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'm sick, you're tired, let's dance
Break to love make lust I know it isn't
I'm sick, you're tired, let's dance (dance, dance)
Cold as numbers but let's dance
As though it were easy
For you to lead me
I could be passive
Gracefully
Half the horizon's gone
Skyline of numbers
Half the horizon's gone
Working the numbers
'Til I'm sick
Sleep don't pacify us until
Daybreak sky lights up the grid we live in
Dizzy when we talk so fast
Fields of numbers streaming fast
I wish we were farmers
I wish we knew how to
Grow sweet potatoes
And milk cows
I wish we were lovers
But its for the best
Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost
Where is the love?
Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost
Who here is in line for a raise?
Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost
Where is the love?
Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost
Who put these bodies between us?
Break to love make lust I know it isn't
I'm sick, you're tired, let's dance (dance, dance)
Cold as numbers but let's dance
As though it were easy
For you to lead me
I could be passive
Gracefully
Half the horizon's gone
Skyline of numbers
Half the horizon's gone
Working the numbers
'Til I'm sick
Sleep don't pacify us until
Daybreak sky lights up the grid we live in
Dizzy when we talk so fast
Fields of numbers streaming fast
I wish we were farmers
I wish we knew how to
Grow sweet potatoes
And milk cows
I wish we were lovers
But its for the best
Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost
Where is the love?
Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost
Who here is in line for a raise?
Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost
Where is the love?
Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost
Who put these bodies between us?
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For one thing, I think you guys mostly nailed this song, right on the head. It's beautiful and brilliant, but I think you guys missed a couple of things.
"As though it were easy for you to lead me"
This line has kind of a double meaning in the context that other commentors have found. The first one, obviously, is about dancing, but the second meaning refers to being led away and leading the simpler life; it's easy to dream about it, and to dream about it being easy, but moving away from the constraints of modern society isn't easy at all.
And mrs_chainsaw, I think that the "bodies between us" doesn't symbolize anybody but the two people in the song. The final lines revolve around their spirits wanting to meet, but being seperated by the constraints of this life - their bodies.