63486375 Lithium http://www.last.fm/music/Evanescence/_/Lithium 223000 1 159098 1281349 Evanescence f4a31f0a-51dd-4fa7-986d-3095c40c5ed9 http://www.last.fm/music/Evanescence Evanescence http://www.last.fm/music/Evanescence/The+Open+Door http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/64s/22655081.jpg http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126/22655081.jpg http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/22655081.jpg rock http://www.last.fm/tag/rock gothic rock http://www.last.fm/tag/gothic%20rock gothic http://www.last.fm/tag/gothic evanescence http://www.last.fm/tag/evanescence female vocalists http://www.last.fm/tag/female%20vocalists Wed, 4 Feb 2009 08:20:59 +0000

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."]]>