Lithium by Evanescence?

Question

What do you think she is talking about in this song? What is the word Lithium anyway??

Answer 1

Lithium is a psychiatric drug used as a mood stabilizer, often prescribed to people with bipolar disorder and/or mood swings, along with other mood disorders.

Amy: "It's not literal, it's not literal about the drug for me, I've never taken lithium before. It's sort of a metaphor about numbness and happiness and sort of like, it's me looking at happiness in a negative way because I've always been, you know, kind of afraid to be happy. Like with the band and the art and everything else, it's always like I'm never letting myself break through into the happiness it seems like, because it's not cool or something. And describing happiness is lithium, it's like saying 'that's numbness, I won't be able to be an artist anymore if I'm happy,' which is hilarious because that's just not true, I'm happy. So it's like this fight within the song of like 'do I do this and get out of here and get happy or do i wallow in it like I always do?' and it's cool because at the end of the song I say 'I'm going to let it go,' like I am going to be happy.

Answer 2

Ben Moody, the former guitar player in Evanescence, was bi-polar and prescribed lithium as treatment. Lead singer Amy Lee had a tumultuous relationship with Moody, and this song describes what it like to love someone with his condition.

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Answer 3

I have know idea...but evanescence is soooo cool though! I think that it is most important to express to your fans what your songs mean and what part of your life they relate to. They MUST be true, something with inspriation and all, i don't like phony singers or bands. It's cheesy and they don't understand realness...anyway i don't like that song cuz it's not real. That's that, and u don't have 2 either!!!! LOL

Answer 4

Because she is going crazy