Little People
Unveiling the Illusion: Reflections on Media Influence
Lyrics
I feel again I'm coming home
I sense a return to a familiar place or state.
To find the peace I feel alone
Seeking solace and tranquility in solitude.
My television friends have gone
The imaginary companionship from television is gone.
Now I can take my time to talk about them
With their absence, the speaker can now reflect on them.
They're nice to me, they smile to me
Television characters are amicable, portraying an ideal image.
They are what they'd like me to be
They embody what society expects the speaker to be.
I let them keep my company
The speaker accepts their company willingly.
And I don't even care what they're selling
The speaker is indifferent to the products or ideas they promote.
They're only selling
The characters are merely selling something.
Look into these little boxes
Reflecting on the illusion presented by the TV screen.
Bluer weather, greener grass
Contrasting the TV world with an idealized reality.
Everyone has lots of money
Material wealth is abundant in the TV world.
Everyone's in style
Everyone conforms to a fashionable lifestyle.
Little people, little houses
Depicting a small, content society in little homes.
Happy living little lives
People living modest and uneventful lives.
When they wake up with perfect makeup
Disgust towards perfection, especially in appearance.
It makes me sick
The speaker is repulsed by the superficiality.
Don't need a life of my own, you know I'm so satisfied
The speaker is content without an independent life.
Deep in the screen they have made me believe
Believing the TV world is real and satisfying.
I'm so pacified
Feeling pacified and complacent in the TV-induced illusion.
They keep me asleep with each day they repeat
The routine of TV keeps the speaker oblivious to reality.
This life they pretend to me
The speaker realizes the falseness of the portrayed life.
I took my television, unplugged it from the wall
Act of rejecting the influence of television.
Tiny people crawling as I broke it on the floor
Symbolic destruction of the TV and its influence.
I put them in my pockets, took them where they can't be found
Taking control of the imaginary world in their pockets.
Then I held them in my hands
Holding the power to manipulate the TV-created characters.
Then I made them do really bad things
Abusing the influence over the TV characters.
Now I'm afraid to be at home
Fearful of returning home due to the changed TV characters.
Because I fear I'm not alone
The fear of not being alone, possibly due to the TV characters.
My television friends have grown
The TV characters have evolved, becoming more unsettling.
Now I'm afraid of what they might be selling
Fear of the influence or products the evolved characters might promote.
What are they selling
Uncertainty about the nature of the TV characters' offerings.
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