island (hence the lines "My name is Calypso... I live on an island...") in The Odyssey. I listened to this song sometimes when I was a little kid, but I didn't realize what it was about until I was like twelve... I felt so stupid, lol. Song's seriously awesome, though. It really captures the feel of the scene in The Odyssey.
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