Habits
Against The Current & Taka Lyrics
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To keep you off my mind
Oh-oh, oh-oh
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun ain't got no end
Need someone to numb the pain
Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun ain't got no end
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
Oh-oh, oh-oh
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Spend my days locked in a haze
Trying to forget you babe
I fall back down
I gotta stay high all my life
To forget I'm missing you
Oh-oh, oh-oh
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun ain't got no end
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
Oh-oh, oh-oh
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Spend my days locked in a haze
Trying to forget you babe
I fall back down
I gotta stay high all my life
To forget I'm missing you
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Oh-oh, oh-oh
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Oh-oh, oh-oh
The song "Habits" by Against The Current and Taka talks about the experience of heartbreak and the struggle to move on from someone. The lyrics discuss the need to stay high all the time to keep the memory of the person off the mind. The singer is trying to numb the pain and forget about the person by staying in a state of haze.
The first verse talks about staying in a pretend world where the fun doesn't stop and the person doesn't have to face reality. The second verse talks about spending the days in a haze, trying to forget about the person. The chorus repeats the need to stay high all the time to forget the person and their absence. The bridge talks about the constant struggle of falling back into missing the person even though the singer is trying to forget them.
Overall, the lyrics of "Habits" highlight the experience of heartbreak and the lengths people go to forget someone they miss. The song is a reminder of the difficulties of moving on from someone and the pain that comes with it.
Line by Line Meaning
High all the time
Consistently using drugs to deal with emotional pain
To keep you off my mind
To distract oneself from thoughts about a lost love
Staying in my play pretend
Choosing to live in a fantasy world to avoid reality
Where the fun ain't got no end
The fantasy world is represented as a place of pleasure without consequences
Can't go home alone again
Unable to face being alone with difficult emotions
Need someone to numb the pain
Craving drugs or other numbing agents for emotional pain relief
You're gone and I gotta stay high
The loss of the loved one creates a need for constant substance use to cope
Spend my days locked in a haze
Day-to-day existence has become confused and pointless
Trying to forget you babe
Desperately trying to block out memories of the lost love
I fall back down
Attempts at recovery are unsuccessful and end in relapse
I gotta stay high all my life
The cycle of substance abuse has become a lifelong habit
To forget I'm missing you
Drug use serves as a way to avoid pain and emptiness caused by the loss of love
Contributed by Jayce G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@romythalang8357
Hey, I hear the voice of a preacher from the back room
Calling my name and I follow just to find you
I trace the faith to a broken down television and put on
the weather
And I've trained myself to give up on the past 'cause
I frozen time between hearses and caskets
Lost control when I panicked at the acid test
I wanna get better
While my friends were getting high and chasing girls
down parkway lines
I was losing my mind 'cause the love, the love, the love,
the love, the love
That I gave wasted on a nice face
In a blaze of fear I put a helmet on a helmet
Counting seconds through the night and got carried away
So now I'm standing on the overpass screaming at the
cars,
"Hey, I wanna get better!"
I didn’t know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
I wanna get better, better, better, better,
I wanna get better
I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
I wanna get better, better, better, better,
I wanna get better
I go up to my room and there's girls on the ceiling
Cut out their pictures and I chase that feeling
Of an eighteen year old who didn't know what loss was
Now I'm a stranger
And I miss the days of a life still permanent
Mourn the years before I got carried away
So now I'm staring at the interstate screaming at myself,
"Hey, I wanna get better!"
I didn't know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
I wanna get better, better, better, better,
I wanna get better
I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
I wanna get better, better, better, better,
I wanna get better
'Cause I'm sleeping in the back of a taxi
I'm screaming from my bedroom window
Even if its gonna kill me
Woke up this morning early before my family
From this dream where she was trying to show me
How a life can move from the darkness
She said to get better
So I put a bullet where I shoulda put a helmet
And I crash my car cause I wanna get carried away
That's why I'm standing on the overpass screaming at
myself,
"Hey, I wanna get better!"
I wanna get better
I wanna get better, better, better, better,
I didn't know I was lonely 'til I saw your face
I wanna get better, better, better, better,
I wanna get better
I didn't know I was broken 'til I wanted to change
I wanna get better, better, bet
@TheBarb
and I'm just sitting here, having an ATC marathon :D
@loveisblind206
You're not alone :D
@JosieMcF22
Literally me for the past week! just keep watching there videos over and over! They are so good! <3
@esaedvik
Been there, done that. Still on that trip :D
@brookesampson2911
Saaammmeeee
Literally all the time
@geoaggelis6992
:))))) I wish more people knew them...I can't talk about them with my friends because they don't know them like I do!!
@castielskitty
"I didn't know I was broken till I wanted to change"
These lyrics get to me. Right now I'm in a situation where I've hurt a certain person so much and I hate myself for it. I don't want to seem like the victim and I try not to but this person meant so much to me and I'm drowning in my mistakes. Back then it was people hurting me and me helping people. Now it's me hurting people and others having to help me. I didn't realize that I changed this much till now. I'm broken, lost, and I'm trying to make things right and get better.
@MiraiClaud
+castiels.kitty just exactly how I feel too.
@castielskitty
+Ralph Claudio It sucks. The key to getting through this is learning how to forgive yourself. It might take a week, a month, or even longer and it won't be easy, but if you feel bad that just proves you're not as terrible as your mind will convince you. Remember that.
@MiraiClaud
+castiels.kitty Thank you whoever you are, I will definitely remember that. :)