Habits (Stay High)
Tove Lo * Track #5 On Truth Serum
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Habits (Stay High) by Tove Lo
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Tove LoProduced by
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The narrator of “Habits (Stay High)” describes engaging in some unhealthy behavior as a means to cope with the pain of a break-up. We should ask “Is the narrator Tove Lo or a fictional character?”. In this interview, Lo describes the song, saying “it is about one relationship … very honest” and “It...
Habits (Stay High) Lyrics
[Intro]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
[Verse 1]
I eat my dinner in my bathtub, then I go to sex clubs
Watchin' freaky people gettin' 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
[Chorus]
You're gone and I gotta stay
High all the time to keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
High all the time to keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Spend my days locked in a haze
Tryna forget you, babe, I fall back down
Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missin' you
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 2]
Pick up daddies at the playground, how I spend my day time
Loosen up their frown, make 'em feel alive
I make it fast and greasy, I'm numb and way too easy
[Chorus]
You're gone and I gotta stay
High all the time to keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
High all the time to keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Spend my days locked in a haze
Tryna forget you, babe, I fall back down
Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missin' you
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[Bridge]
Stayin' 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
Stayin' 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
[Chorus]
You're gone and I gotta stay
High all the time to keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
High all the time to keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Spend my days locked in a haze
Tryna forget you, babe, I fall back down
Gotta stay high all my life, to forget I'm missin' you
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[Outro]
Oh-oh
Habits (Stay High) Q&A
Who wrote Habits (Stay High)'s ?
Habits (Stay High) was written by A Strut & Jakob Jerlström & Tove Lo.
Who produced Habits (Stay High)'s ?
Habits (Stay High) was produced by The Struts (Producers).
When did Tove Lo release Habits (Stay High)?
Tove Lo released Habits (Stay High) on Fri Mar 15 2013.
Was "Habits (Stay High)" the original title?
Lo released the first version of this song independently on March 15, 2013 under the title “Habits” and with the following artwork:
After Lo was signed to Universal Music, the song was renamed “Habits (Stay High)” and was designated as the second single from her EP Truth Serum and first single off...
Wasn't there a different video for the song?
In February, 2013 Lo started working with Motellet Film, a local Swedish film company, on the original video for the song which Lo co-directed and wrote the script for. It was released on March 15, 2013, the same day as the single was independently released by Lo.
The video is currently unavailable...
What did Tove Lo say about "Habits (Stay High)"?
According to Songfacts, Tove told Q Magazine:
It all happened. My habit isn’t to go to sex clubs, but I have been. Some people have a problem with me portraying that ugliness, but that’s the only way I can write.
She also said:
I can’t lie. What I’m singing about is my life. It’s the truth. I’ve...
How did Tove Lo feel about her song reaching top three on the Billboard Hot 100?
We were sitting at this restaurant…eating a bunch of halloumi cheese and drinking beer. I remember Ludvig [Söderberg], who co-wrote and produced the song with me, leaned over and just showed me on his phone that ‘Habits’ was…No. 3. It was a huge feeling, really."
Via Billboard
Is there a live VEVO DSCVR performance of the song?
Yes! Tove Lo performed this song for Vevo DSCVR: