The sharks start to circle when they smell blood in the water
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The viewers tune in to watch the unfortunate suffer
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Bombarded with a never ending scourge of destruction
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Seduced my the media¡¯s macabre illustration
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We have front row seats for the televised slaughter
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Anxiously feeding on what the news has to offer
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Satisfying our morbid curiosity for human tragedy
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Consumed by the media feeding frenzy
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If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds
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If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds
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If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds
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Blood attracts the media to the feeding frenzy
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We¡¯ve become a nation of ghoulish blood-lusting addicts
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Bewitched by the drama of Hollywood-style theatrics
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The right lighting and music create the dire sense of urgency
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Where every single segment is an absolute emergency
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We¡¯ve become numb to the violence through sheer repetition
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It takes more and more gore to secure our attention
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More gruesome descriptions, more graphic desecratings
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By all of the networks competing for ratings
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If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds
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If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds
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If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds
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Blood attracts the media to the feeding frenzy
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School shooting- the media feeds
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Child abduction- the media feeds
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Gang slaying- the media feeds
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Terrorist bombing- the media feeds
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We¡¯re so easily enticed by the corporate blood-soaked approach
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We resent what we see but we can¡¯t help to watch
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So what are the long-term effects on our society?
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What is the result of all this spoon-fed anxiety?
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Instilled fear, hysteria and panic attacks
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A nation¡¯s emotional state on the verge of collapse
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Too terrified to venture out in the world our TV depicts
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So just lock your door and stay tuned to get your next fix
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If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds
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If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds
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If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds
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Blood attracts the media to the feeding frenzy
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Feeding Frenzy
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Behind Enemy Lines |