Well kids, it’s about time for another inspirational song installment here at LiterallyNuts. Last time, we responded to Jason Derulo’s questions about our butts and our jeans, and we kindly asked Snoop Dogg not to “take it out” and “wipe it off” around us.
Today, I heard a brand new, ever-progressive song on the radio. The artist is a woman named Tove Lo. I have never heard of this person, because I’m old now. (I hit 28, and suddenly every major recording artist and Oscar winner is like 12 years younger than me.)
If you, too, are 28 and no longer know what the cool kids are listening to, here’s a picture of Ms. Lo for reference:
She’s sad because you don’t know who she is.
You may have noticed by now that I super love it when the media portrays women as strong, independent individuals rather than sex objects and idiots, and so of course I knew I loved this song the moment I heard the words “I threw up in the tub.”
Without further ado, I present to you the lyrics to Tove Lo’s “Habits” (with my constructive comments and suggestions, of course!).
“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”
Honestly there’s so much goodness going on here that I’m going to have to do this bit by bit.
“I eat my dinner in my bathtub”
No one does this. No, seriously, literally no one does this. It’s unsanitary and really just an accident waiting to happen. Also it’s weird.
“Then I go to sexclubs”
Okay…people probably do that.
“Watching freaky people gettin’ it on”
Is that what you do at sex clubs? Isn’t it quicker just to download porn?
“It doesn’t make me nervous”
That would make me nervous, for a number of reasons. I would probably be like, “Am I bothering these freaky people? I wonder if I’m making them uncomfortable. Should I ask them? No, they’re pretty busy. I don’t think I should touch anything. This is yucky. Where’s the buffet?”
“If anything I’m restless”
Have you tried knitting?
“Yeah, I’ve been around and I’ve seen it all”
Oh, so you have tried knitting. Fair enough.
“I get home, I got the munchies
Binge on all my Twinkies”
Do they still make Twinkies?
“Throw up in the tub”
Why are you BACK in the tub? Do you have anything else in your house besides a tub? Do you have a bed?
“Then I go to sleep”
In the tub, I’m assuming.
“And I drank up all my money
Tasted kinda lonely”
Maybe you should try drinking beverages instead of money.
“You’re gone and I gotta stay
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, 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
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh”
Ohhhhhh so you’re high. You definitely should have said that earlier. This all makes so much more sense now. Especially the Twinkies.
“Pick up daddies at the playground
How I spend my daytime”
Soooo, like, are these actual daddies? Of children? Are they at the playground with their kids? Because then I think they should probably stay with their kids. If they’re at the playground without their kids, then you 100% should not talk to them.
“Loosen up the frown,
Make them feel alive
I’ll make it fast and greasy
I know my way too easy”
This is a terrible idea. Stop doing this. Also where are their kids during this time?
“Staying in my play pretend”
By “my play pretend” you mean the tub again right?
“Where the fun ain’t got no end
Ooh
Can’t go home alone again
Need someone to numb the pain
Ooh”
But your tub is at home! You love the tub.
“You’re gone and I gotta stay
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
High all the time
To keep you off my mind
Ooh-ooh, 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
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh”
So, like…is this what music is now? Seriously? Just words that don’t really go together and don’t make any sense and we’ve all just decided to sort of accept it?
I’m gonna go throw up in my tub.
literallynuts 
hahaha! But your tub is at home! You love the tub.
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Totally hilarious! Love it.
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Thanks boo! 🙂
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In fairness her second bath was post sex club visit, and even if one is only watching a thorough scrub down is entirely defensible. Throwing up Twinkies and falling asleep in said tub is less so. Although there is a bit of a tragic late period Elvis pathos to it. Maybe that’s what she was going for?
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