'Plastic Cigarette' Lyrics: Zach Bryan Sings About Self-Destructive Behaviors & End of a Relationship

Zach Bryan just released his new album With Heaven on Top, and one song in particular is getting attention: “Plastic Cigarette.”

The 29-year-old singer-songwriter’s track has already garnered over 5 million streams on Spotify alone, more than any other track on the album, and nearly 300,000 streams on YouTube, more than any of the album tracks.

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The reflective track finds Zach addressing a relationship that wasn’t stable, and calling out his own self-destructive behaviors.

“Did you ever make it back to Byron Bay the day you told me to quit drinkin’? / And thinkin’ that I was gonna die before thirty, your mom was so worried about / All those kids in the house tearin’ picture frames down / Our fathers were never around when we were younger,” he sings.

“So let me go, I saw you on the river’s edge / Draggin’ on a plastic cigarette / With your swim top still wet / So let it go, meetin’ you out on the coast / You hate the smell of real smoke / So why’d you always keep me so close?”

Just a few months ago, Zach Bryan opened up about his sobriety journey, admitting he really needed “some f–king help.”

“I haven’t touched alcohol for nearly two months now– something I had to do for my own personal clarity,” he said at the time.

He also seemingly addressed his split from a famous ex on some songs, and also released a controversial anti-ICE patriotic song.

Listen to “Plastic Cigarette”…

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