
…isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough…
…to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
[WILL]
Don't want…
…of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue…
By OK Go (2005)
On album Oh No (2005)

…and scream and run for her life
And it's always right
The perfect light in the dark of night
Give up the world, give up your life
'Cause you cannot fight the television
The television…
…television
The television
Look at them trying to get the flag higher
Look at the quagmire
Look…
…on a better hand
Oh, it's always right
The fearless light in the dark of night
Give up the world, give up your life
'Cause you cannot fight the television
The television…

…the villain
We got up in this game just to try to make a living
We hit you with the truth while you watching television…

…Television, Rules The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation
Television…
Rules The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation
Television, Rules…
The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation
Television, Rules The Nation…

Throw away your television
Time to make this clean decision
Master waits for its collision now
It's a repeat of a story told…
It's a repeat and it's getting old
Throw away your television
Make a break, big intermission
Recreate your super vision now
It's…
…the plug and take the stages
Throw away your television now
Oi, oi, oi
Throw away your television
Take the noose off your…

…[Verse 1]
Throw away your television
Time to make this clean decision
Master waits for its collision now
[Pre-Chorus]
It's…
…a repeat of a story told
It's a repeat and it's getting old
[Verse 2]
Throw away your television
Make a break, big intermission
Re…
…with fancy gauges
Slay the plague for it's contagious
Pull the plug and take the stages
Throw away your television now
[Post-Chorus]
Oy…

…watching my life, it's flashing right before my eyes
Somebody hit stop, turn it off, the whole world's falling apart
[Chorus]
On the television…
…television, television, television, television
Television, television, television, television, television
Television…
…television, television, television, television
Television, television, television, television, television
[Verse 2]
You only seek…

…Television rules the nation
Television rules the nation
Television rules the nation (around the world)
Television rules…
…the nation (around the world)
Television rules the nation (around the world)
Television rules the nation (around…
…the world)
The world, the world, the world
Television rules the nation
Television rules the nation
Television rules the nation
Television rules the nation
Television rules the nation
Television rules the nation…

…Television rules the nation
Television rules the nation
Television rules the nation (Around the world)
Television rules…
…the nation (Around the world)
Television rules the nation (Around the world)
Television rules the nation (Around…
…the world, the world, the world
The world, the world, the world, the wor-
Television rules the nation
Television rules…

…to read my lines!
[Chorus: All]
Television!
Television!
Television!
Television!
Television!
Television!
[Verse 2: Gianni Aiello…
…this fucking meme??
[Chorus]
Television!
Television!
Television!
Television!
(You don't want it)
Television!
(You don't need it)
Television!
(You…
…always want what you can't have)
[Instrumental]
[Chorus: All]
Television!
Television!
Television!
Television!
Television!
(You…

…and bones
And then she said...
Close your eyes and let's pretend there's
Nothing good on television
Every time you say my name…
It brings me back to life
Oh! There's nothing good on
My, my television
My, my, my, television
My, my, television
Oh! there's…
…nothing good on
My, my television
My, my, my, my television
My, my television
And then she said to me there's something right…
By Natalia Kills (2013)
On album Trouble (2013)

…like on the television
So don't tell us
That this ain't right
It's just like on the television
The silence
The violence
We don't…
…like on the television
Television
If I paint my sins white
Will it make me pure again?
If I wet my mascara eyes…
…'Cause men will fight
And girls will lie
Just like on the television
So don't tell us
That this ain't right
It's just like on the television…

…won't you stop it?
You and I haven't got it
Television romance
Oh, baby, won't you stop it?
You and I haven't got it, got it
Television…
…into
And your face isn't enough (never enough)
To make me stay, stay, oh
[Chorus]
Oh, baby, won't you stop it?
You and I haven't got it
Television…
…romance
Oh, baby, won't you stop it?
You and I haven't got it, got it
Television romance
[Bridge]
And you think…

…Television
written by Nick Lowe
At the end of every working day
I hurry home as fast as I can
grab myself a bite
'cause since…
I could be anywhere
I'm pluggin' in my...Television
Turn it on...Television
Tune it in...Television
'n everything...Television…
I'm lookin' at...Television
Just like a cat...Television
that little set...Television
It never quits
Let me tell you I don't care…
By FONTAINES D.C. (2019)
On album Dogrel (2019)

…[Verse 1]
Saw the ice face fail
For the first time in years
And the water levels rise
'Round the television screens
All your…
…tough man looks
For which you had reserved
For a room full of mirrors
[Chorus]
On the television screen
On the television screen
On the television…
…screen
On the television screen
[Verse 2]
They fell as a child
On the beatdown grass…