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.
Angry White Buy
Biting the bullet
Biting his tongue
Biding his time
Ringing the bell
Stacking the deck
Throwing the curve
Drawing the line
All things being equal
All things being equal
All things being equal they're not
Angry White Guy
Pounding the beat
Pounding the man
Beating the wrath
Digging the ditch
Digging it deep
Releasing the dogs
Springing the trap
All things being equal
All things being equal
All things being equal they're not
After all isn't God
An Angry White Guy
Angry White Guy
Angry White Guy
Angry White Guy
After digging the gig with the pig we go hit the shindig
Out in the birdcage [?] with the homes of the big
And the n we're mixing it up and we're dancing it up
And a cocktail, a cocktail I'm laughing it up
Because everybody there is just a little bit tight
And everybody's white, and they're leaning to the right
And that's when I hear you talking that shite
About those people in the ghetto
How they ain't living right
How they're lazy down on the scary side of town
How it's their own damn fault how they keep themselves down
And my wide smile became a frown
And I had to slip up a trip and lay it down
This is a land of opportunity and not a land of charity
And those who have immunity want to broaden this disparity
Do you hear me clearly? You got a question about my clarity?
Am I too light to be supplied are you too white for this analogy?
Well the great rev said so and so I know I'm not
But I recognize all the breaks that I got
Cause my skin gets me in and my skin gets me by
My skin helps me win and I don't have to wonder why
There are some people who have to grow up so much harder than I do
If I grew up in the projects things might not be so cool
No matter how much I work no matter how hard I did
To keep my language and color and heritage hid
So you roll up your windows and pretend you don't see them
Then you lecture us all on equality and freedom
How I wish a dark skin would grow all over you
We'd see who's got the same "opportunity" as who
All things being equal
All things being equal
All things being equal they're not
After all isn't God
After all isn't God
An Angry White Guy
Biting the bullet
Biting his tongue
Biding his time
Ringing the bell
Stacking the deck
Throwing the curve
Drawing the line
All things being equal
All things being equal
All things being equal they're not
Angry White Guy
Pounding the beat
Pounding the man
Beating the wrath
Digging the ditch
Digging it deep
Releasing the dogs
Springing the trap
All things being equal
All things being equal
All things being equal they're not
After all isn't God
An Angry White Guy
Angry White Guy
Angry White Guy
Angry White Guy
After digging the gig with the pig we go hit the shindig
Out in the birdcage [?] with the homes of the big
And the n we're mixing it up and we're dancing it up
And a cocktail, a cocktail I'm laughing it up
Because everybody there is just a little bit tight
And everybody's white, and they're leaning to the right
And that's when I hear you talking that shite
About those people in the ghetto
How they ain't living right
How they're lazy down on the scary side of town
How it's their own damn fault how they keep themselves down
And my wide smile became a frown
And I had to slip up a trip and lay it down
This is a land of opportunity and not a land of charity
And those who have immunity want to broaden this disparity
Do you hear me clearly? You got a question about my clarity?
Am I too light to be supplied are you too white for this analogy?
Well the great rev said so and so I know I'm not
But I recognize all the breaks that I got
Cause my skin gets me in and my skin gets me by
My skin helps me win and I don't have to wonder why
There are some people who have to grow up so much harder than I do
If I grew up in the projects things might not be so cool
No matter how much I work no matter how hard I did
To keep my language and color and heritage hid
So you roll up your windows and pretend you don't see them
Then you lecture us all on equality and freedom
How I wish a dark skin would grow all over you
We'd see who's got the same "opportunity" as who
All things being equal
All things being equal
All things being equal they're not
After all isn't God
After all isn't God
An Angry White Guy
Lyrics submitted by Franztastic
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