Billy Joel - sleeping with the television on

노래는 다이애너가 다른 사람들과의 관계에서 느끼는 방어적이고 주저하는 감정을 표현하고 있다
그녀는 믿을 수 있는 상대를 찾으려 하지만 과거의 상처로 인해 쉽게 다가가지 못하고, 결국 이 과정에서 외로움과 고독을 느끼며 TV와 함께 잠드는 모습을 그린다
결국 친구든 연인이든 누군가와 진정한 연결을 찾고 싶어하지만 두려움이 그 발걸음을 막고 있다

I've been watching you waltz all night Diane
Nobody's found a way behind your defenses
They never notice the zap gun in your hand
Until you're pointing it and stunning their senses

All night long, all night long
You'll shoot 'em down
because you're waiting for somebody good to come on
But you'll be sleeping with the television on

You say you're looking for someone solid here
You can't be bothered with those
`just for the night' boys
Tonight unless you take some kind of chances dear
Tomorrow morning you'll wake up with the white noise

All night long, all night long
You're only standing there
'cause somebody once did somebody wrong
But you'll be sleeping with the television on

Your eyes are saying talk to me, talk to me
But your attitude is ＂don't waste my time＂
Your eyes are saying talk to me, talk to me
But you won't hear a word
'cause it just might be the same old line

This isn't easy for me to say Diane
I know you don't need anybody's protection
I really wish I was less of a thinking man
And more a fool who's not afraid of rejection

All night long, all night long
I'll just be standing here
'cause I know I don't have the guts to come on
And I'll be sleeping with the television on

Your eyes are saying talk to me, talk to me
But my attitude is ＂boy, don't waste your time＂
Your eyes are saying talk to me, talk to me
But I won't say a word
'cause it just might be somebody else's same old line

All night long, all night long
We're only standing here
'cause somebody might do somebody wrong
And we'll be sleeping with the television on
Sleeping with the television on
Sleeping with the television on