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.
~ Amy Lee
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doubleknot
on Nov 27th, 2008
@ 10:29:
My daughter bought me an Evanescence cd for my birthday (The Open Door)last year and this song is on it. It’s such a mood song, lol. I do occasionally get in the frame of mind to want to rock out with them, lol. Amy Lee has an *amazing* voice.
vanimp
on Nov 27th, 2008
@ 11:09:
Oooo yush I love singing to this song even though I might crack glass lol. Beautiful sonf and damn fine voice she has! …I loved your recent post regarding love in M/s xx *hugs*
doubleknot
on Nov 27th, 2008
@ 15:30:
Thanks impy!
lalana
on Dec 2nd, 2008
@ 05:34:
Yep – I needed to hear this
Been avoiding your blog for a few days because, damnit, you make me THINK half the time, and I didn’t want to. Had enough shit in my head already. But I’m crawling out, and think this song has become my new anthem for it.
Now I just have to go read the other 16 posts that I missed.
lalana
vanimp
on Dec 2nd, 2008
@ 07:56:
Thinking can be good or bad …. most blogs I read tend to put me on some form of a thinking process … be it good or bad. This is a good song …. let it go.
I had to catch up on 175 posts yesterday lol (I read fast hehe)
*big hugs* xxx