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 wrote my letter, yeah I wrote my letter today
The little letter gonna have to go a long, long way
I miss my lover, yeah I write a letter everyday
The only thing is that my lover don't ever write me
Yeah
Oh, I want a letter to read
All that I had
All that I ever loved is lost in the past
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to
Read all alone, me and your memory before I let go
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to read
I wait all day by the mailbox on the street
The postman don't stop he just walk past me
Maybe it's the way that is meant to be, yeah
Maybe it's the way I'm supposed to grieve
Yeah
Oh, I want a letter to
All that I had
All that I ever loved is lost in the past
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to
Read all alone, me and your memory before I let go
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to read
Love is just a syllable, and pain's the same (pain's the same)
So is it just a little overkill writing the days away?
I wrote my lover, yeah I wrote my lover today
The little letter gonna have to go a long, long way
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter
All that I had (all that I had)
All that I ever loved is lost in the past (lost in the past)
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to
Read all alone (all alone)
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to
Before I let go (I let go)
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to read
The little letter gonna have to go a long, long way
I miss my lover, yeah I write a letter everyday
The only thing is that my lover don't ever write me
Yeah
Oh, I want a letter to read
All that I had
All that I ever loved is lost in the past
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to
Read all alone, me and your memory before I let go
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to read
I wait all day by the mailbox on the street
The postman don't stop he just walk past me
Maybe it's the way that is meant to be, yeah
Maybe it's the way I'm supposed to grieve
Yeah
Oh, I want a letter to
All that I had
All that I ever loved is lost in the past
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to
Read all alone, me and your memory before I let go
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to read
Love is just a syllable, and pain's the same (pain's the same)
So is it just a little overkill writing the days away?
I wrote my lover, yeah I wrote my lover today
The little letter gonna have to go a long, long way
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter
All that I had (all that I had)
All that I ever loved is lost in the past (lost in the past)
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to
Read all alone (all alone)
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to
Before I let go (I let go)
I want a letter, want a letter, want a letter to read
Lyrics submitted by nandapalaoro
Letter Lyrics as written by Brian John Howes Ryan Lee Guldemond
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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From my understanding, while it seems like this song is about unrequited love between this guy and his ex-lover, Ryan said that it was actually about the narrator kind of self-reflecting on his past life and "romanticizing the past" to quote from said singer.
I did a little thinking on this (I was pretty confused on the actual meaning considering the lyrics), but I decided to go back and listen to it with this perspective in mind, and it actually does make a little sense the more you think about it.
This guy taking a look back onto his past life, maybe he was happier years ago and his life's grown to be not so happy because some life changing event happened or something, and he's basically begging somebody to give him a chance to experience his past life before he ultimately has to give that up and move on with his life. "All that I ever loved is lost in the past", "me and your memory before I let go", and "So is it just a little overkill writing the days away?" are lines that personally help me to understand Ryan's interpretation better on the song.