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Pick it up, pick it all up.
And start again.
You've got a second chance,
You could go home.
Escape it all.
It's just irrelevant.

It's just medicine.
It's just medicine.

You could still be,
What you want to,
What you said you were,
When I met you.

You've got a warm heart,
You've got a beautiful brain.
But it's disintegrating,
From all the medicine.
From all the medicine.
From all the medicine.
Medicine.

You could still be,
What you want to,
What you said you were,
When you met me.

You could still be,
What you want to.
What you said you were,
When I met you.
When you met me.
When I met you.

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Track duration: 04:19

"Medicine" as written by Adele Bethel Scott Paterson

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    Memory:I remember this song was in the Vampire Diaries episode 3x21 [Do Not Go Gentle] I think. It was one of the ending sceens with Elena and Stefan in the gym after Alaric dies. She was freaking out becasue he was gone, and she had no one to look after her and her brother. The mood was very sad and Stefan was comforting her. He kept telling her that she can do this. He said I'll always be there and they began reminsiscing when they were in the gym before and he bit her. Basically, what I'm trying to say is, this song is very sad, and it fit the scene perfectly.
    I'm not COMPLETELY sure what this song means, but this scene helped a little. Hopefully, you can take this bit of info and try to come up with the ral meaning of this beautiful song. :)
    Flag AmberBellon May 26, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:I like how medicine could just be a euphemism for whatever a person thinks will help them when they feel as if they are desperate (running away from your problems, self harming, drinking..taking drugs...so on)

    BEAUTIFUL SONG/SINGING
    Flag Bukunmixoon May 26, 2013   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation:This is a sweet song. And as sweet and lovely as it is, it is definitely, clearly about drug addiction. In case there was any doubt, the line about brain disintegrating (not emotional numbness, as caused by anti-depressants) I think makes it crystal.

    I don't even think she is necessarily involved with this person...the intent behind this song is too benevolent for that. How many lovers urge their lover to leave and go home (not come home but go home) ? I think this is just a friend, just someone she loves who is incredibly disappointed in how things have turned out.
    Flag HearDaton April 09, 2013   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation:I don't want to sound to messed up saying this but idk this song could be about suicide.

    "Pick it up, pick it all up.
    And start again.
    You've got a second chance,
    You could go home.
    Escape it all.
    It's just irrelevant."

    This is right before he is about to kill himself, he's thinking he does have another option, he can go home, he has a second chance, he can start again.

    "It's just medicine.
    It's just medicine."

    That's him just thinking to himself. He has decided he is going to kill himself, he is going to take all the panadol in front of him and overdose. And hey, after all, it is just medicine.

    "You could still be,
    What you want to,
    What you said you were
    When I met you."

    He's taken all of the panadol now. It would take a day or so for all the paracetamol to be taken up by his body, and for the effects to be irreversible before he dies. However he still has the chance to save himself. He could go to hospital and get his stomach pumped or get all the panadol removed before it breaks down. The guy still has a chance to be who he always wanted to be, to be who he was when he met her.

    "You've got a warm heart,
    You've got a beautiful brain,
    But it's disintegrating
    From all the medicine.
    From all the medicine.
    From all the medicine.
    Medicine."

    It's sad because this guy was really sweet and caring and had a beautiful personality. He had so much potential and hope in his life ahead of him. But that's all slowly fading as the panadol starts working inside his body and it becomes too late to turn back.
    Flag Tybrahon March 24, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:It's been too many years since she has been in love. She knows him better than he knows himself. He could pick it up and start over with her, but it's irrelevant to him. His Medicine may be literal(drugs alcohol pills) But i think she means his demons- his habits. He strays from what he knows will cure him which is her love & chases after his demons.
    Just a thought.
    Flag bLightyearon February 20, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Sounds like she's singing to a friend or loved one who has problem with alcohol. Someone who's down on life and feels like they can't get anywhere so they take in their "medicine" to feel better. And she's telling them they don't need the booze to be beautiful and a wonderful person because they are that without the alcohol.
    Flag TacoJesuson February 03, 2013   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:maybe i'm reading too much of my own situation into this, but it always seemed to me like this song was about anti-depressants.

    a warm heart & beautiful brain, but they're disintegrating from all the medicine. one of the main side-effects of anti-depressants can be feeling emotionally numb, and feeling like yr not quite as sharp, mentally.
    Flag DiamondsInTheMineon December 18, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Beautiful song!
    Flag MusicLover23on June 15, 2012   Link
  • +6
    Lyric Correction:Er... I believe these are the correct lyrics:

    Pick it up, pick it all up.
    And start again.
    You've got a second chance,
    You could go home.
    Escape it all.
    It's just irrelevant.

    It's just medicine.
    It's just medicine.

    You could still be,
    What you want to,
    What you said you were
    When I met you.
    You've got a warm heart,
    You've got a beautiful brain,
    But it's disintegrating
    From all the medicine.
    From all the medicine.
    From all the medicine.
    Medicine.

    You could still be,
    What you want to be,
    What you said you were,
    When you met me.

    You could still be,
    What you want to,
    What you said you were,
    When I met you,
    When you met me,
    When I met you.

    Ooh, ooh, ooh...
    Medicine, ooh, ahh..
    Flag Alliewayon March 19, 2012   Link
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