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.
I gotta put me first
I gotta put me first
I gotta put me first, Lucious
I understand that, and I promise
Selfish, I just want you all to my own
These-these 'ches won't leave me alone
Damaged by the fact I'm alone
I put me first
I put me first, Lucian
What was it worth?
What was it worth in the end?
It was just a purse
It was just a purse, then again
I never seen a purse
Get took as personal as this
Don't make it worse
Don't make it worse than what it is
I spent a church
I spent a church on a Benz
I lost my shirt
Least now we playing shirts and skins
Shift to reverse
And then you skrrt off again
Lewinsky, treat me like the President
Don't look at me like I need medicine
Don't care what you heard, uh
Don't care what you heard, CNN
Even friends got a E-N-D at the end
Selfish, I just want you all to my own
These-these 'ches won't leave me alone
Damaged by the fact I'm alone
Selfish, I just want you all to my own
These-these 'ches won't leave me alone
Damaged by the fact I'm alone
I gotta put me first
I gotta put me first, Lucious
I understand that, and I promise
Selfish, I just want you all to my own
These-these 'ches won't leave me alone
Damaged by the fact I'm alone
I put me first
I put me first, Lucian
What was it worth?
What was it worth in the end?
It was just a purse
It was just a purse, then again
I never seen a purse
Get took as personal as this
Don't make it worse
Don't make it worse than what it is
I spent a church
I spent a church on a Benz
I lost my shirt
Least now we playing shirts and skins
Shift to reverse
And then you skrrt off again
Lewinsky, treat me like the President
Don't look at me like I need medicine
Don't care what you heard, uh
Don't care what you heard, CNN
Even friends got a E-N-D at the end
Selfish, I just want you all to my own
These-these 'ches won't leave me alone
Damaged by the fact I'm alone
Selfish, I just want you all to my own
These-these 'ches won't leave me alone
Damaged by the fact I'm alone
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