A hidden track from The 1975’s five-track EP Sex released in November of 2012, “Milk” tells a tale of a girl who’s accumulated an addiction to cocaine in the process of trying to fix her broken heart, using milk as a light euphemism for the drug. It was released as a single on October 6, 2017.
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[Verse 1]
Straight lines, they unwind you
She does a little thing with her eyes that says, "We're off soon"
She says the bleeding's incidental 'cause she's so cool
She said, "I'm no fun if I've only a bottle of wine"
[Chorus]
And now she's doing it all the time
Yeah, she's doing it all the time
[Verse 2]
Slow down, yeah, I want you
She does a little bit on the sly that shows what she's up to
She started talking about missing him, she was glistening
It won't mend your heart if it's only a couple of lines
[Chorus]
And now she's doing it all the time
Yeah, she's doing it all the time
Yeah, she's doing it all the time
Yeah, she's doing it all the time
Yeah, she's doing it all the time
Milk was written by Nisha Sangar & George Daniel & Matty Healy.
Milk was produced by Michael Coles & Robert Coles & The 1975.
This song is about using cocaine and when you use cocaine one of the side effects is having nosebleeds. Matty is saying that the girl in the song says that the bleeding is a side effect of her being cool, when in fact it’s actually a side effect of her drug use.