Lithium (3:42)
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Written by: A. Lee
Amy Lee has been quoted saying the song is about losing the comfort of sorrow. Lithium is a mood stabilizer that would take away the sorrow that the writer holds inside and she is not ready to let go of it. She has lived with sorrow so long that losing it now would be like losing a part of herself. That is what the whole refrain is about: “Lithium, Don’t want to lock myself up inside, Lithium, Don’t want to forget what it feels without, Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.” Lee’s lyrics are often metaphorical and the words consist of double meanings. It’s about her inner feelings toward herself.
She first wrote the chorus on guitar when she was about 16, but left it there. Eventually she started playing it on the piano, and the verses came out. “I have a pile of pieces stowed away in my mind that maybe I’ll use some day. In a way it’s an old song, but not really; It grew up.”
Amy Lee has been quoted saying the song is about losing the comfort of sorrow. Lithium is a mood stabilizer that would take away the sorrow that the writer holds inside and she is not ready to let go of it. She has lived with sorrow so long that losing it now would be like losing a part of herself. That is what the whole refrain is about: “Lithium, Don’t want to lock myself up inside, Lithium, Don’t want to forget what it feels without, Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.” Lee’s lyrics are often metaphorical and the words consist of double meanings. It’s about her inner feelings toward herself.
She first wrote the chorus on guitar when she was about 16, but left it there. Eventually she started playing it on the piano, and the verses came out. “I have a pile of pieces stowed away in my mind that maybe I’ll use some day. In a way it’s an old song, but not really; It grew up.”
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Rock_n_Roll_gal wrote:
MY favourite singer in the whole worldd!!!!!! wish she still sung that would be amazing!!!!!!
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shuuni wrote:
Great song!!
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butterfliesLEFT wrote:
1,626,405 plays : D
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iNiTyStar wrote:
Just beautiful <3
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TrixIbsen wrote:
this is such a great song!!!
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mfincredible wrote:
its such a beautiful song
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cardroia wrote:
It just reminds me of what obsessing can do........great
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killingursoul wrote:
Evanescence-shes got an amazing voice.......wish I could sing like tha:(
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artursf_27 wrote:
one of my favorites of them
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adelinadarkstar wrote:
I love the video where the water pulls her underneath she's like a gothic Ophelia as she drowns beneath the water.
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LaLadieLisa wrote:
Ohh! I love this song.. ♥
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MIke_s1NgLE wrote:
Darling I Forgive U After All, Anything Is Better Than to Be Alone...
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candie1992 wrote:
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥let me go ill forgive you after all♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
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candie1992 wrote:
her voice is amazing along with her
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candie1992 wrote:
i love this song its amazing alone with her voice
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x_Rock_x wrote:
beautiful and amazing...<3
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TheDarknessGoth wrote:
is gothick is awesome i love evanescence
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clairecameron wrote:
what a song- not one to listen to when you've just been dumped though, or when alcohol is involved when feeling even a bit low!
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deadly_shadow wrote:
Don't think so about particularly that song. Others - yes, I don't argue. And I don't say, that it is 100% doom metal song) But the song has its elements, I think. Well, it is not very important, never mind.
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adelinadarkstar wrote:
this is not doom metal. its more alternative.
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