Lyric discussion by Mr Grim 

Cover art for Amylase lyrics by Cajun Dance Party

ok this is a long shot, But given the first few versus of this song, could this song be about how getting involved in a new relationship can help mend the damage the past has caused you. Ok amalyse is an enzyme that helps breaks food down, and if I'm not wrong it's secreted in our mouths to start the food breakdown process. So maybe amalyse (which is an actual catalyst (i think in the breakdown process) be used concurrently with the person he has the new relationship with (so the one he is calling the catalyst (that makes things faster) in the lyrcis) so that by kissing (exchanging amalyse) and being in love etc enables him to move on and get on with life and move on from the past (as he says amalzye will dry out the plaster/(or the reminants of the past). maybe, maybe not

If that were the case, the song should be called peptic acid as in reflux which is like a rebound from all the crap you couldn't digest and is like a rebound to "get over" someone else. In other words, people who find the "rebounds" are much more prone to heartburn than those who digest it all, absorb the nutrient and then crap it out. I think it has more to do with the painstaking approch of digestion that begins the moment you not only put a morsel into your mouth, but smell it...the juices begin to flow and is...