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Coffee Break Lyrics
Close the door when they come in.
They can feel their whole world spin.
Smoking plastic shards they'll
- <i>I won't drown</i>
Never be scared of me.
And when they change themselves they're
- <i>I won't drown</i>
Never afraid of me.
Summer's out for you.
There's no time for you.
It is not what it seems.
You're awake in your dreams.
With lithium you'll never be sad again.
But you can't sleep with her.
It's not by choice, is it?
I hope you never come back.
There's someone else in here.
Please tell me why. Please tell me when.
It's not by choice!
They can feel their whole world spin.
- <i>I won't drown</i>
Never be scared of me.
- <i>I won't drown</i>
Never afraid of me.
There's no time for you.
You're awake in your dreams.
With lithium you'll never be sad again.
But you can't sleep with her.
I hope you never come back.
There's someone else in here.
Please tell me why. Please tell me when.
It's not by choice!
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Lithium is a drug given to those with bipolar disorder to decrease episodes of mania/depression. "It is not what it seems. You're awake in your dreams." is expressing our character's issue with distinguishing reality and fantasy. The drug puts him (or her) in a dream-like state of being where the mind is dulled and supressed by this drug. On this drug he'll "never be sad again".
Coffee (as per the title) perhaps counteracts the effects of this drug. Caffeine will "wake" him out of this state of mind. It is know that drinking coffee while on lithium will have adverse effects and amplify the effects of caffeine.
Though he'll "never be sad", this does not inadvertently imply he is happy. What would make him happiest (I will assert) is to be with the one he loves, however he restrains himself from doing so. He tells himself he "can't sleep with her" and the reason for this restrain is his bipolarity. When his personality shifts to either elation or depression, he is not himself. "There's someone else in here." There is a different person within his mind. He wishes he would know when these episodes would flair up and why "Please tell me why. Please tell me when." "It's not by choice!" that he becomes a different persona.
His friends (I'm just replacing the word "they" here) are not scared or afraid of him and his changing mental states. "they'll never be scared/afraid of me." Why? They are too busy with there own recreational drugs, is best I can discern they're "smoking plastic shards". I think there is importance in using "they" here instead of "I" because it dissassociates our character with these events. If "they can feel their whole world spin" and his is not, perhaps despite his bipolar issues, he is in the more worthy state of mind.
"Summer's out for you. There's no time for you." Only him this time, like school being back in session after, his mind is preoccupied. But for all his issues, he's coping. "I won't drown" he keeps telling himself.
Perhaps a gross over-analyzation on my part, but this rattled through my head after the umpteenth time listening to this song and trying to figure out how the title in any way related the lyrics. Definite connection to lithium and coffee, that is for sure.
This song is depressing but I love it.
one of my favorit songs by mew!
i think this song is talking about forgetting someone and getting into a new relationship in the which you're not really happy to be in.
"I hope you never come back. There's someone else in here."
but then it contradicts itself with theses lines: "Please tell me why. Please tell me when. It's not by choice!"...its not by choice...meaning you couldnt decide it just happened.
i love this song.