![]() ![]() The absurd link between the problem and the pseudo-solution continues developing the theme of helplessness. It sounds like another signal of distress. This repeated assertion only asserts the impossibility to assert anything. Chorusįor a chorus, that sounds speechless □ Even if it is not words, it has a strong power of expression, and again: ironical. The Hero is probably “in a daze” because of lithium – mental confusion is one of the many side-effects of this medication. ![]() The author knows that the audience knows him, and that he is not a religious person. The permanent contradiction inside each couple of verses becomes systematic and imitates the feeling of the bipolar disorder.Ĭandles and God belong to the same semantic field: religion. This sounds like a psychological denial: someone who would not feel scared, would not think of being scared and would not deny it. This probable metaphor (he does not mean it literally, does he?) expresses the problem another way: it is about self-reflection, about the image one has about oneself.įrom now, we can consider that technically we are in the Act II, since the catalyst and dramatic question are already past.Īnother metaphor: all days are the same, the Hero is totally bored and depressed. “So are you”: who is this “you”? Is it an actantial character? A recipient? Is it a lover, a friend, the audience? We can not know – things stay open to interpretation, but those questions raise, at least implicitly. “but that’s okay ’cause so are you”: firstly, there is dark humor here, a way to seduce the audience, make them smile or laugh, have an emotional impact over them. “I’m so ugly”: that makes the initial situation of the Hero even worse: he dislikes himself! This combined with the loneliness makes the real catalyst: the problem of the Hero is self-hatred, and the real dramatic question is: will the Hero be able to solve it? how will it evolve? The Antagonist becomes obvious: it is the Hero himself. That immediately contradicts the ironic statement about the happiness of the narrator: there is actually no friend, the Hero feels alone. If so, what will be the future of this new friendship, we wonder? That might be the dramatic question. “Today I’ve found my friends”: that is an event, we might think it is the catalyst of a plot. We guess straight away there is irony here – especially because the tone on which it is sung does not sound happy – internal contradiction! Secondly, that is an expression of emotion and aims at finding empathy in the audience. “I’m so happy”: first, that doesn’t sound like Nirvana or like Cobain – they do not usually sing happiness. That is the case in other Nirvana’s songs, like Tourette’s or Even in his youth.) (Does it sound obvious? Just think that autobiography is sometimes told with the autobiographer taking distance and speaking about himself as a “HE” – it is pseudo-objective then. Thus: genre: autobiography point of view/focus: subjective. So already as a theme, lithium sounds dramatic. Mental disease is a problem, and bipolarity, good and evil, top and down, variations in intensity, are in the core of storytelling and the art of drama. Lithium is a medication used by western psychiatrists to cure manic-depressive psychosis, also called bipolar psychosis. The song’s title already gives us a kind of program. I killed you – I’m not gonna crack Nirvana – Lithium – Lyrics analysis and meaning I’m so excited, I can’t wait to meet you there… I’m so lonely, but that’s okay, I shaved my head…Īnd just maybe I’m to blame for all I’ve heard… Sunday morning is everyday for all I care… I’m so ugly, but that’s okay, ’cause so are you… ![]()
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