What does Habits (Stay High) mean?

Tove Lo: Habits (Stay High) Meaning

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Song Released: 2014


Habits (Stay High) Lyrics

I eat my dinner in my bathtub
Then I go to sexclubs
Watching 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...

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    #1 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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     Nov 28th 2014 !⃝

    I think that this song is a way of telling people that there are kids out there that deal with breakups like this. It is sending a message that people do this and should not be a way of dealing with pain.
    Verse #1-I eat my dinner in my bathtub
    Then I go to sexclubs
    Watching 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
    *This is stating that when people break up, they go through a "Stupid" cycle when all they want is sex and food.
    Verse #2-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
    Tasted kind of lonely
    *This is stating that people binge on certain foods and drinks because they feel like the guy/girl that left them feels that they aren't good enough for them.
    Verse #3-Staying in my play pretend
    Where the fun ain't got no end ooh
    Can't go home alone again
    Need someone to numb the pain ooh
    Staying in my play pretend
    Where the fun ain't got no end ooh
    Can't go home alone again
    Need someone to numb the pain
    *This is stating that the fun in living has drained away and they are left with feelings of pain and torture. They want another relationship to forget about the past pains.
    Verse #4- You're gone and I got to stay high
    All the time to keep you off my mind (ooh ooh ooh ooh x2)
    High all the time to keep you off my mind (ooh ooh ooh ooh x2)
    Spending my days locked in a haze
    Try'na forget you babe, I fall back down
    Got to stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you (ooh ooh ooh ooh x2)
    *This is similar to the chorus, and is stating that they need new habits to forget his/her ex.
    Chorus- You're gone and I gotta stay high
    All the time to keep you off my mind (ooh ooh ooh ooh x2)
    High all the time to keep you off my mind (ooh ooh ooh ooh x2)
    *This is stating the same things as Verse #4, which is saying that the ex made/needs new habits to get through their internal hell.

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    #2 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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     Sep 10th 2014 !⃝

    I feel like this depression is a lot more than just a break up. Like she had experienced the death of a loved one or some tragic accident. The phrase "you're gone and I gotta stay high" shows that she just doesn't want to come back down to reality and accept the fact that her significant other is forever gone from her. I just feel like she went over something really bad and significant in her life to do this to herself. She's stuck in a very vicious cycle.

  3. anonymous
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     Mar 25th 2017 !⃝

    She has lost so much and so important that she is dying every single day of her life. Trying to survive. ...just through drugs and sex.

  4. anonymous
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     Apr 9th 2015 !⃝

    it could be a break up where all she wants is alcohol and sex and food and sleep to make her happy."eat my dinner in the bath tub then i go to sex clubs.."i forget where she said sleep but still.In the video she looked and of obliviously hinting she feels worthless that the person is gone.

  5. Anabella
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     Aug 19th 2014 !⃝

    I feel like the song talks about the way people deal with that one heartbreak that just tears you down. We all go threw bad habits.
    "Yea I've been around and I've seen it all."
    *some people when getting heartbroken go threw that 'player/slut' stage. Basically just have sex to deal with the fact that you lost that person.
    "You're gone and i've got to stay high all the time. to keep you off my mind.","binge on all my twinkies, throw up in the tub, then i go to sleep", "And im drinking all my money"
    *Bad habits to help stop the pain. Overall, i believe this song is about the habits we go threw at that really bad break-up.


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