Coffee & TV
Blur · Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur [2009]
Practically floored
One of many zeros
Kicked around bored
Your ears are full but you're empty
Holding out your heart
To people who never really
Care how you are
Chorus:
So give me coffee and tv, please hurry
I've seen so much, I'm going blind
and i'm braindead virtually
Socialability is hard enough for me
Take me away from this big bad world
and agree to marry me
So we can start over again
Do you go to the country
It isn't very far
There's people there who will hurt you
'caus of who you are
Your ears are full of their language
there's wisdom there you're sure
Till the words start slurring
And you can't find the door
Chorus
Coffee & TV
Released on Blur's 2009 album Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur, 'Coffee & TV' serves as a reflective companion to the band's earlier work. The track captures the quiet moments of daily life, contrasting the mundane routine of drinking coffee with the passive engagement of television. It reflects the band's evolution from the energetic pop-punk of the 1990s to a more mature, introspective sound that acknowledges the passage of time and the complexities of modern existence. The song's production and lyrical focus on ordinary activities highlight the group's continued ability to find poetic resonance in the everyday, bridging their past influences with a contemporary perspective on midlife.