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.
Do you remember the days
When our blue eyes were blinded and we found ourselves?
The brightest stars eclipsed by a windblown sun
We all know that life's not forever
Why can't you see that you'll always be weightless without gravity?
What are you running away from? (Running away from)
Will you ever come back home?
So while you're searching for some direction
Try to remember that I'm still waiting
Why did you run away
Or was it home that ran away from you?
You said that you would stay
So where do you belong when things start to change?
We can't choose where we've come from (Where we've come from)
But we can choose where we go from here
Maybe then things will be different
When you can see there's still life in a dying tree
We'll walk in an evergreen park
Holding hands, we begin to depart
Face to face, eye to eye
On a deathbed we will lie
What brought us together will tear us apart
Heart to heart, yours and mine
Bathed in sunlight, we will shine forever
So while you're searching for some direction
Try to remember that I'm still waiting
Why did you run away
Or was it home that ran away from you?
You said that you would stay
So where do you belong when things start to change?
We can't choose where we've come from (Where we've come from)
But we can choose where we go from here
I now know that time is forever
We are free and we'll always be voices
Unbound in eternity
Why did you run away
Or was it home that ran away from you?
You said that you would stay
So where do you belong when things start to change?
We can't choose where we've come from (Where we've come from)
But we can choose where we go from here
When our blue eyes were blinded and we found ourselves?
The brightest stars eclipsed by a windblown sun
We all know that life's not forever
Why can't you see that you'll always be weightless without gravity?
What are you running away from? (Running away from)
Will you ever come back home?
So while you're searching for some direction
Try to remember that I'm still waiting
Why did you run away
Or was it home that ran away from you?
You said that you would stay
So where do you belong when things start to change?
We can't choose where we've come from (Where we've come from)
But we can choose where we go from here
Maybe then things will be different
When you can see there's still life in a dying tree
We'll walk in an evergreen park
Holding hands, we begin to depart
Face to face, eye to eye
On a deathbed we will lie
What brought us together will tear us apart
Heart to heart, yours and mine
Bathed in sunlight, we will shine forever
So while you're searching for some direction
Try to remember that I'm still waiting
Why did you run away
Or was it home that ran away from you?
You said that you would stay
So where do you belong when things start to change?
We can't choose where we've come from (Where we've come from)
But we can choose where we go from here
I now know that time is forever
We are free and we'll always be voices
Unbound in eternity
Why did you run away
Or was it home that ran away from you?
You said that you would stay
So where do you belong when things start to change?
We can't choose where we've come from (Where we've come from)
But we can choose where we go from here
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