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.
Day and night, uh, huh
Verse 3, uh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Check this out
In the killer spot, she was watching me
She can't keep her little eyes off of me
Like a speed track, she was clocking me
I know you seen the videos on TV
But a proper could it be, must be the money
That got you checking me, ooh ooh yeah
She don't even know me but she's checking me out
I could see it in her eyes that she's ready to bounce
With me, ooh baby, baby
Now all your lines wanna change ya things
Money misses all, such a fantasy, oh oh
That's just the way it is
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't check me
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Oh yeah
Now she's telling me about her problems
Looking at me like I can solve them
'Bout her she gets her hair, nails done proper
All I gotta say is that you ain't getting nada
Telling me that I'm the fava
The only one that could save her
The only man that she dreams about
The only man that she never doubts
She don't even know me but she's checking me out
I can see in her eyes that she's ready to bounce
With me, ooh yeah
Now all your lines wanna change ya things
Money misses all, such a fantasy, oh oh
That's just the way it is
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't check me
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Tell me, ooh
Could it be the car that I am driving
House that you thinking that I am flying
Or is it the lifestyle that I am living
All you really wanna do, I wanna get it
Could it be the car that I am driving
House that you thinking that I am flying
Or is it the lifestyle that I am living
All you really wanna do, want to get it, baby, yeah
Could it be a
Could it be a
Tell me, tell me
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Come on, come down
Verse 3, uh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Check this out
In the killer spot, she was watching me
She can't keep her little eyes off of me
Like a speed track, she was clocking me
I know you seen the videos on TV
But a proper could it be, must be the money
That got you checking me, ooh ooh yeah
She don't even know me but she's checking me out
I could see it in her eyes that she's ready to bounce
With me, ooh baby, baby
Now all your lines wanna change ya things
Money misses all, such a fantasy, oh oh
That's just the way it is
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't check me
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Oh yeah
Now she's telling me about her problems
Looking at me like I can solve them
'Bout her she gets her hair, nails done proper
All I gotta say is that you ain't getting nada
Telling me that I'm the fava
The only one that could save her
The only man that she dreams about
The only man that she never doubts
She don't even know me but she's checking me out
I can see in her eyes that she's ready to bounce
With me, ooh yeah
Now all your lines wanna change ya things
Money misses all, such a fantasy, oh oh
That's just the way it is
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't check me
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Tell me, ooh
Could it be the car that I am driving
House that you thinking that I am flying
Or is it the lifestyle that I am living
All you really wanna do, I wanna get it
Could it be the car that I am driving
House that you thinking that I am flying
Or is it the lifestyle that I am living
All you really wanna do, want to get it, baby, yeah
Could it be a
Could it be a
Tell me, tell me
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
If it wasn't for the ice, she wouldn't
Bentleys and the coupes, she wouldn't, oh oh oh
House with the flat TVs, 3 or 4 SUVs
Rollies all iced out, she's screaming for this lifestyle, oh oh
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Come on, come down
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