I absolutely relate to this song. My husband died suddenly and i found myself living a life eerily similar to the one depicted in this song. I love this live version and can really feel the emotion when I sing it. RIP Joshua James Thompsen. I've got to stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you.
CD Thomas,,,,me too,my wife killed herself 10 yrs ago and I spiralled right down that rabbit hole into yrs of heroin addiction ,but my daughter and son in law rescued me and drug me back to life,,been clean for 19 months now .this song was instrumental to me waking up,,will always listen to it ,and this is the best version
When she sings live she can´t reach the same notes as she does in the studio, the thing is, this imperfection is what I like the most about her. I don´t like artists who perform live using software to clean their voices, Tove Lo doesn´t do that and that's why I still keep coming back here as you do.
@@skeletalsounds_ I guess you're right, the word "the" might be the same note, but it's barely noticeable so I'd say "high" is still the most prominent lowest note. I just really appreciate the songwriter's attention to detail.
I've been obsessed with this song for years. I always imagined her voice was extraproduced. I'm blown away her voice is better live than on the music video.
There are so many songs about losing someone, but none are this honest about the self-destructive ways some people cope with that loss with drinking, sex, partying & sometimes drugs. Tove Lo tells that story without being vulgar or false. Amazing performance of a song I love. Edit: This comment is 9 years old! Everyone, please stop trying to educate me in the replies! 😂 No, I don't do drugs, and I never have. No I don't relate to the lyrics. But it's not my place to judge someone who does. It is not your place to tell people to find Jesus, either. I still agree with what I wrote except for "no other songs" being this honest, obviously there are many, but I was young, as you can imagine, since this comment is NINE years old. Lmao. Everyone leaving kind replies or feeling touched by my words are so sweet. I'm sorry to everyone who has lost loved ones to death and break ups. I wish you happiness and a beautiful life ❤️
@@rpgmatt7784 Blackfield - My Gift of Silence is probably similar. And maybe Kino - Letting Go. Riverside - Us (that's probably not about leaving, I don't know, they have many sad songs like Deprived). Anathema - Simple Mistake, One Last Goodbye (and others). Paatos - Won't Be Coming Back. Steven Wilson - Routine (I cannot listen to that, but...). Porcupine Tree - Sleep Together (esp. the live from Tilburg version). I have many others on my sad list.
Her vocals are amazing. And the fact that they stand out over all the backing instruments just shows the power of her voice. The saddest thing about popular music these days is that everyone assumes all of them can't actually sing or write. The true talents go under the radar until they get a chance to prove themselves live.
her voice stands out over all the instruments is due to the sound guy, but that's not to say she doesn't have a powerful voice.....give the sound guy his credit here
She deserves more recognition with 5 studio albums by her own, a videography that even not the most famous artist have, I've have seen her at 3 concerts the energy she puts on her performance are incredible 😍
With songs like this I'm glad I'm not single anymore. I would probably stay in the house with this song on repeat with sunglasses on drinking liquor and crying.
It is very rare for a singer to be so perfectly matched to a song written by herself. No one in the world or history could sing this as well as her. She nailed it like no one could possibly sing it. Her perfect delivery is reminiscent of another Swede, John Martin nailing his own song- 'Don't You Worry Child'
This song is so relatable to so many people. So many people get "high" to forget about that someone that broke their heart. Amazing song, she's going places with relatable lyrics
The voice does not even matter, it is the pain, the agony and anger of having been left, that Tove so masterfully makes us part of it. It really hurts. ♥️ and thank you Tove.
Seven years later and I still listen to this so often! Way more than any of the stuff getting played on the radio these days. This song and her deliverance of the lyrics are brilliant. LOVE it!!!
My heart goes out to any one who has loved and lost someone, this girl got me threw a time in my life and I want to thank her , such a amazing truth to her words and feeling in her voice
Lyrics … I eat my dinner in my bathtub Then I go to sex clubs 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 Twinkies Throw up in the tub, then I go to sleep And I drank up all my money Dazed and kinda lonely … 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 … Pick up daddies at the playground How I spend my daytime Loosen up the frown, make them feel alive I make it fast and greasy I'm numb and way too easy … 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 … Staying in my play pretend Where the fun, ain't got no end, oh Can't go home alone again Need someone to numb the pain, oh Staying in my play pretend Where the fun, ain't got no end, oh-oh Can't go home alone again Need someone to numb the pain … 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 … Oh-oh
Acoustic version is SO awesome.. just heard this now in 2024.. can't believe I haven't heard it before.. my opinion is the acoustic version is a lot better
i always check pop songs with live versions, either its too much show or they're too flat on the notes (no range) this lady seems to have honest talent
Even if you feel broken or lost, i love you guys. I've been in this place and it might feel hopeless sometimes but theres always time to recover and get back up on your feet. Edit a year later: sober from alcohol and I got my mind back, friends back and self-respect. alcohol made me feel like i was making progress when i wasnt while the last year being sober made me feel like i wasnt doing shit when i was actually making progress towards my actual goal (feeling comfortable in my own skin, confident in myself, in the moment instead of always worrying about random everything all the time)
Wow shes amazingly live , wish i had experienced such a true genuine legend of an artist , still relate to your song i feel it in my soul every time i hear you. Thankyou
This song hits so hard. When I lost the love of my life I started using lorazepam, went to brothels with my friends, drank, smoked and did everything in between. After 2 years I looked myself in the mirror and knew I had to rebuild myself. Hope you make it through the self destruction.
without a doubt one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, it makes me reflect on the life I ended up leading, an interpretation of extraordinary, along with cannons the best I've heard this last year!
Just beautiful . Credit to all ! Even to this very day Love her music . And all with the talent to perform. Keep moving forward! Lots of love and be good , Stay safe .
Je trouve limite la version live meilleur que la version originale avec cette voie tellement juste. Étonnant qu'elle est pas fait un album complet cette artiste est un bijoux ❤
Hi Markus here. This song hit me in ❤️, I have to admit, in order to cope with difficult things, in life, which is not always easy, Gense is pure. Greetings from Germany, Markus wishes.
LOL! Your comment made me laugh so hard, but you're right, judging by this performance, but nothing wrong with being high all the time in her case. She's awesome!
The live version is better than the radio. Thats the mark of a great singer
I'm agree with you !
DEFINETLY
live = no auto tuning or whatever it's called....
So trUe
Yeap! Thats True
I absolutely relate to this song. My husband died suddenly and i found myself living a life eerily similar to the one depicted in this song. I love this live version and can really feel the emotion when I sing it. RIP Joshua James Thompsen. I've got to stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you.
CD Thomas,,,,me too,my wife killed herself 10 yrs ago and I spiralled right down that rabbit hole into yrs of heroin addiction ,but my daughter and son in law rescued me and drug me back to life,,been clean for 19 months now .this song was instrumental to me waking up,,will always listen to it ,and this is the best version
tragic life :) good for u
I lost my wife .
Wow this was a year ago but I literally just cried right now... RIP JOSHUA...
i can relate as well 🥰 but wow you have just put mine in to its respective area of life ...❤️👊❤️ hope you are doing as well as can be hoped 🥰
Those voice cracks are precious and they're the reason I keep coming back here
Kristopher H yup
They should’ve never removed them from the studio version.
@@ytho8838 Absolutely agree
Yay,i was thousand liker
When she sings live she can´t reach the same notes as she does in the studio, the thing is, this imperfection is what I like the most about her. I don´t like artists who perform live using software to clean their voices, Tove Lo doesn´t do that and that's why I still keep coming back here as you do.
It really hits hard when the word “high” is the lowest note in the chorus.
@@skeletalsounds_ I guess you're right, the word "the" might be the same note, but it's barely noticeable so I'd say "high" is still the most prominent lowest note. I just really appreciate the songwriter's attention to detail.
Best comment ever.
Lol
It is highest note, you simply don't have an ear.
Yep
I've been obsessed with this song for years. I always imagined her voice was extraproduced. I'm blown away her voice is better live than on the music video.
Totally agree
She’s really got a great voice & it shocked me a little too
Went to one of her concerts before Covid hit. She was so good!!! Every song sounded exactly the same live :)
YES !
her voice is great live
There are so many songs about losing someone, but none are this honest about the self-destructive ways some people cope with that loss with drinking, sex, partying & sometimes drugs. Tove Lo tells that story without being vulgar or false.
Amazing performance of a song I love.
Edit: This comment is 9 years old! Everyone, please stop trying to educate me in the replies! 😂 No, I don't do drugs, and I never have. No I don't relate to the lyrics. But it's not my place to judge someone who does. It is not your place to tell people to find Jesus, either. I still agree with what I wrote except for "no other songs" being this honest, obviously there are many, but I was young, as you can imagine, since this comment is NINE years old. Lmao. Everyone leaving kind replies or feeling touched by my words are so sweet. I'm sorry to everyone who has lost loved ones to death and break ups. I wish you happiness and a beautiful life ❤️
such a good point!
I would like but b it won't give me the option. I agree and like your comment.
i agree!
I agree you made a fair point here :)
yeah. agreed. great point made.
SHE IS BETTER LIVE THAN THE ORIGINAL TRACK.
that's an amazing artist.
I love her! Can't get over how incredible she sounds !
Bigtime. So much more emotion in this live version.
That's right
Dark Zone yup lol
Amy Ngo saw she in live. True true
Yeah she’s way better live
The passion she expresses while she sings is just so moving
Its probably something she trully went through... I never heard a song that talks about the depression of losing someone this specifically...
Agreed
@@rpgmatt7784 Blackfield - My Gift of Silence is probably similar. And maybe Kino - Letting Go. Riverside - Us (that's probably not about leaving, I don't know, they have many sad songs like Deprived). Anathema - Simple Mistake, One Last Goodbye (and others). Paatos - Won't Be Coming Back. Steven Wilson - Routine (I cannot listen to that, but...). Porcupine Tree - Sleep Together (esp. the live from Tilburg version). I have many others on my sad list.
@@rpgmatt7784 I think many of us have been through this, each with our own story of love and loss. :).
I agree
I'm absolutely ashamed by the fact that I hadn't realized how talented this wonderful woman is until I saw this video 😍
same! I'm not a musician, but I couldn't tell if she could actually sing or not, based on the radio edits.
Same!
Better late than never :-)
True !
Her vocals are amazing. And the fact that they stand out over all the backing instruments just shows the power of her voice. The saddest thing about popular music these days is that everyone assumes all of them can't actually sing or write. The true talents go under the radar until they get a chance to prove themselves live.
her voice stands out over all the instruments is due to the sound guy, but that's not to say she doesn't have a powerful voice.....give the sound guy his credit here
I can hear what she feels. And, I feel it too.
Your comment is already 5 years old, so I hope everything is fine with you now. hugs 😊🇧🇷
definetly
Are u still man?
Your comment is 7 year olds now. I hope your better now
With you brother
The way she sings this song.. right from the heart.. she has been through this shit some years ago..
I love her voice....
+Trafalgar D. Water Law probably
+Daniel Flores she has a mega/EPIC/crucial voice and bod language..........real deal!
I gotta singin' style that's OG ORIGINAL...! I can tell she's got the voice ting "workin'" 4-her...! RIGHT ON!!!!
***** there are crucial vibes in her sweetness...!
Beautiful, tapping into the collective soul-pain here, hitting all the right notes.
She pronounces the words really clearly. Most singers nowadays mumble
True.
i love her hand movements every time she sings. It fascinates me for some reason lol.
Looks like a ghospel singer ..
Me toooo
She's doing window washers😂😂😂
LoL its 2017, anyone still listening to this >.< ? cause i am
@@xoxohsmfan 2019
she really is attractive she has something special and her voice is hypnotizing
5 years late but amen
a scorpio thing
No shit..
I absolutely love her VOICE
Very sexy voice indeed ..
She deserves more recognition with 5 studio albums by her own, a videography that even not the most famous artist have, I've have seen her at 3 concerts the energy she puts on her performance are incredible 😍
Her voice is so rich and tonally sound. Love her arrangements and melodies. Tove Lo is one of the rarest gems.
With songs like this I'm glad I'm not single anymore. I would probably stay in the house with this song on repeat with sunglasses on drinking liquor and crying.
Too bad some of us are😭😭lol
Been there 😪 but thankfully found love again!
You can’t count on being engaged bro. You gotta find stability on your own
I used to sit at home and drink liquor and cry while listening to music. Thank God I'm not the only one!
Girl rn im doihg the exact same thing damn I
"Spend my days in haze trying to forget your face" that broke my heart .
I always thought it was "forget you babe"
Spend my days locked in haze
@@Stopfindingme2004 Same so, we were wrong?
Pilar Castillo no you’re right
U ok🥺👉👈
It is very rare for a singer to be so perfectly matched to a song written by herself. No one in the world or history could sing this as well as her. She nailed it like no one could possibly sing it. Her perfect delivery is reminiscent of another Swede, John Martin nailing his own song- 'Don't You Worry Child'
Ever hear of Amy Winehouse?
Greatest expression of emotional pain ever!
Thank you 🙏 Tove for expressing how we can sometimes feel!
Love the moment @2:12 when the drummer smiles at her going for it.
SHE IS SO GOOD AT SINGING LIVE SHE IS SUCH A GOOD SINGER
If you think she sings good Miley too cause they sing the same #Ilovemiley
shes really good live!!!!!!!!
This song is so real! Anyone who has gone through an epic break up can relate.
Hard. Times
Brittany Brown - No with drugs. I prefer life
Or has been married for 40 yrs.
Absolutely!
LOVE this live version
I can tell you she sings this from experience. I can tell just by the way her face is the way she raises her hand. It's all by conviction
This song is so relatable to so many people. So many people get "high" to forget about that someone that broke their heart. Amazing song, she's going places with relatable lyrics
She sounds exactly the same. I would've loved to see her live.
Mics have auto time
@@jdjdjcjdjx3107 Nah, she just talented, mate
@@Someone-fn3ij dumb ass all mics have auto tune in them
10000 Subs with out any Fortnite wins educate yourself before putting out incorrect information 😘
@@heatherholls well it's true dumb ass why do u think the mic is plugged up
This specific version is by far the bestI've ever heard from Tove Lo. This one should be on the album.
best version of this song ever, it sounds much more natural. great voice
Killed it! Can't believe this was uploaded a decade ago, we getting old babes!
She's way more talented than what I expected!
Great voice!
I agree with those that said this is even better live! You can't hear the cracks in her voice and that besutiful scratchy tone in the studio version
Her voice is beautiful live. Oh my gosh
The voice does not even matter, it is the pain, the agony and anger of having been left, that Tove so masterfully makes us part of it. It really hurts. ♥️ and thank you Tove.
Someone in 2024? 24/06/2024...
Eu 20/09/2024, sempre ouço essa música.
October 2024 still present
sim!!! Brasil 🇧🇷
@@ailtonmorais8714love the athustic version not this
@@ailtonmorais8714or this it I wanna hear just a melody
I keep replaying thing live version over and over, she's amazing!!
Emma Wilde - me too!
Writing this in August 2020. Pandmeic me has this on repeat.
Finally a version of this song with proper sound quality!!
Love the song and her voice. Not to mention dis song is totally relatable
i lost my dad 4 years ago, this still hits me hard
I love this.. bring back so much painful but nostalgic memories.
This song hits me HARD!
I really love how she sounds live, her voice is really nice and she is damn so pretty.
Seven years later and I still listen to this so often! Way more than any of the stuff getting played on the radio these days. This song and her deliverance of the lyrics are brilliant. LOVE it!!!
Me too 😊
I’m listening to this in public and trying to hide the tears. Amazing performance
My heart goes out to any one who has loved and lost someone, this girl got me threw a time in my life and I want to thank her , such a amazing truth to her words and feeling in her voice
Lyrics
… I eat my dinner in my bathtub
Then I go to sex clubs
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 Twinkies
Throw up in the tub, then I go to sleep
And I drank up all my money
Dazed and kinda lonely
… 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
… Pick up daddies at the playground
How I spend my daytime
Loosen up the frown, make them feel alive
I make it fast and greasy
I'm numb and way too easy
… 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
… Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun, ain't got no end, oh
Can't go home alone again
Need someone to numb the pain, oh
Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun, ain't got no end, oh-oh
Can't go home alone again
Need someone to numb the pain
… 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
… Oh-oh
I'm totally loving this live performance I wish there was an hour long version
I’m literally obsessed with her
Acoustic version is SO awesome.. just heard this now in 2024.. can't believe I haven't heard it before.. my opinion is the acoustic version is a lot better
she's a stunning talent. and her band is solid.
the live version sounds sooooo much better than the studio recording
Truly great songs you can feel their emotions through the lyrics.
This is one of them.
this is the best live version of this song I love it!!
Jestem zakochany w tej piosence i tej wersji
Quanto è bella e brava!!
What a voice ! Beautiful !!!
Wow, she can actually sing. I was thinking she was just another crappy mixed poptart. But she's good. Some soul.
Lol.
Lol... Poptart
She feels her song, you can tell
Shes Amazing.
i always check pop songs with live versions, either its too much show or they're too flat on the notes (no range) this lady seems to have honest talent
Deep down we all relate to this song and will keep coming back listening to it
Even if you feel broken or lost, i love you guys. I've been in this place and it might feel hopeless sometimes but theres always time to recover and get back up on your feet.
Edit a year later: sober from alcohol and I got my mind back, friends back and self-respect. alcohol made me feel like i was making progress when i wasnt while the last year being sober made me feel like i wasnt doing shit when i was actually making progress towards my actual goal (feeling comfortable in my own skin, confident in myself, in the moment instead of always worrying about random everything all the time)
Her voice is giving me chills...
So much emotion, her voice is just beautiful!
I love the fact she's performing and feeling the lyrics so much..great moment indeed. damn!
jamas me aburriré de escuchar esta canción
She sounds suprisingly good live
That was a great live performance! She is a great performer!
This hurts my heart you captured the emotion so well.
Respects to Ebba from a guy who recently broke up with a girlfriend. True and honest, without a stupid lip sync. Keep it up.
one of the best live performance!!!
Wow shes amazingly live , wish i had experienced such a true genuine legend of an artist , still relate to your song i feel it in my soul every time i hear you. Thankyou
So real, so emotional, love her voice, performance is awesome ❤
Even more powerful than the studio version!
Bam Baby she nailed it 100
Loving the instruments being used
Wow! Such a unique, strong, voice
This sound makes me feel pain, anger, fear, hate, sadness, hope and peace in my soul... Tove Lo, I love you. São Paulo, Brazil, 09/16/24, 12:20 AM
Goosebumps while hearing this now. Gold.
I love Tove Lo. She's awesome
Esta es la versión que más me fascina 💗
Damn I luv this song... Great voice.
So sweet and so smooth...
So honest...
Classic!
Love it love it she is amazing and so down to earth no autotune beautiful voice
Way better than radio version. INCREDIBLE live performance. You have real talent.
I was ooh-oohing all summer with this song~just bought her CD!
Her voice is amazing 😍
She's amazing in every way
Thank you for releasing this song in time and making me feel good energy again. Thank you Tove
❤🇵🇷 concierto en Puerto Rico por favor
Most incredible performance, I love her and her voice so much
This song hits so hard. When I lost the love of my life I started using lorazepam, went to brothels with my friends, drank, smoked and did everything in between. After 2 years I looked myself in the mirror and knew I had to rebuild myself. Hope you make it through the self destruction.
I liked that jesse!
I hope you are doing well now.
without a doubt one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, it makes me reflect on the life I ended up leading, an interpretation of extraordinary, along with cannons the best I've heard this last year!
One of the best songs in my Life.
Just beautiful . Credit to all !
Even to this very day
Love her music .
And all with the talent to perform.
Keep moving forward!
Lots of love and be good ,
Stay safe .
So happy she sounds good.
She has a great voice and great performance!
She's iconic and a true artist.
wow she has an awesome voice in live
Je trouve limite la version live meilleur que la version originale avec cette voie tellement juste.
Étonnant qu'elle est pas fait un album complet cette artiste est un bijoux ❤
Hi Markus here. This song hit me in ❤️, I have to admit, in order to cope with difficult things, in life, which is not always easy, Gense is pure. Greetings from Germany, Markus wishes.
she even looks high live.
well she says.... "stay high all my life"XD
LOL! Your comment made me laugh so hard, but you're right, judging by this performance, but nothing wrong with being high all the time in her case. She's awesome!
Monkonmunky yeah i dont have problem with being high all the time too haha , she has talent and a really nice voice :P
Well at least she sings well :)
Evo Just glad i'm spreading "Joy to the world"!