Lyrics
Oh, TV stop depressing us
Expressing dissatisfaction with TV, asking it to stop being depressing.
Give us a specimen grin
Requesting a smile or a positive expression from TV.
Everything you say is so disappointing
Critiquing TV's words as consistently disappointing.
Give us something
Asking for something valuable or desirable from TV.
That could be worth wanting
Expressing a desire for content worth wanting from TV.
I know what you want
TV is claiming to know the audience's desires.
You want something to cheer you up
Identifying the audience's desire for something uplifting.
You want to sit in A.L. big field under the sun
Describing the desired scenario of sitting in a field under the sun.
I know what you want
Reiterating TV's claim to understand the audience's desires.
You want to think you´re having fun
Acknowledging the desire to believe one is having fun.
As you stare into barrel of a gun
Highlighting the juxtaposition of seeking fun while facing danger.
Sometimes it seems life´s so ordinary
Commenting on the perceived ordinariness of life at times.
Never hitting the mark
Expressing frustration at life's failures to meet expectations.
We´re missing stitches in this close-knit
Referring to flaws or gaps in the community's unity.
Community, they´re tearing all our houses
Describing the destruction of houses for commercial purposes.
Down to build a shopping theme park
Critiquing the prioritization of consumerism over community.
They know what we want
Attributing knowledge of audience desires to an unspecified entity.
We want something to cheer us up
Reiterating the audience's desire for something uplifting.
We want to sit in a big field under the sun
Repeating the desire to sit in a field under the sun.
They know what we want we
Attributing knowledge of desires to an unspecified entity.
Want to think we´re having fun
Reiterating the desire to believe one is having fun collectively.
As we stare into the barrel of the gun
Emphasizing the juxtaposition of seeking fun amid danger collectively.
The writing´s on the wall
Noting the presence of warning signs or indications.
And it´s making my skin crawl
Expressing discomfort or unease caused by the visible warnings.
But while Rome burns
Highlighting the metaphorical burning of society or civilization.
They´re fiddling the figures
Accusing those in power of manipulating information.
We warm our hands in the flames
Describing people warming themselves in the chaos created by those in power.
They say it´s luxury
Referring to the illusion of luxury presented by those in power.
Just stay down on your knees
Advising submission or compliance to authority.
They toss us a cherry
Symbolizing the gesture of offering something insignificant.
As they´re eating our cake
Describing the irony of receiving a small reward while losing something significant.
Because they know what we want
Attributing knowledge of audience desires to those in power.
We want something to cheer us up
Reiterating the audience's desire for something uplifting.
We want to sit in a field under the sun
Repeating the desire to sit in a field under the sun.
They know what we want
Attributing knowledge of desires to those in power.
We want to think we´re having fun
Reiterating the desire to believe one is having fun collectively.
As we stare into the barrel of a gun
Emphasizing the collective danger faced while seeking fun.
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