Bravado

This song could also be about Depression and finding strength...

"All my life I’ve been fighting a war I can’t talk to you or your friends It’s not only you My heart jumps around when I’m eluded to This will not do"

Depression is a war you fight every day and one of the hardest things is admitting it to your family and friends because of the negative stigma and they might not believe you. The heart jumping is how it feels when you try to work up the courage to ask for help, but you can't. In the long run, it won't do you any good to keep it a secret.

"'Cause I was raised up to be admired, To be noticed But when you’re withdrawn It’s the closest thing To a someone who lies around you This will not do"

When you are raised to shine in your family's eyes because they want to show you off and they want you happy and healthy you end up putting up a front and pretending to be who they want to see, but you're only lying to them and the people around you.

"I’m thinking glory, Lick my lips, toss my hair And send a smile over And the story’s brand new I can take it from here, I’ll find my own bravado"

Depression doesn't always keep you down and withdrawn. Sometimes, like Bipolar, you can have moments of clarity and confidence and you are ready to take on the world and find your own story, or bravado.

"It’s a switch flipped It’s a pill tipped back It’s a moon eclipsed And I can tell you that, when the lights come on I’ll be ready for this"

This is just some metaphors as to what it feels like when you rise above depression. Whether it's flipping a switch and pretending to be someone else, or took drugs to help, or a rare short moment, like an eclipse, where you can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

"It’s in your bloodstream A collision of atoms that happens before your eyes It’s a marathon run or a mountain you scale without thinking of size"

This is also talking about how it feels to rise above depression. It feels like an adrenaline rush. This rare, unusual feeling of confidence that you didn't have before now makes you think you can conquer the world.

"I was fighting off every little thing that I thought was out to get me down To trip me up and laugh at me But I learnt not to want The quiet of the room with no one around to find me out I want the applause the approval the things that make me go oh"

This part explains how it feels putting up a fake front when in public. Constantly fighting off the voices in your head that people are looking at you negatively. The more you work on fighting off those voices you end up realizing you don't want to be alone anymore in a quiet room where no one will notice you. You want friends and approval, although hard to believe you deserve them. You want something to stimulate your brain and make you go "oh" in amusement.