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.
Call it all for nothing
But I'd rather be nothing to you
Than be a part of something
Of something that I didn't do
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
I can be the best to you, be the best to you
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
I can be the best to you, be the best to you
Part of me is faking
Faking it all just for fun
Part of me is breaking
Breaking apart when you come
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you be the best to you (oh)
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you, be the best to you
I feel my bones, I feel my bones, I feel my bones crack in your arms
And I can tell you what you want but I tell you all the things I like
And if I keep myself away would you chase in the dead of night
And I can't be the girl you want but I can be the thing you
Throw away, throw away, throw away
Throw away, throw away, you throw away
Throw away, throw away, throw away
Throw away, throw away, you throw away
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you, be the best to you (oh)
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you, be the best to you
But I'd rather be nothing to you
Than be a part of something
Of something that I didn't do
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
I can be the best to you, be the best to you
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
I can be the best to you, be the best to you
Part of me is faking
Faking it all just for fun
Part of me is breaking
Breaking apart when you come
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you be the best to you (oh)
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you, be the best to you
I feel my bones, I feel my bones, I feel my bones crack in your arms
And I can tell you what you want but I tell you all the things I like
And if I keep myself away would you chase in the dead of night
And I can't be the girl you want but I can be the thing you
Throw away, throw away, throw away
Throw away, throw away, you throw away
Throw away, throw away, throw away
Throw away, throw away, you throw away
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you, be the best to you (oh)
(Do you really want to?)
I can be the only one
(Did he even notice?)
Who can be the best to you, be the best to you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Best to You Lyrics as written by Lorely Rodriguez Dev Hynes
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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