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.
I lost all my thoughts of angels in an aspirin billboard
Walking down 16th street, hit the cross street Catatonia
I wish I had the strength to do your drugs, it must take strength
This life inside is hard to bring outside
Now you turn and cross the corner
Cold sweat, think of what's for dinner
Think I should be thinking deeper, this is your excuse to go outside
I'm sick not hungry, sick of people starved for love
I keep creating errands to take to people to talk to me
But still nothing human, money changes hands is all
This world's a broken record skipping on the call with no response
This is what you've been working towards
This punishment is your reward
After all this time...think you'd learn
When you got your wish bridges were burned
What are you taking so hard and why?
And are you giving anything back?
Misgiving isn't just another form of giving, is it?
You made your life, now live in it
Learning how to live without her
The one who gave you thirty chances
All of which you promptly blew
If up to you, you'd die to not offend
To not offend.
Walking down 16th street, hit the cross street Catatonia
I wish I had the strength to do your drugs, it must take strength
This life inside is hard to bring outside
Now you turn and cross the corner
Cold sweat, think of what's for dinner
Think I should be thinking deeper, this is your excuse to go outside
I'm sick not hungry, sick of people starved for love
I keep creating errands to take to people to talk to me
But still nothing human, money changes hands is all
This world's a broken record skipping on the call with no response
This is what you've been working towards
This punishment is your reward
After all this time...think you'd learn
When you got your wish bridges were burned
What are you taking so hard and why?
And are you giving anything back?
Misgiving isn't just another form of giving, is it?
You made your life, now live in it
Learning how to live without her
The one who gave you thirty chances
All of which you promptly blew
If up to you, you'd die to not offend
To not offend.
Lyrics submitted by emoJustin
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