Habits – English Lyrics

• By: Tove Lo

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the candid world of Tove Lo's "Habits (Stay High)", a song that unflinchingly portrays the raw emotions of heartbreak and the desperate measures taken to cope. This song offers a unique look into the vocabulary of emotional expression and the cultural context of dealing with loss through music.

[English]

♪ Oh-oh ♪

♪ Oh-oh ♪

♪ Oh-oh ♪

♪ I eat my dinner in my bathtub ♪

♪ Then I go to sex clubs ♪

♪ Watching freaky people getting it on ♪

♪ It doesn't make me nervous ♪

♪ If anything, I'm restless ♪

♪ Yeah, I've been around, and I've seen it all ♪

♪ I get home, I got the munchies ♪

♪ Binge on all my Twinkies ♪

♪ Throw up in the 'tub, then I go to sleep ♪

♪ And I drank up all my money ♪

♪ Dazed and kinda lonely ♪

♪ You're gone, and I gotta stay high all the time ♪

♪ To keep you off my mind ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ High all the time to keep you off my mind ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Spend my days locked in a haze ♪

♪ Trying to forget you, babe, I fall back down ♪

♪ Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Pick up daddies at the playground ♪

♪ How I spend my daytime ♪

♪ Loosen up the frown, make them feel alive ♪

♪ I make it fast and greasy ♪

♪ I'm numb, and way too easy ♪

♪ You're gone, and I gotta stay high all the time ♪

♪ To keep you off my mind ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ High all the time to keep you off my mind ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Spend my days locked in a haze ♪

♪ Trying to forget you, babe, I fall back down ♪

♪ Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Staying in my play pretend ♪

♪ Where the fun ain't got no end, oh ♪

♪ Can't go home alone again ♪

♪ Need someone to numb the pain, oh ♪

♪ Staying in my play pretend ♪

♪ Where the fun ain't got no end, oh-oh ♪

♪ Can't go home alone again ♪

♪ Need someone to numb the pain ♪

♪ You're gone, and I gotta stay high all the time ♪

♪ To keep you off my mind ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ High all the time to keep you off my mind ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Spend my days locked in a haze ♪

♪ Trying to forget you, babe, I fall back down ♪

♪ Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Oh-oh ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• I eat my dinner in my bathtub

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase of Place

  ➔ The phrase "in my bathtub" specifies *where* the action of eating dinner takes place. It's a common way to indicate location using a preposition.

• It doesn't make me nervous

  ➔ Negative Construction with Auxiliary Verb

  ➔ The use of "doesn't" (does + not) is a standard way to form a negative statement in the present simple tense. "Make" is the main verb, and "nervous" is a subjective complement.

• I've been around, and I've seen it all

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ "I've been around" and "I've seen it all" both use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle). This indicates experiences up to the present moment, implying a long history.

• Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you

  ➔ Modal Verb + Infinitive & Subordinate Clause

  ➔ "Gotta" is a contraction of "got to," functioning as a modal verb expressing necessity. "to forget" is an infinitive. The clause "I'm missing you" is a subordinate clause explaining *why* she needs to stay high.

• Pick up daddies at the playground

  ➔ Phrasal Verb

  ➔ "Pick up" is a phrasal verb meaning to meet and attempt to seduce someone. The meaning is not immediately obvious from the individual words.