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.
If there's anything you want
Come on back cause it's all still here
I'll be in the back room drinking my half of the beer
And if you and me is so right
Why's it the same thing every night
It's just a matter of time
It's almost measurable
Imagination ain't kind on us tonight
You're at your best when you got the guns turned a hundred
Eighty degrees
And finding out if it adds all up right
We go through all the same lines or sell out to appease
But go to sleep in a bed of lies
I made my own more than once or twice
And now time is my time time is my own
And I feel so alive yet feel so alone
'Cause you know you're the one and that that hasn't changed
Since you were nineteen and still in school waiting on a light
On the corner by sound exchange
Come on back cause it's all still here
I'll be in the back room drinking my half of the beer
And if you and me is so right
Why's it the same thing every night
It's just a matter of time
It's almost measurable
Imagination ain't kind on us tonight
You're at your best when you got the guns turned a hundred
Eighty degrees
And finding out if it adds all up right
We go through all the same lines or sell out to appease
But go to sleep in a bed of lies
I made my own more than once or twice
And now time is my time time is my own
And I feel so alive yet feel so alone
'Cause you know you're the one and that that hasn't changed
Since you were nineteen and still in school waiting on a light
On the corner by sound exchange
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Anything You Want Lyrics as written by Daniel Britt
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Oh, I forgot to add, Sound Exchange still existed then :(
this is my favorite spoon song, ever. it's practiacally perfect in every way.
I don't get it. Why can't I love other Spoon songs as much as this one? This might be my favorite song ever.
first spoon song i've ever heard. since then, i've fallen in love. this song is just so good to listen to while driving alone. and just chilling.
"And now time is my time is my own And I feel so alive yet feel so alone"
can you get any more perfect?
I think it's pre-break up or in that stage where most people break up but some move on.
He talks about going through the same thing every night, which would indicate the fighting that usually precedes a break up, the constant arguing that sometimes ends because one person lies to appease the other, going to bed in lies....
Plus, her stuff is still there.
And it ends hopefully as he knows she's still the one despite this rough patch.
This tune gets tune me in ways no other song can.
Lived in Dobie Center my freshman year, spending a lot of time with my HS gf who I'd split up with. Yeah, I guess you get it.
this is one of my favorite songs of all time, and i can't even explain why. it is actually perfect no matter what mood you're in.
what, like mary poppins?
and yeah, this song is fantastic. the piano is great.
This was the first Spoon song I ever heard and still is one of my favorites, but then again all their songs are top notch.
as close to a perfect song as you can get. according to itunes i've played this song 588 times in the last year--a bit obsessive, yes, but the song deserves it. CANNOT wait for the new LP!