Why is the new Evanescence song called Lithium?

Question

I am bipolar and am on Lithium....why is the song called this and what is it about?

Answer 1

Story Behind the Song
In an interview with MTV Italy Amy Lee says:

“ 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

Amy Lee said in an interview (you can find on you tube) that she has never taken lithium, and that to her it is a word she used just to explain calmness or happiness in her world , its not really about the drug lithium, its just about when things feel normal.

Answer 3

"The name of the song is often attributed to the metal lithium's tendency to be found in mood stabilisers such as lithium carbonate and lithium orotate; because of this the lyrics are often interpreted as describing bipolar disorder."

Answer 4

Probably because of Nirvana.

Answer 5

i dunno.. ask them!!! hehe.. =D