"I was on an airplane last year when a talk show began playing on the TVs. I decided to start narrating for the people, which is a really great game if you're ever bored enough. I realized a time will probably come when television will watch us if we're watching it, if that hasn't already happened, figuratively or literally. It sounded like some sort of pseudo-Big Brother nightmare, so I wrote it down. " ~Brandon Boyd

Incubus: Talk shows on mute lyrics
Take a bow
Pack on powder
Wash 'em out with buzzing lights
Pay an audience to care
Impress me personality

Still and transfixed
The electric sheep (=a reference to the sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" it was about clones)
Are dreaming of your face
Enjoy you from the chemical (not sure what this means, "the chemical comfort of america? hmm)
Comfort of America

Come one
Come all
Into 1984 (from james orwell's novel named 1984 and sorta comparing bush to totalitarian regime described in the book)
Yeah, three, two, one
Lights, camera, transaction

Quick, your time is almost up
Make all forget that they're the moth
Edging in, towards the flame
Burn into obscurity

Still and transfixed
the electric sheep
are dreaming up your fate
We judge you from
the card castle (card casle= flimsy, so flimsy, false comfort of america)
comfort of America

Come one
Come all
Into 1984
Yeah, three, two, one
Lights, camera...

Come one
Come all
To 1984
Yeah, three, two, one
Lights, camera, transaction

The foundation is canyoning
Fault lines should be worn with pride
I hate to say it
You're so much more
You're so much more
Endearing with the sound turned off.

well, a lot of poeple say it has to do with bush and stuff, but i agree with the people who say that this is just about how tv brainwashes society and praise celebrities. The sheeps kinda refer to clones, and sheeps follow, so people are being followers. As far as the book 1984 goes, the song is trying to tell us not to be like sheep/followers/clones and think for ourselves, or we would end up being in a society like in the book 1984. And in brandon's quote, he says that maybe one day, the tv's will start watching us, like in the book where people are always silently watching you. So what do you think? Has n e one ever read the book 1984, i just got this info from other sources, thought it was interesting and i love love love the song.

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