This is what band’s drummer Daniel Furnari says about song in track-by-track on AltPress:
[This was] the final song that we finished for the record and a very difficult one to wrangle, which led to the lyrics taking on a meta-meaning reflecting the strain that writing the record was putting on the...
[Intro]
Can't you see I'm not your enemy?
[Verse 1]
Oh, what did we lose in the wreck?
What once held us together will only hold us back
I know the doubt in your eye
What do we do when the well runs dry?
Maybe our fear and our faith
Are just two edges of the same blade
So cut the bullshit
The lines that we drew
If this is all you want from me
Then what am I to you?
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Crush my spirit, use me for parts
We should have seen this coming from the start
[Chorus]
The night forgives and the day forgets
We paint ourselves in our past regrets
[Verse 2]
So why's it all come down to your plan?
I can't be anything more than I am
I can't be what you see in your head
Do you know what you've put me through?
So come on and break me
Just to make me feel something
You know I know that you hate me
This endless eye for an eye will only send us blind
Has it occurred to you that we're out of time?
[Pre-Chorus 2]
This house is hostile (This house is hostile)
There are ghosts inside the walls
At night they scratch at my door
And rattle the chains that we place on what we can't control
[Chorus]
The night forgives and the day forgets
We paint ourselves in our past regrets
[Bridge]
Every hour draws us nearer
To the very thing we dread
[Refrain]
Oh, what did we lose in the wreck?
What brought us here together will only send us back
[Pre-Breakdown]
Call me a fake, call me a liar
Hold me accountable, blame me for everything
Tear me apart, make me a martyr
Make me believe you hate me before you crown me king
[Breakdown]
Crown me
Crown me king
Creatures of Habit was written by Rick Schneider & Daniel Furnari & Ryan Siew & Jake Steinhauser & Jamie Hails & Scottie Simpson.
Creatures of Habit was produced by Lance Prenc & Scottie Simpson.
Polaris released Creatures of Habit on Fri Feb 21 2020.