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.
One devotion to an empty moment
Can't you stay tonight?
Silence broken with words unspoken
Now she's on her knees
No more feeling so useless
Can I beg for one more she said
Taking with arms wide open
Longing for sleep again
The air is clearing
Again, we're breathing
Water turns to wine
The day is tired, the night inside her
Now she is alive
Keep breathing to feel something
Take my breath away
(She prays the silence will stop and take her breath away)
(I pray the silence will stop and take my breath away)
No more feeling so useless
Can I beg for one more she said
Taking with arms wide open
Longing for sleep again
But now, I'm awake
But now, I'm awake
Can't you stay tonight?
Silence broken with words unspoken
Now she's on her knees
No more feeling so useless
Can I beg for one more she said
Taking with arms wide open
Longing for sleep again
The air is clearing
Again, we're breathing
Water turns to wine
The day is tired, the night inside her
Now she is alive
Keep breathing to feel something
Take my breath away
(She prays the silence will stop and take her breath away)
(I pray the silence will stop and take my breath away)
No more feeling so useless
Can I beg for one more she said
Taking with arms wide open
Longing for sleep again
But now, I'm awake
But now, I'm awake
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Awake Lyrics as written by Alejandro Martinez Linares Alejandro M. Linares
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My interpretation of this song is that is of a turbulent relationship. "One devotion with empty moments" could mean that when things seem fine, they are in fact empty, of holding things inside and lying to each other. "Silence broken with words unspoken/ Now she's on her knees." Their peace and silence is broken by a fight, even one without words. She begs him for forgiveness, or begs him to change, or something. "Can I beg for one more she says," she just wants things to be the way they were, even though they could not be. "The air is clearing again/ We're breathing, water turns to wine." THey see each other and their relationship clearly, but they are soon intoxicated in the familiarity ("Water turns to wine?") "THe day is tired, the night is inside her/ Now she is alive, no more feeling useless" THis could mean that the unsatisfied peace is ending and they are fighting again. "Taking with arms wide open, longing for sleep again" He just takes it and wants to get past the fight for the peace. Of course i could be totally wrong, this is only my interpretation. It could be about sex... Think about it: "Now she's on her knees"
i love this song, definetly their best song..also letters to you is awesome
God I love this song. I have yet to find the meaning it holds though. THe coolest thing about this song is definetly that this morning it was somehow timed perfectly that I woke up with this song was playing. ^.^
yeah, i can't stop listening to this song. Great Band. But i still don't know exactly what this song means
i think it means he's confused and all about his relationship and then wakes up and clears it all 'keep breathing to feel something'.... i dunno exactly though
woah, you've really thought about that. agree with the first half of your statement fletcherjhs.
awesome song...as my screen name shows, i'm a finch fan...saw em live right here in temecula before they got their label and they played this song....AWESOME first song to hear!!
awesome song...as my screen name shows, i'm a finch fan...saw em live right here in temecula before they got their label and they played this song....AWESOME first song to hear!!
To be honest, I think it's about a one night stand! lol I mean "One devotion with empty moments", "Now she's on her knees 'Til i'm feeling so useless" "We're breathing, water turns to wine The day is tired, the night's inside her" I dunno, maybe it's just me, heh.
Ok Fletch...thanks for your um..."insightful" comment, but I'm going to have to disagree in some aspects. Ok first off, this song is NOT about sex (um...yea this comment is mostly for princess) I give Finch enough credit to not be that obvious and slightly deep enough to have alternative meanings for their lyrics. Now songs are open to interpretation, but I think what this song meaning is clear: it is about forgiveness. So the girl has definitly hurt the guy "Keep breathing to feel something /Take my breath all away". And he confronts her, bringing everything into the open: "Can you stay tonight?/Silence broken with words unspoken...The air is clearing again". Now the lines, "Now she's on her knees" and "Can I beg for one more she says" has NOTHING TO DO WITH FELLATIO! Its not her getting on her knees to suck dick, its her begging for his forgiveness. And begging for one more isn't referring to her eagerness to give head (like some ppl fletch ;}), its her begging for one more chance. Ok the water into wine part...clearly a biblical allusion. At a wedding in the city of Galilee, Jesus turned water into wine (John 2:9). This is considered to be Jesus's first sign of "glory" that proved to his desciples that he was the true Messiah, sent by God to forgive their sins. And since Jesus is considered by billions around the world today as the absolver of sins it is clear that the writer of the song is mentioning something he did in reference to forgiveness. So without a doubt this song is about forgiveness NOT sex. She hurt him and lied about it, she's begging for forgiveness and another chance and he wants to forgive her but is unsure if that is possible for him to do.