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.
Here, where they can't find us
I dare them to call me out
Or tell you
We met here on purpose
I bet they can't wait to wake us up
It's all a little bit strange
I know it's a little bit strange
Make a point and ignore them
Come on let's wait this out
they'll find out
We never stop turning
and sometimes it's tought
to change direction
I know it's a little bit strange
It's all a little bit strange
At the end of a day
I'm gonna say what I mean
It's slipping all away, away
At the end of our days
We'll escape
We'll escape
I know it's a little bit strange
It's all a little bit strange
At the end of a day
Well I'm gonna say what I mean
Well I'm
At the end of a day
Well I'm gonna say what I mean
Slipping all away
It's slipping all away
It's slipping all away now
At the end of our days
We'll escape
We'll escape
Oh, there's no escape
We'll escape
I dare them to call me out
Or tell you
We met here on purpose
I bet they can't wait to wake us up
It's all a little bit strange
I know it's a little bit strange
Make a point and ignore them
Come on let's wait this out
they'll find out
We never stop turning
and sometimes it's tought
to change direction
I know it's a little bit strange
It's all a little bit strange
At the end of a day
I'm gonna say what I mean
It's slipping all away, away
At the end of our days
We'll escape
We'll escape
I know it's a little bit strange
It's all a little bit strange
At the end of a day
Well I'm gonna say what I mean
Well I'm
At the end of a day
Well I'm gonna say what I mean
Slipping all away
It's slipping all away
It's slipping all away now
At the end of our days
We'll escape
We'll escape
Oh, there's no escape
We'll escape
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"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
No Surprises
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Head > Heels
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“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
"Here, where they can't find us I dare them to call me out I tell you we met here on purpose I bet they can't wait to wake us up" The singer and whoever he is in love with are, obviously, in love. For whatever reason, people do not approve of them being together, verging on or to the point that they aren't even 'allowed' to be together, so they are hiding. It sounds like it's trouble for the singer more than the other person if they're caught. It also sounds like they're in some sort of interesting, or at least. . . 'other' place, not somewhere they always were or somewhere they just visited, though.
"I know it's a little bit strange It's all a little bit strange" Something about the nature of the relationship and/or the situation they are in, and probably the place they are in, is new to both to them, but that's okay.
"Make a point and ignore them Come on let's wait this out They'll find we never stop turning Sometimes it's tough to change direction" They're going to ignore all of the disapproving people and just wait for them to come to their senses, but they know it's probably going to take them a while.
"At the end of the day, I... Gonna say what I mean, I... Slipping all away At the end of our days We'll escape " In spite of everything, when it comes down to it, the singer isn't going to pretend that he isn't in love with the other person. And when whatever is going on is over (because it does sound like there's some stuff happening that doesn't matter to the song -- just an impression I get), or something like that, they'll either leave the place they're in or leave behind any reasons they had for even pretending to listen to everyone who told them they couldn't be together, and be happy.
(After thinking of the song this way, I realized it reminds me of Stargate Atlantis. How McSheppy. :D)
Anyway, I really, really, really adore this song. It's my favorite Howie Day song, and, as everyone else has said, it's just so beautiful.