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 were so pretty on the small screen
But you look so different in the flesh though
You've got the weight of the world
On your ice cold shoulders
So it's so difficult to get
An answer from you
When I say that "Where have you been and how
Much you been smokin'?
What do you mean when you
Say that you love me?"
But you're never home and so
You wanna get a little bit closer to me
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby
You wanna live just like kings and queens
Then
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby get a little closer
You're locked in your cellphone, oh
You've not looked up at me in a while now
You got the world in your hands
But your hands are frozen
So it's so difficult to get
An answer from you
When I say that "Where have you been and how
Much you been drinkin'?
What do you mean when you
Say that you love me?"
But you're never home and so
You wanna get a little bit closer to me
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby
You wanna live just like kings and queens
Then
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby get a little closer
A little bit closer, baby
A little bit closer
A little bit closer, baby
A little bit closer
You wanna get a little bit closer to me
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby
You wanna live just like kings and queens
Then
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby
If you wanna get closer to me, baby
Then get closer, baby (closer, baby)
Closer, baby
If you wanna get closer to me, baby
Then get closer, baby (closer, baby)
Closer, baby
But you look so different in the flesh though
You've got the weight of the world
On your ice cold shoulders
So it's so difficult to get
An answer from you
When I say that "Where have you been and how
Much you been smokin'?
What do you mean when you
Say that you love me?"
But you're never home and so
You wanna get a little bit closer to me
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby
You wanna live just like kings and queens
Then
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby get a little closer
You're locked in your cellphone, oh
You've not looked up at me in a while now
You got the world in your hands
But your hands are frozen
So it's so difficult to get
An answer from you
When I say that "Where have you been and how
Much you been drinkin'?
What do you mean when you
Say that you love me?"
But you're never home and so
You wanna get a little bit closer to me
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby
You wanna live just like kings and queens
Then
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby get a little closer
A little bit closer, baby
A little bit closer
A little bit closer, baby
A little bit closer
You wanna get a little bit closer to me
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby
You wanna live just like kings and queens
Then
You better step back and look at yourself
Baby
If you wanna get closer to me, baby
Then get closer, baby (closer, baby)
Closer, baby
If you wanna get closer to me, baby
Then get closer, baby (closer, baby)
Closer, baby
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