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.
You hold me inside your iris
Like a terminal stain on life
You condescend to my primal brain
And twist me around like a knife
Can't begin to explain
The feelings I have restrained
Don't ask me how I am
Because you're too busy planning your epitaph
Let me tell you
Don't, try to be the one, person
Who has stayed, just to say
They never left me!
Aggravated, complicated, someone say it
God, I never learn
You keep me hidden behind a curtain,
An audible human display
You feed me orchids to give me courage
And keep me in line with disdain
Can't begin to explain
The feelings I have restrained
Don't ask me how I am
Because you're too busy planning your epitaph
Let me tell you
Don't, try to be the one, person
Who has stayed, just to say
They never left me!
Aggravated, complicated, someone say it
God, I never learn
I have nothing left for you
You left me with nothing
I live at arm's length and die a little,
Between your constants by day
I want my soul back before it's over,
I can't even wish you away
Can't begin to explain
The feelings I have restrained
Don't ask me how I am
Because you're too busy planning your epitaph
Let me tell you
Don't, try to be the one, person
Who has stayed, just to say
They never left me!
Aggravated, complicated, someone say it
God, I never learn
I never learn!
Like a terminal stain on life
You condescend to my primal brain
And twist me around like a knife
Can't begin to explain
The feelings I have restrained
Don't ask me how I am
Because you're too busy planning your epitaph
Let me tell you
Don't, try to be the one, person
Who has stayed, just to say
They never left me!
Aggravated, complicated, someone say it
God, I never learn
You keep me hidden behind a curtain,
An audible human display
You feed me orchids to give me courage
And keep me in line with disdain
Can't begin to explain
The feelings I have restrained
Don't ask me how I am
Because you're too busy planning your epitaph
Let me tell you
Don't, try to be the one, person
Who has stayed, just to say
They never left me!
Aggravated, complicated, someone say it
God, I never learn
I have nothing left for you
You left me with nothing
I live at arm's length and die a little,
Between your constants by day
I want my soul back before it's over,
I can't even wish you away
Can't begin to explain
The feelings I have restrained
Don't ask me how I am
Because you're too busy planning your epitaph
Let me tell you
Don't, try to be the one, person
Who has stayed, just to say
They never left me!
Aggravated, complicated, someone say it
God, I never learn
I never learn!
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