Lyric discussion by with eyes to hear 

Cover art for Out of Habit lyrics by Ani DiFranco

I think it's about the human tendency to fall into a pattern, and the realization of it. Whether it's that coffee you drink every morning while not even noticing what it tastes like, or that repetitive unsatisfying sex life. I think it really says something though that through this, art is the reason that she does all of this. The great power that art, in any of its forms, can do to you, even though you can't even define what it does. And then there's that person that is always there. He's usually a good thing, but again, just part of your habitual unsatisfying routine. I think she's describing that intense realization that your life is lived "out of habit" and that it makes you want to just say "fuck this time and place."

uh yeah she's NOT referring to repetitive unsatisfying sex so much as deeply wounding sexual experiences...hence the "would that won't heal" part. there's a pretty big difference.

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