Lithium

[Blondie]

Just hear this song by Nirvana.

Wasn't Curt Cobain manic depressive (bi-polar?)

 

[Blondie]

LITHIUM

1. Verse
I'm so happy, because today I found my friends, they're in my head
I'm so ugly, that's okay, 'cause so are you, we've broken our mirrors
Sunday morning is every day for all I care, and I'm not scared
Light my candles in a daze, 'cause I've found God

Chorus Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah

2. Verse
I'm so lonely that's ok, I shaved my head, and I'm not sad
And just maybe I'm to blame for all I've heard, but I'm not shure
I'm so excited, I can't wait to meet you there, but I don't care
I'm so horny, that's okay, my will is good

Chorus Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah

Bridge (2x) I like you, I'm not gonna crack
I miss you, I'm not gonna crack
I love you, I'm not gonna crack
I kill you, I'm not gonna crack

3. Verse
I'm so happy, because today I found my friends, they're in my head
I'm so ugly, that's okay, 'cause so are you, we've broken our mirrors
Sunday morning is every day for all I care, and I'm not scared
Light my candles in a daze, 'cause I've found God

Chorus Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah

Bridge (2x) I like you, I'm not gonna crack
I miss you, I'm not gonna crack
I love you, I'm not gonna crack
I kill you, I'm not gonna crack

 

[snoopy]

Well, since he killed himself, I would guess something was going on inside his head. Not sure of any official diagnosis though....

 

[JerseyJanice]

What a talented young man he was. Too bad he was so self-destructive.

I didn't know he was bi-polar. I always thought heroin addiction was his main problem.

Ever notice how many very talented people are bi-polar, though? Pavarotti (sp?) and Elton John are two I think of, off the top of my head.

 

[Blondie]

When I read those lyrics, I sense a deeply troubled person.

He's been quoted as saying he was the one that got picked on in school, was always the nerdy type, etc.

Such a shame to end his own life. I think he was on anti-depressants, but the key is to stay on them.

 

[Blondie]

I've misspelled his name, it's Kurt. Sorry Kurt.

Here's a quick bio I found:

Nevermind went triple platitum, but something was wrong. The exact people that Kurt despised and sang against in the song "In Bloom" were now buying Nirvana albums. This deeply bothered Kurt and he became frustrated as his message had been completely misunderstood. To add to his psychological problems, physical problems were also beginning to complicate his life. He suffered from extreme insomnia, depression, and constant horrible stomach problems. To relieve the pain, he sank deeper into substance abuse.

Kurt Cobain married Courtney Love, the leader of the band Hole, in February of 1992. They were both drug addicts, but as soon as Courtney discovered that she was pregnant, she stopped using. When the public heard the news of Love's pregnancy, rumors flew about whether she had used heroin during her pregnancy. Despite what supermarket tabloids told people, Frances Bean Cobain was born a healthy baby girl on August 18, 1992. After she was born, US magazine continued the story on Courtney's drug use and this forced Child Welfare to take Frances from her parents. The while thing was sorted out soon enough when Kurt went into rehab.

In 1993, Kurt went back to using heroin and Courtney called the police one time when Kurt threatened to commit suicide.

After the end of their tour in 1994, the band had all but broken up. Cobain's mental health deteriorated and he made several more threats to commit suicide. [In many interviews taken with Kurt Cobain at this time, he said he was the happiest he had ever been. He then said that his stomach problems were slowly going away and he was staying away from drugs.] In April 1994, Kurt persuaded a friend, Dylan Carlson, to buy a shotgun because he was banned from buying any weapons after his suicide attempts.

Suffering from drug addiction and manic depression, Kurt had become even more suicidal, Though his management and label were able to hide most of his problems from the public until April 8, 1994. Early that morning, a man from the electic company came by the Cobain's cottage home [He was there to see about installinga security system.] and saw someone lying on the floor through the window. He said he saw what he thought to be a mannequin in the middle of the floor until he took a closer look and realized that it was a person. The man called the police who broke down the door and found Kurt dead of a gunshot wound, and a note, addressed to Boddah [Kurt's imaginary friend from childhood], Courtney, and Frances Bean, written in red ink, on a nearby counter.

Suspicions arose that perhaps Kurt hadn't killed himself. Many believe that he was murdered and it was made to look like a suicide. A few days after Kurt's body was found, Hole released an album entitled "Live Through This". Courtney was automatically accused of killing her husband. Kurt's death is still being called a suicide, although most of his fans continue to believe otherwise.

 

[Blondie]

Originally posted by JerseyJanice
Ever notice how many very talented people are bi-polar, though? Pavarotti (sp?) and Elton John are two I think of, off the top of my head.

You know what...many talented people are also ADD! I read somewhere that there is speculation that Einstein was ADD!

 

[DocRafiki]

The exact people that Kurt despised and sang against in the song "In Bloom" were now buying Nirvana albums.

That drives me nuts about some of my favorite artists. I'll be at a concert looking at all the sorority-types jamming out to a song about a mentally ill girl, and I'm thinking, "If you came across the person he's singing about, you wouldn't give her the time of day."

Oh well. There are tons of people who like songs for the music, without ever paying attention to the lyrics. They help pay the bills.

I didn't know he was bi-polar. I always thought heroin addiction was his main problem.

I don't think the drug is ever an addict's main problem.

Ever notice how many very talented people are bi-polar, though? Pavarotti (sp?) and Elton John are two I think of, off the top of my head.

There's plenty of material out there written on that subject (mental illness in general, not so much manic-depression, though it's usually mentioned). I'm also fascinated by the relationship between intellectual genius and mental illness, but haven't found nearly as much info on that.

 

[Rexfan]

I just read an extremely well written book about addiction called "More, Now, Again" by Elizabeth Wurtzel. She wrote "Prozac Nation". I reccomend it to anyone interested in getting an honest account of how an addiction could start. Parts of in were funny in a twisted way.

I also have "Heavier Than Heaven", the first book that was based on Cobain's journals, and he did have a terrible family life, tons of insecurities, and a family history of suicide.