Reynolds explained the song's meaning to MTV News: "'Radioactive,' to me, it's very masculine, powerful-sounding song, and the lyrics behind it, there's a lot of personal story behind it, but generally speaking, it's a song about having an awakening; kind of waking up one day and deciding to do something new, and see life in a fresh way," he said. "A lot of people hear it in a dark way, but, I think, without saying the word too many times, it's empowering, and so we wanted to display that in a way that the listener wouldn't see normally."
I think this may have originally come from a feeling of over coming a heavy past. I don't think his point was to be political, or even talk about drugs. I can definitely see depression. But a lot of this sounds like coming out of an obviously poisonous situation and getting up and finally seeing and feeling the need for change.
Reynolds explained the song's meaning to MTV News: "'Radioactive,' to me, it's very masculine, powerful-sounding song, and the lyrics behind it, there's a lot of personal story behind it, but generally speaking, it's a song about having an awakening; kind of waking up one day and deciding to do something new, and see life in a fresh way," he said. "A lot of people hear it in a dark way, but, I think, without saying the word too many times, it's empowering, and so we wanted to display that in a way that the listener wouldn't see normally."
I think this may have originally come from a feeling of over coming a heavy past. I don't think his point was to be political, or even talk about drugs. I can definitely see depression. But a lot of this sounds like coming out of an obviously poisonous situation and getting up and finally seeing and feeling the need for change.
Yep, you got it, its all those things. He is deciding he doesn't want to be a junkie anymore and his battle for sobriety
Yep, you got it, its all those things. He is deciding he doesn't want to be a junkie anymore and his battle for sobriety