"Lithium"... what does it mean here?

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This is an Evanescence Lyric! what does they mean with the word "Lithium"? Lithium lyricsLithium, don't want to lock me up inside.Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without...Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.Oh, but God, I want to let it go.Come to bed, don't make me sleep alone.Couldn't hide the emptiness, you let it show.Never wanted it to be so cold.Just didn't drink enough to say you love me.I can't hold on to me,Wonder what's wrong with me.Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside.Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without...Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.I don't want to let it lay me down this time.Drown my will to fly.Here in the darkness I know myself.Can't break free until I let it go.Let me go.Darling, I forgive you after all.Anything is better than to be alone.And in the end I guess I had to fall.Always find my place among the ashes.I can't hold on to me,Wonder what's wrong with me.Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside.Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without...Lithium, I want to stay in love with you.I'm gonna let it go.

Yizhivika · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Lithium is sometimes used as a medicine to treat depression, bipolar disorder, etc., and that's evidently the context here.

Yayo123 · Answer

Bbk_agp, I found the meaning of LITHIUM in "WikiPedia"

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In an interview with MTV Italy http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/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.
—Amy Lee I Luv This Band

Delmobile · Answer

Give me Billie Holiday with Rodgers & Hart's "Glad to be Unhappy" any day <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>

"Lithium"... what does it mean here?

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