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.
Shall we agree that just this once
I`m gonna change my life
Until it`s just as tiny or important as you like?
And in time we won`t even recall that we spoke
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
As smoke that disappears in the air
There`s always something that`s smoldering somewhere
I know it don`t make a difference to you
But oh! It sure made a difference to me
You`ll see me off in the distance, I hope
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope.
The promise of indulgence in my confidential voice
Approached immortal danger but you`ll never know how close
Then down the hall I overheard such a heavenly choir
They interrupted my evil designs
One day you are up in the clouds
The next thing you`re down with the Sweet Adelines
[Chorus]
Lie down baby now don`t say a word
There there baby your vision is blurred
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
I don`t want to hurt you now
But I think you`re shrinking
You`re half-naked ambition and you`re half out of your wits
Or several tiny fractions that this portrait still omits
And it`s so hard to pick the receiver up when I call
I never noticed you could be so small
The answer was under your nose but the question never arose
I know it don`t make a difference to you
But oh! It sure made a difference to me
`Cause late in the evening as I sit here moping
With a bamboo needle on a shellac of Chopin
And the cast-iron heart that you failed to tear open
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope
I`m gonna change my life
Until it`s just as tiny or important as you like?
And in time we won`t even recall that we spoke
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
As smoke that disappears in the air
There`s always something that`s smoldering somewhere
I know it don`t make a difference to you
But oh! It sure made a difference to me
You`ll see me off in the distance, I hope
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope.
The promise of indulgence in my confidential voice
Approached immortal danger but you`ll never know how close
Then down the hall I overheard such a heavenly choir
They interrupted my evil designs
One day you are up in the clouds
The next thing you`re down with the Sweet Adelines
[Chorus]
Lie down baby now don`t say a word
There there baby your vision is blurred
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
I don`t want to hurt you now
But I think you`re shrinking
You`re half-naked ambition and you`re half out of your wits
Or several tiny fractions that this portrait still omits
And it`s so hard to pick the receiver up when I call
I never noticed you could be so small
The answer was under your nose but the question never arose
I know it don`t make a difference to you
But oh! It sure made a difference to me
`Cause late in the evening as I sit here moping
With a bamboo needle on a shellac of Chopin
And the cast-iron heart that you failed to tear open
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope
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I like both Aimee Mann and Costello versions, but prefer the Costello one 'cause I think it nails the melancholic tone better and find it easier to make sense of.
It's unrequited love and the singer's inability to let go of it. I agree that the other end of the telescope evokes the idea of looking through the telescope backwards making the singer seem very small and far away from the subject. But the flip side of that is that the singer is looking through the magnifying side - they're still hung up on the subject.
The singer knows there's no hope ("I know it don't make a difference to you") and the obsession is gradually fading even for them ("I don't want to hurt you now / But I think you're shrinking"). The singer is a little bitter, they do a little vilifying of the subject, but not nearly to the degree Costello is famous for. The singer even seems to start grasping that the subject is becoming something they no longer understand. But the singer still can't let things go, they're still moping around looking through the telescope.
I agree that it's a great love song, maybe even my favorite. It's just that it is one that's indulging in a powerful bittersweet feeling that consumes you and won't let go. You want things to work out and you know they never will.