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.
Coming up to the end
These feelings weren't always pretend
Review your whole life and you don't even have to die
Life would never leave me alone
A choice which way i wanted to go
And everything I've seen is wrong to make me what I'll be
All men
You don't need anyone
Just hold on to the end
And you don't even have to look good
Woman
You do fine on your own
You're free to cry and you don't have to wipe ypur eyes
You once saved me
And now I'm where you want me to be
Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try
These feelings weren't always pretend
Review your whole life and you don't even have to die
Life would never leave me alone
A choice which way i wanted to go
And everything I've seen is wrong to make me what I'll be
All men
You don't need anyone
Just hold on to the end
And you don't even have to look good
Woman
You do fine on your own
You're free to cry and you don't have to wipe ypur eyes
You once saved me
And now I'm where you want me to be
Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try
Lyrics submitted by owenparry26
Ascension Lyrics as written by John Frusciante
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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All men You don't need anyone Just hold on to the end And you don't even have to look good
Right when this part started, I started crying and didn't stop
This song is awesome.
I think, like many of John's songs, it has a theme of fate and your current condition. "Review your whole life and you dont have to die", hes saying you can always change if you want to, its never too late. There is plenty more to this song that I'd like to think about. Thats my opinion.
why do people think about things like this. john can chsange who you are and the things that that person does. he s really amazing and i think this song shows this and shows it with power
woman.. you do fine on your own; you're free to cry and you don't have to wipe your eyes
i know what the song means. it makes so much sense in my head but i can't bring it in to words; sorry guys :\
i know the feeling your tyring to express
k i think i got it in a nutshell. theres a lot more to it, i think, but basically what it comes down to is, just feeling good, ascending, feeling like you're floating
i love JF, you seem cool; do you have aim or something? if so, me = faakyoo9
over the years john has incorporated a lot of harmony in his/the chili peppers' songs. i think john's backup harmonizing on 'by the way' played a major role in the peppers' new, more mature sound. and he's pretty much mastered that art on 'ascension' ... especially during the 'you saved me' portion...
anyway this song is beautiful. john is one of the most talented guitarists in music right now and this song is proof.
over the years john has incorporated a lot of harmony in his/the chili peppers' songs. i think john's backup harmonizing on 'by the way' played a major role in the peppers' new, more mature sound. and he's pretty much mastered that art on 'ascension' ... especially during the 'you saved me' portion...
anyway this song is beautiful. john is one of the most talented guitarists in music right now and this song is proof.
if you listen to this w/ earphones at night really loud (actually any one of his songs) with no light in you really feel wanted in someway to somone of a place somethign like that i havent figured out just at the moment but i'll try soon . the song can feel right into your bones or something
right to the lyrics of this song it show how he cares for anyone or anything he comes acrpss and will try his best to make things well for you again if anyting has gone wrong.
dosedxbyyou what do ya mean by aim i dont understand