What Is This Darkness? Songtext

What is this darkness? That's right behind your couch That strangles you on TV And puts cotton in your mouth? There's a bomber overhead And there's a famine down the street What is this darkness that we're afraid to meet? A network interruption A TV bulletin Our eyes are glued to the screen There's a monster coming in In about an hour That's when the torture starts A sound is in the living room And it almost stops your heart What is this darkness That paralyzes us That makes the world a monster And takes away our trust.