"Lithium" is a song by American rock band Evanescence, recorded for their second studio album, The Open Door. It was released in December 2006 as the album's second single through the band's record label Wind-up Records. An alternative version appears on the band's fourth studio album, Synthesis (2017). "Lithium" was written by the band's lead singer Amy Lee and produced by music producer Dave Fortman. Initially written by Lee on the guitar when she was 16 years old, she later rearranged the song on piano and completed it with the band's performance. The song is a midtempo power ballad which lyrically discusses the uncertainty in choosing between feelings of sorrow and happiness; Lee was inspired by the drug lithium salts and the feeling of numbness that induces.




Evanescence - Lithium (Official Music Video)