[Verse 1] I smell burnt sugar when the leaves start falling I chase one night then I keep on crawling Black boots scuffed on the porch steps again I tell myself stop then I let it begin Pocket full of masks and a cracked plastic grin I never come clean I just let it in Orange bowl empty I still reach for a treat Got that jitter in my jaw and that beat in my feet I hear old doors creak in my head every year And I know what I am when the moon gets near [Pre-Chorus] I try to shake it but it sticks to my skin One more fake scare and I’m back in it Cold hands shaking at the edge of the night I say I’m done then I lean toward the light [Chorus] Halloween habit I come back for it Halloween habit I never pass it Pumpkin ash on my tongue I want what I want Halloween habit I come back for it [Verse 2] I walk past the houses with the carved-out eyes Little paper ghosts and the sugar-high lies I know every shortcut to the edge of the block I know every thrill that keeps the seconds locked My friends went home early I stayed for the sound Of a chain on a gate and a cough underground I laugh too loud when the fear gets close That’s the part of me that I trust the most I’ve got glue in my veins and a grin on my face I keep saying last time with a desperate pace [Pre-Chorus] I try to shake it but it sticks to my skin One more fake scare and I’m back in it Cold hands shaking at the edge of the night I say I’m done then I lean toward the light [Chorus] Halloween habit I come back for it Halloween habit I never pass it Pumpkin ash on my tongue I want what I want Halloween habit I come back for it [Bridge] If I disappear I’m by the front fence Counting every tremble like a bad pretense Call my name twice and I might come near I live for the crack in the atmosphere Not proud, not clean just wired and awake One more little scare is the sweet mistake [Final Chorus] Halloween habit I come back for it Halloween habit I never pass it Pumpkin ash on my tongue I want what I want Halloween habit I come back for it Halloween habit I come back for it Halloween habit I never pass it
