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 watched the proverbial sunrise
Coming up over the Pacific and
You might think I'm losing my mind,
But I will shy away from the specifics
'Cause I don't want you to know, where I am
'Cause then you'll see my heart
In the saddest state it's ever been.
This is no place to try and live my life.
Stop right there, that's exactly where I lost it.
See that line, well I never should have crossed it.
Stop right there, well I never should have said
That it's the very moment that I wish that I could take back.
I'm sorry for the person I became.
I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change.
I'm ready to try and never become that way again
'Cause who I am hates who I've been.
Who I am hates who I've been.
I talk to absolutely no one.
Couldn't keep to myself enough.
And the things bottled inside have finally begun
To create so much pressure that I'll soon blow up.
I heard the reverberating footsteps
Sinking up to the beating of my heart,
And I was positive that unless I got myself together,
I would watch me fall apart.
And I can't let that happen again
'Cause then you'll see my heart
In the saddest state it's ever been.
This is no place to try and live my life.
Stop right there, that's exactly where I lost it.
See that line, well I never should have crossed it.
Stop right there, well I never should have said
That it's the very moment that I wish that I could take back.
Stop right there, that's exactly where I lost it.
See that line, well I never should have crossed it.
Stop right there, well I never should have said
That it's the very moment that I wish that I could take back.
I'm sorry for the person I became.
I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change.
I'm ready to try and never become that way again
'Cause who I am hates who I've been.
Who I am hates who I've been.
Who I am hates who I've been
And who I am won't take the second chance you gave me.
Who I am hates who I've been
'Cause who I've been only ever made me
So sorry for the person I became.
So sorry that it took so long for me to change.
I'm ready to try and never become that way again
'Cause who I am hates who I've been.
Who I am hates who I've been.
Coming up over the Pacific and
You might think I'm losing my mind,
But I will shy away from the specifics
'Cause I don't want you to know, where I am
'Cause then you'll see my heart
In the saddest state it's ever been.
This is no place to try and live my life.
Stop right there, that's exactly where I lost it.
See that line, well I never should have crossed it.
Stop right there, well I never should have said
That it's the very moment that I wish that I could take back.
I'm sorry for the person I became.
I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change.
I'm ready to try and never become that way again
'Cause who I am hates who I've been.
Who I am hates who I've been.
I talk to absolutely no one.
Couldn't keep to myself enough.
And the things bottled inside have finally begun
To create so much pressure that I'll soon blow up.
I heard the reverberating footsteps
Sinking up to the beating of my heart,
And I was positive that unless I got myself together,
I would watch me fall apart.
And I can't let that happen again
'Cause then you'll see my heart
In the saddest state it's ever been.
This is no place to try and live my life.
Stop right there, that's exactly where I lost it.
See that line, well I never should have crossed it.
Stop right there, well I never should have said
That it's the very moment that I wish that I could take back.
Stop right there, that's exactly where I lost it.
See that line, well I never should have crossed it.
Stop right there, well I never should have said
That it's the very moment that I wish that I could take back.
I'm sorry for the person I became.
I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change.
I'm ready to try and never become that way again
'Cause who I am hates who I've been.
Who I am hates who I've been.
Who I am hates who I've been
And who I am won't take the second chance you gave me.
Who I am hates who I've been
'Cause who I've been only ever made me
So sorry for the person I became.
So sorry that it took so long for me to change.
I'm ready to try and never become that way again
'Cause who I am hates who I've been.
Who I am hates who I've been.
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208, edited by PandasThatFly
Who I Am Hates Who I've Been Lyrics as written by Matthew Thiessen
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even though I obviously know what the title of the song is, I keep hearing "who I am MAKES who I've been"....
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i don't really see the addicition interpretation, but if you do, that's cool
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Gotta love it.
i could never figure out what that first line was....!
anyone know what a peruvial sunrise is...? :-/
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I think it is the Proverbial (Meaning: expressed in a proverb)Sunrise.
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In this case, "proverbial sunrise" means not the actual sunrise (which would be difficult, because the Pacific is west of the Californian coast he's likely referring to), but a metaphorical one. Like "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence", it's the "proverbial" fence, because we're not talking about the actual fence between my grass and my neighbor's, or the color quality of our lawns.
It's actually proverbial - OR so their CD slip says, but i doubt these lyrics are wrong since they are straight from the cd lol
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this is taken from Dictionary.com.. I am still confused
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I would like to say thanks to Matt for writing this song about MY life in the past year.. lol.. Only Kidding, but this song like really is my past year. Cause I really do hate who I've been. I can relate to both a friendship and my relationship with Christ.
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The second verse really gets me. I think its about someone who really doesn't have anyone to turn to, and even if they did they don't feel comfortable talking about it. So they hold it in, they get paranoid and jumpy. And all the pressure is building , even though they are getting away with everything. To them it feels like things are about to come crashing down. The next part, I feel is where they incorporate Christ into the song. "Reverberating footsteps synching up to the beating of my heart." Like Christ was already in his heart he had just screwed up and Christ was pounding hard in his mind trying to tell him to come back. "And I was positive that unless I got myself together I would watch me fall apart" Need I say more?
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