Habits (Stay High) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gossipbeautyx 

Cover art for Habits (Stay High) lyrics by Tove Lo

Here's my interpretation of the song

Uh-uh uh-uh uh-uh I eat my dinner in my bathtub Then I go to sex clubs Watching freaky people getting it on It doesn't make me nervous If anything I'm restless Yeah I've been around and I've seen it all

Pretty much this is all self explanatory, but when she says "I'm not nervous" she's basically staying that she is not phased by whatever freaky things they are doing. "I've been around," she's saying she's slept with many people and that she possibly has done almost anything sexually so the sex club, she's done it all.

I get home, I got the munchies Binge on all my Twinkies

munchies either meaning drugs (a nickname for drugs) or actual munchies. Throw up in the tub, then I go to sleep

I'm thinking because she binged eaten or the drugs made her throw up.

And I drank up all my money Tasted kind of lonely

spent all her money on alcohol which she drinks, and she feels alone now without "HIM".

You're gone and I got to stay high All the time to keep you off my mind, ooh ooh High all the time to keep you off my mind, ooh ooh Spend my days locked in a haze Trying to forget you babe, I fall back down Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you

By doing drugs, she can finally forget him who broke her heart. The drugs make her relax and that's why she wants to stay high all the time, because when she isn't, she's constantly thinking about him.

Pick up daddies at the playground How I spend my day time Loosen up the frown, make them feel alive I make it fast and greasy I know my way too easy

she hooks up with dads she meets at parks. Maybe she likes being a home wrecker, because now she's not the only one miserable, now that she has messed up the marriage. Also, she says she loosens them up, makes them feel alive; She is giving them a sexual experience that they can relax and calm down. She knows her way too easy because as she said before, she's been around.

You're gone and I got to stay high All the time to keep you off my mind, ooh ooh High all the time to keep you off my mind, ooh ooh Spend my days locked in a haze, Tryin' to forget you babe, I fall back down Got to stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you

same as the other chorus

Staying in my play pretend Where the fun ain't got no end

she lives in an imaginary world because her reality is lonely and awful.

Oh, can't go home alone again Need someone to numb the pain

she doesn't want to go home where she feels alone. Instead, she sleeps with any willing man because that's the only experience where she feels not as lonely and sex can be seen as a temporary drug that eliminates pain for a couple minutes. Also, sex might make her feel a bit loved and worth something.

Oh, staying 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

You're gone and I got to stay high All the time to keep you off my mind, ooh ooh High all the time to keep you off my mind, ooh ooh Spend my days locked in a haze Tryin' to forget you babe, I fall back down Got to stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you


That's how I interpreted it! :)

Overall, a song about a girl who had her heart broken and now goes around sleeping with men, drinking and doing drugs; anything that could help her temporary not feel the pain of a broken heart or loneliness.

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