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.
Another country heard from
Another circle broken
Another sentence uttered
Better left unspoken
And if your heart is open
it seems it may have sprung a leak
Drain it to the sewer and then
Take a drink
Now everything is spilling out
All your wounds are open
Please accept this tourniquet
as of my love a token
And though your mouth is open
you cannot find the words to speak
They have yet to name your disease
We've emptied out your ribcage
A verdant field gone fallow
Now you're going diving
where the water's shallow
And if your skin is sallow
The blood that drained was drained from me
Flush it to the sewer and
Get some relief
First you were a rich man
Then you were a poor man
Once you had the penthouse
Now you are the doorman
And though it's striking everyone
we never had the nerve to scream
They have yet to name your disease
Noone wants to buy the cow when they can suck her teats for free
Now I lay you on the ground and bid them eat your meat with me
Noone wants to buy the cow when they can suck your teats for free
Now I splay you on the ground and beg them eat your meat for me
Noone wants to buy the cow when they can suck her teats for free
Now I lay me on the ground and beg you strip my meat from mec
Another circle broken
Another sentence uttered
Better left unspoken
And if your heart is open
it seems it may have sprung a leak
Drain it to the sewer and then
Take a drink
Now everything is spilling out
All your wounds are open
Please accept this tourniquet
as of my love a token
And though your mouth is open
you cannot find the words to speak
They have yet to name your disease
We've emptied out your ribcage
A verdant field gone fallow
Now you're going diving
where the water's shallow
And if your skin is sallow
The blood that drained was drained from me
Flush it to the sewer and
Get some relief
First you were a rich man
Then you were a poor man
Once you had the penthouse
Now you are the doorman
And though it's striking everyone
we never had the nerve to scream
They have yet to name your disease
Noone wants to buy the cow when they can suck her teats for free
Now I lay you on the ground and bid them eat your meat with me
Noone wants to buy the cow when they can suck your teats for free
Now I splay you on the ground and beg them eat your meat for me
Noone wants to buy the cow when they can suck her teats for free
Now I lay me on the ground and beg you strip my meat from mec
Lyrics submitted by uvulittle
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