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.
One hundred years ago isn't long
Would you be blamed for another's wrong
Generations claiming retribution
While your poets & your prophets are yelling "execution"
Who's building the walls now?
Who's building the walls now?
I never held you down
I never put you down
I never held you down
Let's be brothers
Ten billion people all unique
You've only got one thing in common
The color of your cheeks
You put down your brothers who found a way to fit in
It's survival of the fittest
But you say they've betrayed their own kin
Who's building the walls now?
Who's building the walls now?
I never held you down
I never put you down
I never held you down
Let's be brothers
I'll never say you have no right
But the only cure today is not to fight
Hate will not stop hate, I know I'm right
But when you trust a man today whose skin is white
Who's putting the chains on now?
Who's putting the chains on now?
I never held you down
I never put you down
I never held you down
Let's be brothers
Would you be blamed for another's wrong
Generations claiming retribution
While your poets & your prophets are yelling "execution"
Who's building the walls now?
Who's building the walls now?
I never held you down
I never put you down
I never held you down
Let's be brothers
Ten billion people all unique
You've only got one thing in common
The color of your cheeks
You put down your brothers who found a way to fit in
It's survival of the fittest
But you say they've betrayed their own kin
Who's building the walls now?
Who's building the walls now?
I never held you down
I never put you down
I never held you down
Let's be brothers
I'll never say you have no right
But the only cure today is not to fight
Hate will not stop hate, I know I'm right
But when you trust a man today whose skin is white
Who's putting the chains on now?
Who's putting the chains on now?
I never held you down
I never put you down
I never held you down
Let's be brothers
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28
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