It's nothing to do with love, you kids are so hung up on that...the song is called insomnia, it's about not being able to sleep. The "screen" that he's talking about is the TV and he's waiting for some sign that the world will be okay. If you've ever had insomnia then "an itch I'll never stop scratching, a hole I'll never quite fill" describes it perfectly.
It's nothing to do with love, you kids are so hung up on that...the song is called insomnia, it's about not being able to sleep. The "screen" that he's talking about is the TV and he's waiting for some sign that the world will be okay. If you've ever had insomnia then "an itch I'll never stop scratching, a hole I'll never quite fill" describes it perfectly.