#bee's analyses

song by Louis Tomlinson

transcribed by Bee *my best guess

(verse 1)

Always said that I'd (mess up/miss you) eventually

I told you that so what did you expect of me

So you come there's no surprise anymore

I know you said that you'd give me another chance

But you and I knew the truth of it in advance

Mentally you were already out the door

(pre-chorus)

Never thought that giving up would be so hard

The thought of missing you and your addictive heart

(chorus)

You're the habit that I can't break

You're the feeling I can't put down

You're the shiver that I can't shake

You're the habit that I can't break

You're the high that I need right now

You're the habit that I can't break

(verse 2)

I took some time 'cuz I ran out of energy

Playing someone I heard I'm supposed to be

Honestly I don't have to choose anymore

(cont. of verse 2 or pre-chorus 2)

But it's been ages, different stages

Come so far from Princess Park

I'll always need ya in front of me

In front of me

(chorus)

You're the habit that I can't break

You're the feeling I can't put down

You're the shiver that I can't shake

You're the habit that I can't break

You're the high that I need right now

You're the habit that I can't break

(bridge)

It may be the time or the space, I was out of control

And I'm sorry I let you down

Guess that I know what I already knew

I was better with you

And I miss you now

(chorus)

You're the habit that I can't break

You're the feeling I can't put down

You're the shiver that I can't shake

You're the habit that I can't break

You're the high that I need right now

You're the habit that I can't break

(outro)

You're the habit that I can't break

You're the feeling I can't put down

You're the shiver that I can't shake

So I just listened to Two Of Us Acoustic and I could agree with you that it is just the original version ran through reverb and echoing softwares (just like One Direction's Perfect Acoustic version, I mean c'mon, lazy) but... BUT! in the last chorus, where he sings "tattooed on my heart are the words to your favorite song," he has a different inflection on the word "song."

That's possibly the only difference between the two versions.

It could be that Louis is so technical that he sings it completely similar to the studio version so it seems like a copy and paste and edit situation or they just used a different mix of that particular line.

Honestly, I'm leaning on the latter because the "s" sounds in the outro are completely the same in the acoustic version as it is in the original and that's such a small thing, but it's too obvious for me to ignore.

"Don't know why they put all of this on us when we're so young/Done a pretty good job"

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my personal favorite lyric tho is:

"Share a single bed and tell each other what we dream about/Things we'd never say to someone else out loud"

but shoutout to

"Singing something poppy on the same 4 chords"