The opening track of 11:11, “Habitat” is a reworking of a song teased in 2013, known by fans as “House Sitting.” “Habitat” maintains similar chord structure and melody, but features a complete rewrite of the lyrics and an extended outro, dubbed “precipice” on the band’s site, that utilizes the endin...
[Verse 1]
It’s so still
How’d you do that?
You settled down my habitat
Downhill
Through the speed trap
And the agitated aftermath
[Chorus]
When across the state is
Gone and dilapidated
[Verse 2]
The wheel froze
And it sounded like cymbals
The birds exploded off the eve
I read my name
And I scream like a kettle
Metabolize the memory
[Chorus]
When across the state is
Gone and dilapidated
And it feels a little bit empty
A riddle of empathy
[Bridge]
In the morning I'll go through the cold, but not alone
[Outro]
Did I forget, my teacher says
The precipice
The precedent
The depressing question of our time
Of CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, ah
I wanna see the present tense
In retrospect
A monument
Been through benthic tides and vandalized
Before my eyes
Before I die, ah
Never Forget
The t-shirt says
With no mask on
Habitat was written by Evan Stephens Hall.
Habitat was produced by Sam Skinner & Evan Stephens Hall.
Evan spoke of this song in an interview when the album dropped, saying,
talking about “Habitat” is fun because it actually started out as a B-side from the Cardinal era! The second half of the song, where it sort of breaks apart and decomposes, was actually written in the studio, and the first half...