Lithium (Live Pop Montreal Session) Lyrics

When I think about the weeks

Leading up to the hospital

How I stole your roommate's rings

Left you waiting on the island

And all those cryptic notes I wrote

On your facebook wall I feel

Sick

Boy did they write the book on me

Thoughts of grandiosity

Talking fast, moving quick

Honestly, I was so relieved

Just to be happy

Chemicals can take the blame

Still I can't help but feel the shame

Wondering what could've been

If it had been normal

If I hadn't gone crazy

But on your part, to be fair

I was right across the street

And you only came to see me once in five weeks

Still on your part, to be fair

I know it caught you unaware

How were you supposed to know how to help me?

The thing about the hospital was that

I was hoping I wouldn't need it

The thing about the hospital was that

I was hoping I'd be fine

I'd always been a little bit wild

I'd always been a little bit sad - yeah

The thing about the hospital was it ate up all my precious time

What a shock to find my brain

Back in the fog this summer

All consuming, suffocating, same old story

I could feel you pulling back

Shutting down - who could blame you?

So close to it, black hole spinning, a sinking ship

So on my part now I swear

I will do everything I can

Not to ever get that low again

Cause I hate it

And on my part now I swear

I will do everything I can

Not to ever go that high again

Cause it broke me

See me now - I'm being so careful

See me now - I'm been so good

Still I've got my reservations

Just like any sane person would

And

The thing about the lithium is that

I was hoping I wouldn't need it

The thing about the lithium is that

I was hoping I'd be fine

I've always been a little bit wild

I've always been a little bit sad - yeah

The thing about the lithium is

I guess I'll miss my edges a tad