| Garbage – Medication Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Based on mainly the first verse, I think that the medication being referred to is almost certainly an antipsychotic (neuroleptic). Antipsychotics are frequently prescribed for bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and many types of depression, and someone could certainly make the case that Shirley Manson had any or all of these conditions. "It keeps my temperature from rising" seems to refer to the way that antipsychotics diminish emotion, anger, anxiety, libido, and energy in general. Antipsychotics are called 'major tranquillizers' for a good reason. The slow, eerie, unearthly feel of the music is very reminiscent of antipsychotics, at least to me. I think this song is about depression, borderline psychosis, self-harm (the topic of "Bleed Like Me"), and antipsychotics, NOT antidepressants. |
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