“My Best Habit” is the second single released from The Maine’s 7th studio album, You Are OK, on the
21st of February 2019 with a lyric video. The band began teasing lyrics to the song on February 17, 2019, posting images of lyrics projected onto buildings on their Instagram.
During an interview pos...
[Verse 1]
To begin, I'm not sorry
For myself or any part of me
I won’t beg on your pardon, you see
You know I'm not a human
One part anxiety using two parts naivety
Just to keep sane
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm a bitter little pill to swallow
I’m a little bit of let down, my
My feet are hard to follow
My best habit's lettin' you down
Am I makin' any sense? I don't know
I'm a little bit of let down, my
My feet are mine to follow
You don't get to decide
[Chorus]
If you were waitin' on the sunshine, blue sky
Cheap high, lullaby
Then my best habit’s letting you down
And if you’re searching for a sure thing, nice dream
Somethin' like a machine
Then my best habit’s letting you down
To you, I don't exist
Ain't what you're lookin’ for
Good thing I don't exist for you at all anymore
So if you're waitin' on the sunshine, blue sky
Cheap high, lullaby
Then my best habit's letting you down
[Verse 2]
Now we're back to the matter
Well, if it's average you're after
Or ordinary, you'll have to move on
See, without me, I'm not myself
If I'm not me, then I am everyone else
And then who would be John?
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm a bitter little pill to swallow
I'm a little bit of let down, my
My feet are hard to follow
My best habit's lettin' you down
Am I makin' any sense? I don't know
I'm a little bit of let down, my
My feet are mine to follow
You don't get to decide
[Chorus]
If you were waitin' on the sunshine, blue sky
Cheap high, lullaby
Then my best habit's letting you down
And if you're searching for a sure thing, nice dream
Somethin' like a machine
Then my best habit's letting you down
To you, I don't exist
Ain't what you're lookin' for
Good thing I don't exist for you at all anymore
So if you're waitin' on the sunshine, blue sky
Cheap high, lullaby
Then my best habit's letting you down
[Bridge]
As a single tear falls to the ground
For the people that we are not now
If you're not you, you're everyone else
Who are you? Who are you now?
Burned our teenage years down to the ground
Oh, the hand on the clock's wearing out
If you're not you, you're everyone else
Who are you? Who are you?
[Chorus]
If you were waitin' on the sunshine, blue sky
Cheap high, lullaby
Then my best habit's letting you down
If you were waitin' on the sunshine, blue sky
Cheap high, lullaby
Then my best habit's letting you down
And if you're searching for a sure thing, nice dream
Somethin' like a machine
Then my best habit's letting you down
To you, I don't exist
Ain't what you're lookin' for
Good thing I don't exist for you at all anymore
So if you're waitin' on the sunshine, blue sky
Cheap high, lullaby
Then my best habit's letting you down
My Best Habit was written by Patrick Kirch & Kennedy Brock & John the Ghost & Jared Monaco & Garrett Nickelsen.
My Best Habit was produced by Matt Squire.
The Maine released My Best Habit on Fri Feb 22 2019.
In promoting the release of You Are OK, the band posted a one word album review for each song on the record.
The band chose to describe “My Best Habit” with the following word:
To-The-Point