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.
You’re determined by faith
You pretend to make up
You lay out your case like the enemy
But all that you got through dirty white lies
Can’t find the damned correct way of blaming me
For your crimes
Won’t you talk to me
Don’t laugh and run away
I’m onto you, yesterday
With empty eyes
I don’t know where I’m going
In search for answers
I don’t know who I’m fighting
I stand with empty eyes
You’re like a ghost within me
Who’s draining my life
It’s like my soul is see through
Right through my empty eyes
Right through my empty eyes
I’m about to give in
Got nowhere to go
Afraid of the sense, I’m holding on
There’s no other way
No doubt in the end
But I ain’t got a thing to lose
Nothing to defend
Won’t you talk to me
Don’t laugh and run away
I’m onto you, yesterday
With empty eyes
I don’t know where I’m going
In search for answers
I don’t know who I’m fighting
I stand with empty eyes
You’re like a ghost within me
Who’s draining my life
It’s like my soul is see through
Right through my empty eyes
Please won’t you give in to me
Won’t you finally speak true from lie
You’re determined by faith
You pretend to make up
You lay out your case like the enemy
Like the enemy
With empty eyes
I don’t know where I’m going
In search for answers
I don’t know who I’m fighting
I stand with empty eyes
You’re like a ghost within me
Who’s draining my life
It’s like my soul is see through
Right through my empty eyes
Right through my empty eyes
You pretend to make up
You lay out your case like the enemy
But all that you got through dirty white lies
Can’t find the damned correct way of blaming me
For your crimes
Won’t you talk to me
Don’t laugh and run away
I’m onto you, yesterday
With empty eyes
I don’t know where I’m going
In search for answers
I don’t know who I’m fighting
I stand with empty eyes
You’re like a ghost within me
Who’s draining my life
It’s like my soul is see through
Right through my empty eyes
Right through my empty eyes
I’m about to give in
Got nowhere to go
Afraid of the sense, I’m holding on
There’s no other way
No doubt in the end
But I ain’t got a thing to lose
Nothing to defend
Won’t you talk to me
Don’t laugh and run away
I’m onto you, yesterday
With empty eyes
I don’t know where I’m going
In search for answers
I don’t know who I’m fighting
I stand with empty eyes
You’re like a ghost within me
Who’s draining my life
It’s like my soul is see through
Right through my empty eyes
Please won’t you give in to me
Won’t you finally speak true from lie
You’re determined by faith
You pretend to make up
You lay out your case like the enemy
Like the enemy
With empty eyes
I don’t know where I’m going
In search for answers
I don’t know who I’m fighting
I stand with empty eyes
You’re like a ghost within me
Who’s draining my life
It’s like my soul is see through
Right through my empty eyes
Right through my empty eyes
Lyrics submitted by EpicNight13
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