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.
Where are we?
What the hell is going on?
The dust has only
Just begun to fall
Crop circles in the carpet
Sinking feeling
Spin me round again
And rub my eyes
This can't be happening
When busy streets a mess with people
Would stop to hold their heads heavy
Hide and seek
Trains and sewing machines
All those years
They were here first
Oily marks appear on walls
Where pleasure moments hung before
The takeover
The sweeping insensitivity
Of this
Still life
Hide and seek
Trains and sewing machines
All those years
They were here first
Whatcha say? Mmm
That you only meant well, well of course you did
Whatcha say? Mmm This it's all for the best, of course it is
Whatcha say? Mmm That it's just what we need, and you decided this?
Whatcha say? Mmm What did you say?
Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
Mid sweet talk newspaper word cut outs
Speak no feeling no I don't believe you
You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit.
Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
Mid sweet talk newspaper word cut outs (paper word cut outs)
Speak no feeling no I don't believe you (I don't believe you)
You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit.
Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
Mid sweet talk newspaper word cut outs
Speak no feeling no I don't believe you
You don't care a bit. You don't...
You don't care a bit. No
You don't care a bit. No
You don't care a bit. No
You don't care a bit.
You don't care a bit
You don't care a bit. No
You don't care a bit. No
You don't care a bit.
You don't care a bit.
What the hell is going on?
The dust has only
Just begun to fall
Crop circles in the carpet
Sinking feeling
Spin me round again
And rub my eyes
This can't be happening
When busy streets a mess with people
Would stop to hold their heads heavy
Hide and seek
Trains and sewing machines
All those years
They were here first
Oily marks appear on walls
Where pleasure moments hung before
The takeover
The sweeping insensitivity
Of this
Still life
Hide and seek
Trains and sewing machines
All those years
They were here first
Whatcha say? Mmm
That you only meant well, well of course you did
Whatcha say? Mmm This it's all for the best, of course it is
Whatcha say? Mmm That it's just what we need, and you decided this?
Whatcha say? Mmm What did you say?
Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
Mid sweet talk newspaper word cut outs
Speak no feeling no I don't believe you
You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit.
Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
Mid sweet talk newspaper word cut outs (paper word cut outs)
Speak no feeling no I don't believe you (I don't believe you)
You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit.
Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
Mid sweet talk newspaper word cut outs
Speak no feeling no I don't believe you
You don't care a bit. You don't...
You don't care a bit. No
You don't care a bit. No
You don't care a bit. No
You don't care a bit.
You don't care a bit
You don't care a bit. No
You don't care a bit. No
You don't care a bit.
You don't care a bit.
Lyrics submitted by Lil_Heartagram
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