Only Entertainment

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Trance fixated on the big blue screen Your window to the outside, a melancholy dream A medium upon which you build reality This episodic currency that everybody needs [Verse 2] Somebody's delivery lulls you to sleep The man behind the weather map, the editor-in-chief They control the world of power and disease And you cannot suppress your curiosity [Chorus] See, it's only entertainment Superficial urgency Poster-board mentality Only entertainment Tightly constrained (Ah, ah) The buzz that remains (Ah, ah) Is the story of how we run our lives [Verse 3] (Hey!) 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 'Cause you cannot distinguish chicanery from truth [Chorus] See, it's only entertainment A superficial episode As life continues to unfold Only entertainment Controlled and copied (Ah, ah) They've planted the seed (Ah, ah) That sprouts into your picture of the world (Ah, ah, ah) [Bridge] 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!) (Turn away! Turn away!) See, it's only entertainment (Turn away! Turn away!) (Turn away! Turn away!) Only entertainment Only entertainment [Outro] (Ah, ah) Unofficial facsimile (Ah, ah) Leading you to poverty Only entertainment (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah, ah) Only entertainment Only entertainment