Honestly, Beautifully : honey blade
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2002-08-04 - 10:55 a.m.
Transfixated on the big blue screen
Your window to the outside, a melancholy dream
A medium upon which you built reality
This episodic currency that everybody needs
Somebody's delivery lulls you to sleep
The man behind the weather map, the editor-in-chief
They control the worlds of power and disease
And you cannot suppress your curiosity
But see, it's only entertainment
Superficial urgency, posterboard mentality
Only entertainment
Tightly constrained, the buzz that remains
Is the story of how we run our lives
Many are the people, poor and suffering
From the lack of coverage from the transmission beam
And if it ever gets there, you'll be offended too
Because you cannot distinguish chicanery from truth
But see, it's only entertainment
A superficial episode as life continues to unfold
Only entertainment
Controlled and copied, they've planted the seed
That sprouts into your picture of the world
Can't someone protect me [turn away, turn away]
From this electron beam? [turn away, turn away]
Hey, you, Mr. FCC [turn away, turn away]
Have you no advice for me? [turn away, turn away]
Bad Religion really ought to do an updated version of this song and make it more about the internet. I know plenty of people who construct their own little worlds online.
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