who sings i gotta stay high all the time
Habits (Stay High) The song's lyrics delve into Lo's hedonistic attempts to forget her former boyfriend.[28][30][40][41] According to Markos Papadatos of Digital Journal, the narrator describes her attempts to overcome a failed relationship through binge eating and alcohol, as indicated in the lyrics about having the munchies, eating Twinkies, and throwing up during the first verse.[42] In the chorus, she sings about drug abuse: "You're gone and I gotta stay high / All the time, to keep you off my mind".[27] According to Adam R. Holz of Plugged In, in the bridge, Lo approaches the theme of "knowing—at some level—just how empty and self-obliterating her choices really are", as she talks about needing to take someone home in order to relieve her suffering.[27] The singer confessed to iHeart Radio that the song's bridge is her favorite part of the track because "that just says everything [that the] song is about for me".[43] However, Billboard's Jeremy D. Larson considered the song's message untrue because "staying high does not keep anyone off your mind".[44]