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.
my heart plays a metronome
and my mind is trying to keep tempo
though my hands are on the wheel, my feet stomp down
and the gas burns faster through every yellow light
and i wonder if i went even faster than this speed,
would my mind just stretch to the point where the pressure wrinkles my face
either way i go, i will still gain a year
never would i had thought i'd write so deep
but considering that in this state that i thought this night
i will drift to sleep to the applauding rain
and i'll attempt to remember the dream i'll have
it could take days till it eventually turns into deja vu
and i know i'll roll over and extend my arm as though
here we'll toast to unfamiliar faces
in dreams richmond does this to me
to us and this map uncharted
in dreams richmond does this to
and my mind is trying to keep tempo
though my hands are on the wheel, my feet stomp down
and the gas burns faster through every yellow light
and i wonder if i went even faster than this speed,
would my mind just stretch to the point where the pressure wrinkles my face
either way i go, i will still gain a year
never would i had thought i'd write so deep
but considering that in this state that i thought this night
i will drift to sleep to the applauding rain
and i'll attempt to remember the dream i'll have
it could take days till it eventually turns into deja vu
and i know i'll roll over and extend my arm as though
here we'll toast to unfamiliar faces
in dreams richmond does this to me
to us and this map uncharted
in dreams richmond does this to
Lyrics submitted by b-pot
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i'm from richmond. awesome song; awesome band; RIP.