Yoko Kanno – Lithium Flower

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She's so cold and human
It's something humans do
She stays so golden solo
She's so number nine
She's incredible math
Just incredible math

And is she really human?
She's just so something new
A waking lithium flower
Just about to bloom
I smell lithium now
Smelling lithium now

How is she when she doesn't surf?
How is she when she doesn't surf?
How is she when she doesn't surf?
I wonder what she does when she wakes up?
When she wakes up

So matador
So calm
So oil on a fire
She's so good
She's so good
She's so goddess lithium flower
So sonic wave
Yeah, she's so groove, yeah
She's so groove
Yeah

Wow, where did she learn how to surf?
Wow, where did she learn how to surf?
Wow, where did she learn how to surf?
You know I've never seen the girl wipe out

How does she so perfectly surf?
How does she so perfectly surf?
How does she so perfectly surf?
I wonder what she does when she wakes up?

I wanna go surfing with her
I wanna go surfing with her
I wanna go surfing with her
I wanna go surfing with her

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    General Comment:The song is about how everyone views the major. to everyone, she's so calm and collected to the point where it isolates her from everyone else. i.e "so golden solo". "so number nine" probably, makes reference to being on cloud 9, meaning that she appears to be in a state of perfect happiness. "she's incredible math" is repeated showing something like a double meaning. the first time is said in the meaning of how its so difficult to be that perfect. the repetition shows that she isn't at all happy and perfect and is, instead, is more complicated.

    the second grouping voices a growing uncertainty on how perfect she is actually perceived. the smelling of lithium also has a double meaning. the despair she is trying to hide, i.e. lithium as a treatment for such, and how everyone is smelling lithium, i.e. people are starting to realize she might have problems.

    "when she doesn't surf" might mean when she isn't calm and collected. kinda like surfing to get by. "when she wakes up" references that she is alone when she wakes up, and is able to act more naturally and not have to hide her problems in front of everyone.

    the next set of lines is more or less a repetition of the same idea as the beginning of the song. matadors have to keep their cool when fighting bulls. oil on fire says that she can go a long time being collected and calm. sonic wave gives the impression that its an overwhelming calm.

    "never seeing the girl wipe out" means that the other people never see her loose her cool.

    finally, the "i wanna go surfing with her" means that everyone wants to be able to hide their problems like the major.

    as for the problem the major has...

    Coming to terms with what it means to be an "android" and "alive". the overall tone of the first movie was that of finding her place in the world and how she grows to fit in both categories. i.e. the boat scene. when she's floating to the surface she says something along the lines of "whenever i float back to the surface i feel like i'm becoming someone else...it's probably the decompression." a metaphor for her becoming more alive, but her android side fighting it with reason. thus, she is constantly conflicted.

    i don't remember a whole lot of this theme in the series, with the major, herself.
    Flag ouipersevereon August 28, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:Lithium Flower is about The Major's bi-polar disorder, brilliance & depression. When one takes meds, one tastes them when they hit the tongue and nasal passages.

    Number 9 includes section 9, but can also include John Lennon's Number 9. Also, The Major is a 9 out of 10, as there is no such person that is a perfect 10. The Major is as good as she gets.

    "Just incredible math," refers to her mind and body.

    & The Major is so sexy, like a flower.
    Flag thomasderkon January 30, 2009   Link
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  • +1
    General Comment:Definitely one of the better anime shows going on out there and definitely one of the better characters too. If you've seen the movie or series it's pretty obvious what it's about. Catchy song.
    Flag nowherenikon February 15, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i'm assuming that the song refers to lithium because it is commonly used in batteries and in high-performance alloys, alluding to the fact that major kusanagi is a cyborg
    Flag stratguitariston February 28, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:The song was written as the ending song to the Ghost in the Shell :Stand Alone Complex series. It is in reference to Motoko Kusanagi or "the major". The meaning of the song can be traced to the title of the story, ghost in the shelll is written about the evolution of robots becoming so advanced they start to wonder if they have human feelings, a ghost or soul in this metal shell. Also make the world seem borderless and can surf any where at anytime hence
    "How is she when she doesn't surf?."
    The line "She's so number nine" is in reference to the group she is invoved with and leads, section 9.

    Keep 'em Comin. :-)
    Flag Mr_sarajevoon January 20, 2006   Link
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