Channel Zero (Reality) Lyrics

We call it television. It could be used as the greatest form of mass communication of knowledge that exists in the present day. However what we see on our screens is merely a very acute reflection of the path that mankind has taken in ‘his' short and somewhat erratic existence. Is it not ironic that the knowledge and technology that brought forth this marvellous invention could not be put to further use in the field of eliminating some of the struggles that stand before the progression of humanity? For example – learning to live in true cohesion with our environment and ridding ourselves of the burdens of poverty, inequality and greed Like many other ‘advancements‘ in the practice of human science.Television has been put to use in a wholly retrogressive way. Far from enhancing the qualities of life, it's possible benefits have been largely overlooked. What we are left with is the mirror image of our own shallow and pretentious little ‘worlds'. We laugh, we cry, we feel hatred, we feel love as we absorb ourselves within the characters portrayed on the screen. Whereas if we were to take a step sideways we might recognise the characters as being several shades of ourselves. Television, to most, is regarded as a primary source of entertainment rather than one of many possible forms of education or enlightenment. We allow ourselves to switch our own minds off as we plug into that of another. On the whole television does nothing more than put into prospective our own shortcomings

Turn away from the cathode ray and face reality...
A world of greed, pretence and fear and misery
The focal point of view is the means for our escape
And until we realise this problem the show remains the same

CHANNEL ZERO (REALITY)