The song “Lithium” by one of the 90s most famous bands, Nirvana, is a personal account of the subjects feelings. This song when compared to others from the 60s and 70s is different because it focuses on the thoughts of one person about themselves where as most songs from the generations before focused on society or other people. Nowadays people tend to be more self-absorbed than they were during the 60s/70s and so this shows in their songs. America during the 60s/70s was growing immensely in terms of social freedoms however people that grew up in the 90s and afterwards, often takes these freedoms for granted. “Lithium” is also much more negative than many of the songs we listened to in class or generally from the 60s/70s, stating “I’m so ugly, that’s okay/ Cause so are you/ Broke our mirrors/ Sunday morning is everyday.” The title really says it all itself, Lithium is a drug used to prevent attacks of mania, showing how it is about the self, destruction, medicating the destruction (literally and metaphorically). Songs of the 90s to the present day do show consciousness, however there is limited social consciousness and further introspection when compared to the 60s/70s.