Habits
Stereo Dub Lyrics
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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
Gotta stay high all my life
To forget I′m missing you
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
I gotta stay
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
I gotta stay
I gotta stay
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
I gotta stay
Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun ain′t got no end
Ooh
Can't go home alone again
Need someone to numb the pain
Ooh
Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun ain't got no end
Ooh
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
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
I gotta stay, I gotta stay
The lyrics to Stereo Dub’s “Habits” speaks of the relatable pain of heartbreak. The singer’s solution to ease the pain of missing their former lover is to constantly use drugs to keep their mind occupied with anything else but their lost love. The chorus repeats the idea of staying high to keep the ex-lover out of their thoughts. The singer spends their days hazy from the constant drug use as they try to forget their love, but they fall back down and realize they need to stay high all their life to forget. The second verse mentions the singer staying in a fantasy world where the fun never stops, but they can’t be alone and instead, they need to numb their pain with the help of someone else.
Overall, the lyrics are a reflection of how difficult it is dealing with heartbreak, causing some to turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms such as drugs. The singer can’t face the pain of missing their former lover and instead, would rather stay in a constant state of high to avoid reality.
Line by Line Meaning
I gotta stay high all the time
I need to keep using drugs to feel the desired effects and avoid thinking about you
To keep you off my mind
So that I won't think of you and the memories that come with it
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Refraining from making further comments or explanations
High all the time
Maintaining my drug usage frequently to achieve the numbness I desire
Spend my days locked in a haze
I spend my days in a drug-induced stupor numb to the world around me
Trying to forget you babe
Going to extremes to forget the memories and pain associated with the relationship
I fall back down
Despite my efforts to forget, I still end up thinking about you and feeling the pain
Gotta stay high all my life
I need to keep using drugs for the rest of my life just to forget about you
To forget I'm missing you
So that I don't constantly feel the emptiness and longing for you
I gotta stay
I have to continue with my drug addiction to maintain the numbness and forget you
Staying in my play pretend
I continue to pretend that everything is fine and have fun in the midst of my drug use
Where the fun ain't got no end
The use of drugs makes everything seem fun and endless
Can't go home alone again
I can't bear to be alone and face my thoughts and emotions without drugs
Need someone to numb the pain
I require someone or something to help block the emotional pain and make me feel numb
You're gone and I gotta stay
You left me, and I have to continue living with this pain and numbness using drugs
Writer(s): Daniel Ledinsky, Jakob Jerlstrom, Ludvig Soderberg, Tove Lo
Contributed by Nathan P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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@LoungeTom
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