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.
Tonight, there's gonna be a fight
So if you need a place to go
Got a two room slum
A mattress and a gun
And the cops don't ever show
So come right in
Cuz everybody sins
Welcome to the scene of the crime
You want it, believe it, we got it if you need it
The devil is a friend of mine
Well if you think it's crazy, you ain't seen a thing
Just wait untill we're goin down in flames
Chorus
We are, we are the saints
We signed our life away
Doesn't matter what you think
We're gonna do it anyway
We are, we are the saints
One day you will confess
And pray to the saints of Los Angeles
Red line, tripping on a land mine
Sippin at the Troubadour
Girls passed out, naked in the back lounge
Everybody's goin to score
She's all jacked up, she's down on her luck
You wan't it, you need it the devil's gonna feed it
Don't cha say it's crazy, you don't know a thing
Just wait untill we're going down in flames
We are, we are the saints
We signed our life away
Doesn't matter what you think
We're gonna do it anyway
We are, we are the saints
One day you will confess
And pray to the saints of Los Angeles
Solo
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
We are, we are the saints
We signed our life away
Doesn't matter what you think
We're gonna do it anyway
We are, we are the saints
One day you will confess
And pray to the saints of Los Angeles
We are, we are the saints
We signed our life away
Doesn't matter what you think
We're gonna do it anyway
We are, we are the saints
One day you will confess
And pray to the saints of Los Angeles
So if you need a place to go
Got a two room slum
A mattress and a gun
And the cops don't ever show
So come right in
Cuz everybody sins
Welcome to the scene of the crime
You want it, believe it, we got it if you need it
The devil is a friend of mine
Well if you think it's crazy, you ain't seen a thing
Just wait untill we're goin down in flames
Chorus
We are, we are the saints
We signed our life away
Doesn't matter what you think
We're gonna do it anyway
We are, we are the saints
One day you will confess
And pray to the saints of Los Angeles
Red line, tripping on a land mine
Sippin at the Troubadour
Girls passed out, naked in the back lounge
Everybody's goin to score
She's all jacked up, she's down on her luck
You wan't it, you need it the devil's gonna feed it
Don't cha say it's crazy, you don't know a thing
Just wait untill we're going down in flames
We are, we are the saints
We signed our life away
Doesn't matter what you think
We're gonna do it anyway
We are, we are the saints
One day you will confess
And pray to the saints of Los Angeles
Solo
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
We are, we are the saints
We signed our life away
Doesn't matter what you think
We're gonna do it anyway
We are, we are the saints
One day you will confess
And pray to the saints of Los Angeles
We are, we are the saints
We signed our life away
Doesn't matter what you think
We're gonna do it anyway
We are, we are the saints
One day you will confess
And pray to the saints of Los Angeles
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Saints Of Los Angeles Lyrics as written by Martin H Frederiksen Darren Jay Ashba
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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such a sick song.
so true Kiersti123 if you read the heroin diaries, its all in there
It's all in The Dirt too. The Dirt is about all of Motley, whereas the Heroin Diaries is Nikki. Either way, great song! Old school Crue!!
papa roach and buck cherry sing in it too
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I thought the lil bit was keep it low keep it low, as that what his hand gestures in the video
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