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Fontaines D.C. – Television Screens lyrics
[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
No cutting, no bruising
Not a mark to be seen
And so some become lost
As their passions will see
Illustrated well
By the television screen
Shall we tangle our thinking?
Shall we give it a name?
Let it sit at the table
Bring it in from the rain
I could lay you right down
On these lively living streets
And still you'd not know
How the city heart beats


[Chorus]
On the television screen
On the television screen
On the television screen
On the television screen

[Verse 3]
You're a cluster of nothing
You are a beauty for the sake
How dare you go about living
As a relic from a dream
As the sky shutters down
On the antiquated scene
On the room full of mirrors

[Chorus]
On the television screen
On the television screen
On the television screen
On the television screen
On the television screen
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Songwriters: Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan III, Grian Chatten, Tom Coll
Television Screens lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Television Screens meanings

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    fuddy
    wow. I just hear this song for the first time tonight. Heard it on the radio and had to soundhound it and I've read the lyrics maybe ten times. Sometimes I read the different stanzas as a continuous set of events. Sometimes I read them as sepeate stories loosely tied together. I've read it as a political piece. I've read it as an environmental piece. I've read it as a love poem. I guess it is the kind of song that can make you sign up for a website like this. As for what it all means? I still have no idea.
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    I interpret the song as a story about life growing up in Dublin, having to be tough but it's not always possible. Television Screens = eyes (?).
    Ice face fails = finally broke

    Fell as a child, on th3 beat down grass, no cutting no bruising...= emotionally, mentally tough after years of disappointment and pain.

    Tangle our thinking, bring it in from the rain = someone offering to help, but no matter how much rhat persons wants to talk and help, they'll never understand what life is like growing up in Dublin.
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      fuddy
      wow. I just hear this song for the first time tonight. Heard it on the radio and had to soundhound... Read more →

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