Lyrics
Intro I don’t remember when I started watering this vine
Maybe it was autumn, maybe I was just too kind
Now the window’s nearly covered, creeping in through every crack
And I call it devotion but I’m never getting back
Verse 1 You showed up like a seedling on a mild and careless day
I thought that I could handle it, I thought I’d walk away
But the roots they found the floorboards and the walls began to bend
And now I’m talking to the leaves like they’re my only friend
Every morning I pour coffee from a chipped and clumsy mug
And I feed you what I used to keep for love inside my lungs
Pre-Chorus
And I swear I saw you breathing in the dark above my bed
Not a weed and not a flower, just a green habit I can’t shed
Chorus
Oh, green habit, growing wild inside my chest
I said I’d cut you down a thousand times, you know the rest
You don’t need the sun, you just need me to stay
Green habit, I’m the soil and you’re the rain
And I’ll wake up tomorrow and I’ll water you again
Verse 2 My friends say I should tear you out and let some light come through
But they don’t know the way you twist around the things I used to do
I gave up on the guitar, I gave up on the drive
Now I just sit here counting all the tendrils you’ve survived
And you don’t even blossom, you don’t even pretend
You just keep on getting greener while I shrink inside the bend
Pre-Chorus
And I traced you down the staircase, through the kitchen to the hall
You’re not beautiful but God I can’t remember life before the crawl
Chorus
Oh, green habit, growing wild inside my chest
I said I’d cut you down a thousand times, you know the rest
You don’t need the sun, you just need me to stay
Green habit, I’m the soil and you’re the rain
And I’ll wake up tomorrow and I’ll water you again
Bridge
And what if I stopped? What if I let you turn to brown?
What’s on the other side of all this green I’ve let wrap around?
I used to dream in color, now I dream in just one shade
The kind of peace that comes from giving up the war you never made
Outro
So here’s the morning, here’s the mug, here’s the window, here’s the tug
Green habit, green habit, you’re the only green I love [Fade Out] [End]