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there is a television inside my head

I watch it as I lie down to go to bed

I cringe each time that something is said

this television is something that I dread



I watch the sports channel as it plays a football game

but these aren't the players that are in the hall of fame

these are monsters attacking each other just the same

they attack me and my play is one that is quite lame



I watch the weather channel and there is a heat wave coming through

I feel the heat smothering in my blood stream, thickening like glue

the sun stays up all night, never sleeping and I don't know what to do

the heat wave has lasted months so this is nothing that is new



I watch the dicovery channel and discover myself in a false image

I have drawn a self portrait of failure and hate when I am finished

all I see are my doubts, my weaknesses and all of my limits

but determined to be something I take my life and I live it



I watch the horror movie that is on HBO

the monsters captured me and won't let me go

what is going to happen next, I never know

but they will win and I will take each blow



I watch comedy central but it isn't funny

all they show are the monsters hurting me

and maybe it is all really make believe

but to me it feels like a sort of reality



I watch the news but as their top storyline

I am in captivity and they are running out of time

to catch these horrible monsters committing every crime

so they all forget me and go on and I am left behind



on every political channel there is an update on the war

it is getting worse just like every single day before

along the way they forgot what they were fighting for

though they have lost their meaning they still fight more



this is the television in my head

it makes me feel like I am dead

anger makes my face turn red

someone get it out of my head