IDEA: What is soma? In the book Brave New World, a futuristic society has integrated an addictive drug (soma)into their culture. Soma is a drug that numbs the senses of the people. I believe television is the soma in our modern societies.

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IDEA: What is soma? In the book Brave New World, a futuristic society has integrated an addictive drug (soma)into their culture. Soma is a drug that numbs the senses of the people. I believe television is the soma in our modern societies.

Give me my soma
Lay-Z- Boy sofa
Where’s the remote control?

Give me a sitcom
Movie or game show
Whatever’s the latest rage
All the world’s a stage

It’s hard to pray with the TV on
Even harder to turn it off
In a brave new world

Feeding off a satellite
One with the matrix
Where dreams feel real
And reality feels like dreaming
I want to wake up
Journey to Zion
Even Alice had to leave this wonderland behind

It’s hard to pray with the TV on
Even harder to turn it off

In a brave new world today

This is an SOS to my first love
An IOU to a late night show

I’m learning to pray with the TV off
Waiting to see what unfolds