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.
Sleep, sleep, sleep, oh sleep for me
And rest your soul, just like the roses at your feet
Dream, dream, dream, dream awhile for me
And travel far away 'till the distance is complete
There's thirteen angels standing on display
I think they're gonna take you away
One life time gone and now your soul is dead
The angels just shake their heads
Oh faith, faith, faith, have faith for me
I lost it long ago somewhere I shouldn't be
Heart heart heart, save your heart for me
It's the only place I've been with everything I need
There's thirteen angels standing on display
I think they're gonna throw me away
One life time gone and now my soul is dead
The angels just shake their heads
Oh, maybe I'm a life time soldier never dying, never gettin' older
Maybe I'm a life time soldier lost along the way
High, high, high, stay high for me
And let me see the things I never thought I'd be
Wait, wait, wait, please wait for me
I've traveled far and wide without a destiny
There's thirteen angels standing on display
I think they're gonna take you away
One life time gone and now my soul is dead
The angels just shake their heads
Oh, maybe I'm a life time soldier never dying, never gettin' older
Maybe I'm a life time soldier lost along the way
And rest your soul, just like the roses at your feet
Dream, dream, dream, dream awhile for me
And travel far away 'till the distance is complete
There's thirteen angels standing on display
I think they're gonna take you away
One life time gone and now your soul is dead
The angels just shake their heads
Oh faith, faith, faith, have faith for me
I lost it long ago somewhere I shouldn't be
Heart heart heart, save your heart for me
It's the only place I've been with everything I need
There's thirteen angels standing on display
I think they're gonna throw me away
One life time gone and now my soul is dead
The angels just shake their heads
Oh, maybe I'm a life time soldier never dying, never gettin' older
Maybe I'm a life time soldier lost along the way
High, high, high, stay high for me
And let me see the things I never thought I'd be
Wait, wait, wait, please wait for me
I've traveled far and wide without a destiny
There's thirteen angels standing on display
I think they're gonna take you away
One life time gone and now my soul is dead
The angels just shake their heads
Oh, maybe I'm a life time soldier never dying, never gettin' older
Maybe I'm a life time soldier lost along the way
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13 Angels Lyrics as written by Keenan Dean
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I think you are both on the right track. The subject has fallen from his ideals. He is ashamed of himself for doing so. He wishes for death, the angels say no. He wishes for support from his beloved, the angels say no. Then he just wants people to travel or search for him, the angels say no. He ends the song contemplating his existence having no purpose, the lifetime soldier always searching for his self, but never finding what he's looking for...his own personal heaven. The Angels, being representatives of heaven keep turning him away. The fact that there are 13 Angels is significant, 13 the unlucky number for the unlucky man.
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