Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
Here they come to steal my soul
Ghost train
Wait it out until I know
Ghost train
Trying not to feel like,
Ghost train
Moving up until I go go
Ghost train
She was not,
Ghost train
Trying to hear in my heart
Ghost train
Trying not to feel like,
Ghost train
Moving up until I'm taught to your side
Ghost train
Yeah yeah yeah
Ghost train
Got suicide for my baby
Ghost train
Living up until I'm,
Ghost train
Seeing like I'm,
Ghost train
Moving up and taught I'm a weapon
Ghost train
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ghost train
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ghost train
I see myself pretend how to get there
Ghost train
Down a poisoned,
Ghost train
Come on come on come on!
Ghost train!
Come on come on come on!
Ghost train train train
Got suicide for my baby
Ghost train
Living up until I,
Ghost train
Seeing like I'm,
Ghost train
Moving up and taught I'm a weapon
Ghost train
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ghost train
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ghost train
I see myself pretend how to get there
Ghost train
Down a poisoned,
Ghost train
(middle bit)
Come on come on come on!
Ghost train!
Come on come on come on!
Ghost train!
Ghost train
Wait it out until I know
Ghost train
Trying not to feel like,
Ghost train
Moving up until I go go
Ghost train
She was not,
Ghost train
Trying to hear in my heart
Ghost train
Trying not to feel like,
Ghost train
Moving up until I'm taught to your side
Ghost train
Yeah yeah yeah
Ghost train
Got suicide for my baby
Ghost train
Living up until I'm,
Ghost train
Seeing like I'm,
Ghost train
Moving up and taught I'm a weapon
Ghost train
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ghost train
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ghost train
I see myself pretend how to get there
Ghost train
Down a poisoned,
Ghost train
Come on come on come on!
Ghost train!
Come on come on come on!
Ghost train train train
Got suicide for my baby
Ghost train
Living up until I,
Ghost train
Seeing like I'm,
Ghost train
Moving up and taught I'm a weapon
Ghost train
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ghost train
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ghost train
I see myself pretend how to get there
Ghost train
Down a poisoned,
Ghost train
(middle bit)
Come on come on come on!
Ghost train!
Come on come on come on!
Ghost train!
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
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Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Here's the lyrics from gorillaz-unofficial:
Here they come to steal my soul (Ghost train) Wait it out until I know (Ghost train) Trying not to feel I give it (Ghost train) Moving up until I go go go (Ghost train)
She was not to hear about me leaving (Ghost train) Trying to be near my heart (Ghost train) Trying not to feel like bleeding (Ghost train) Moving up until I'm taught to your side (Ghost train)
Yeah yeah yeah (Ghost train)
Got suicide for my baby (Ghost train) Living up until I wanted (Ghost train) Seeing like I'm out of bed, yeah (Ghost train) Moving up and taught I'm a weapon (Ghost train)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (Ghost train) Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (Ghost train)
I see myself pretend how to get there (Ghost train) Dripping down, I'm poisoned on the street (Ghost train)
Come on come on come on! (Ghost train) Come on come on come on! (Ghost train)
Got suicide for my baby (Ghost train) Living up until I wanted (Ghost train) Seeing like I'm out of bed, yeah (Ghost train) Moving up and taught I'm a weapon (Ghost train)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (Ghost train) Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (Ghost train)
I see myself pretend how to get there (Ghost train) Dripping down, I'm poisoned on the street (Ghost train)
[Deep vocal, heavy reverb, incomprehensible]
Come on come on come on! (Ghost train) Come on come on come on! (Ghost train)