Television Lyrics

[Refrain: Greg Graffin]
Television! Television! Television! Television!
Television! Television! Television! Television!


[Chorus: Greg Graffin]
Oh yeah
I wanna bask in your golden light
Submerge in electric waves
I need my connection
To the world outside

[Verse 1: Tim Armstrong]
Yeah, the world outside is buzzin' like an angry wasp in summer
The candidates are runnin', and the son of God is comin'
Crackle mental convolutions, tune in to the revolution
Now everyone's included, so we never gotta be alone

[Refrain: Greg Graffin]
Television! Television! Television! Television!
Television! Television! Television! Television!


[Chorus: Greg Graffin]
Oh yeah
I wanna bathe in your golden light
Submerge in electric waves
I need my injection
For the world outside
[Verse 2: Tim Armstrong]
Yeah, every atom in my body, bone, sinew, blood, and fiber
I can't distill you from my blood, you're like a hungry germ inside me
You're my lover, my heroine, my culture, and my voice
And I know now I've learned to let you in, I'll never have to be alone

[Refrain: Greg Graffin]
Television! Television! Television! Television!
Television! Television! Television! Television!


[Chorus: Greg Graffin]
Oh yeah
I wanna bathe in your golden light
Submerge in electric waves

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3: Tim Armstrong]
I'd take after my mother, but she's from a different generation
I prefer my big brother, he's so gentle and understandin'
I learn what I can by the television light
But when I'm alone, I know it's goin' to be alright
Be al-alright

[Refrain: Greg Graffin]
Television! Television! Television! Television!
Television! Television! Television! Television!

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Genius Annotation

The song was co-written by Brett Gurewitz and Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde.

Tim Armstrong, frontman for Rancid, who had released their full-length debut on Gurewitz’s Epitaph Records label the year before, contributes to the lead vocals.

Brett described the song:

“Television is pretty self explanatory but basically it’s saying that television is probably one of the most corrosive things is our culture, probably one of the most harmful things invented by mankind”

And thankful for the collaboration:

“I happen to like the song ‘Television’ very much and Tim Armstrong is one of my favorite singers of all time.”

Armstrong released a cover of the song in 2012 under his Tim Timebomb project/alias.

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September 6, 1994
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