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.
Gründlich durchgecheckt
Steht sie da
Und wartet auf den Start
Alles klar
Experten streiten sich
Um ein paar Daten
Die Crew hat da noch
Ein paar Fragen, doch
Der Countdown läuft
Effektivität
Bestimmt das Handeln
Man verlässt sich blind
Auf den andern
Jeder weiß genau
Was von ihm abhängt
Jeder ist im Stress
Doch Major Tom
Macht einen Scherz
Dann hebt er ab und!
Völlig losgelöst
Von der Erde
Schwebt das Raumschiff
Völlig schwerelos
Die Erdanziehungskraft
Ist überwunden
Alles läuft perfekt
Schon seit Stunden
Wissenschaftliche
Experimente
Doch was nützen die
Am Ende
Denkt sich Major Tom
Im Kontrollzentrum
Da wird man panisch
Der Kurs der Kapsel der
Stimmt ja gar nicht
Hallo Major Tom
Können Sie hören
Wollen Sie das Projekt
Denn so zerstören?
Doch, er kann nichts hören
Er schwebt weiter
Völlig losgelöst
Von der Erde
Schwebt das Raumschiff
Völlig schwerelos
Die Erde schimmert blau
Sein letzter Funk kommt
Grüßt mir meine Frau!
Und er verstummt
Unten trauern noch
Die Egoisten
Major Tom denkt sich
Wenn die wüssten
Mich führt hier ein Licht
Durch das All
Das kennt ihr noch nicht
Ich komme bald
Mir wird kalt
Völlig losgelöst
Von der Erde
Schwebt das Raumschiff
Schwerelos
Völlig losgelöst
Von der Erde
Schwebt das Raumschiff
Schwerelos
Völlig losgelöst
Von der Erde
Schwebt das Raumschiff
Völlig schwerelo-o-o-o-s
Lo-o-o-o-s
Lo-o-o-o-s
Lo-o-o-o-s
Lo-o-o-o-s
Steht sie da
Und wartet auf den Start
Alles klar
Experten streiten sich
Um ein paar Daten
Die Crew hat da noch
Ein paar Fragen, doch
Der Countdown läuft
Effektivität
Bestimmt das Handeln
Man verlässt sich blind
Auf den andern
Jeder weiß genau
Was von ihm abhängt
Jeder ist im Stress
Doch Major Tom
Macht einen Scherz
Dann hebt er ab und!
Völlig losgelöst
Von der Erde
Schwebt das Raumschiff
Völlig schwerelos
Die Erdanziehungskraft
Ist überwunden
Alles läuft perfekt
Schon seit Stunden
Wissenschaftliche
Experimente
Doch was nützen die
Am Ende
Denkt sich Major Tom
Im Kontrollzentrum
Da wird man panisch
Der Kurs der Kapsel der
Stimmt ja gar nicht
Hallo Major Tom
Können Sie hören
Wollen Sie das Projekt
Denn so zerstören?
Doch, er kann nichts hören
Er schwebt weiter
Völlig losgelöst
Von der Erde
Schwebt das Raumschiff
Völlig schwerelos
Die Erde schimmert blau
Sein letzter Funk kommt
Grüßt mir meine Frau!
Und er verstummt
Unten trauern noch
Die Egoisten
Major Tom denkt sich
Wenn die wüssten
Mich führt hier ein Licht
Durch das All
Das kennt ihr noch nicht
Ich komme bald
Mir wird kalt
Völlig losgelöst
Von der Erde
Schwebt das Raumschiff
Schwerelos
Völlig losgelöst
Von der Erde
Schwebt das Raumschiff
Schwerelos
Völlig losgelöst
Von der Erde
Schwebt das Raumschiff
Völlig schwerelo-o-o-o-s
Lo-o-o-o-s
Lo-o-o-o-s
Lo-o-o-o-s
Lo-o-o-o-s
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Looking at the song again, if you want to REALLY read into it... here's even a little more of an expansion on my previous take. That the entire song is a very carefully structured allegory about all of life, not just death. And it's verse by verse.
Verse 1 - Conception, with the "ship" symbolizing our bodies - "we all enter the world alone..."
Verse 2 - Birth. The crew being the doctor, nurses, midwife, whoever helps us transition from our pre-birth existence to our living existence. Also, babies do not breathe while in the womb, but they do immediately after. So if Tom's up in the "capsule" preparing for birth, maybe he would want to take one last "drink" (of amniotic fluid) before things get new, unknown, and crazy.
Verse 3 - Life. "Second stage is cut" - umbilical - need say more? Then all is good. Things going great, but still Tom stops and wonders, as most people do at some point or another during life - "What will it effect, when all is done...?" What is the point - the meaning - of life?
Verse 4 - Death. Ground control returns to the lyrics as the hospital team coming back into the picture. At the end of his life. Trying to resuscitate him. Rockets could be heartbeat, breathing, whatever system you want to imagine as failing, causing Major Tom to die. The medical team is trying to get him to restart that failing system, but his body is not responding.
"MiniVerse" - Give my wife my love. Separation.
Verse 5. After Death. I went into this at pretty good length in my last post, so I won't make you re-read it here. But I'll just say the world mourning, but Major Tom continues to experience living consciousness after the tragedy. He sees a light, and say's he's coming home.
----I had long seen the end of this song as being about a dying experience. But it was not until taking a new look at the lyrics today that I realized - if you allow yourself to consider it - this could also be an incredibly well crafted, and artistic allegory about the entire human experience, from conception through death and into the afterlife. Wow. Take it, leave it, laugh it off, or stand in awe of the possibility as I am. Up to you. But today, I am a whole new level of impressed with this song as a master-work of art! Hat's off to you Peter Schilling!
@drew403 This song is not about one person having a strange experience, but Major Tom is a symbolic stand in for each of us. The song describes the greatest adventure that we EACH take, but take in a sense alone: life. That is why it resonates so POWERFULLY. Each of us is on a journey through our lives. What we have in common? Earth below us. Each of us is Major Tom.
@drew403 Awesome analysis, I was thinking death too, but the birth allegory is spot on, put it in a new light. Nice work!