This is pretty damn close to the way I grew up. The family time was consumed every night with watching television: my mother in a chair, dad on the sofa, me lying on the floor and my brother sitting behind me. That was our family unit, and it`s something I was very comfortable with. When I can get my wife and kids to watch television with me, I get a sense of comfort - it`s like what I remember. As long as they`re watching, I don`t have to; I read or something. But at least we`re all there together.
The guy in the song doesn`t understand why his kids would come over to his house. He thinks, "They have their own TVs; why do they want to come over and watch mine? If you have a television, why would you go anywhere?" That`s where this person lives - it`s his country, televisionland. When I go see my father, he just wants me to go home so he can watch "Matlock." But I`ve felt the same thing. I`m watching a ball game and one of my kids threatens to come over, and I say to myself, "Shit." Hopefully I`m not that bad, but I`m pretty close to it.
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