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.
They talk about nothing in here they talk about nothing all the time
And they tell you how you should work and they tell you how you should act
But it doesn't count it doesn't count
Fly over their heads and out of here passing all things they hold so dear
While they keep talking while they're all speaking I can't hear
Cause I don't care I'm only bothered by the fact that they're all so pretty pretty pretty pretty
They talk about nothing in here they talk about nothing all the time
And they tell you how you should work and they tell you how you should act
But it doesn't count no it doesn't count
Fly over their heads and out of here passing all things they hold so dear
While they keep talking while they're all speaking but I can't hear
Cause I don't care I'm only bothered by the fact that they're all so pretty pretty pretty pretty
If the apple falls close to the tree what does it really mean to me
Am I gonna fall? am I gonna grow just like you dear?
I'm really bothered by the fact that you're not here
And they tell you how you should work and they tell you how you should act
But it doesn't count it doesn't count
Fly over their heads and out of here passing all things they hold so dear
While they keep talking while they're all speaking I can't hear
Cause I don't care I'm only bothered by the fact that they're all so pretty pretty pretty pretty
They talk about nothing in here they talk about nothing all the time
And they tell you how you should work and they tell you how you should act
But it doesn't count no it doesn't count
Fly over their heads and out of here passing all things they hold so dear
While they keep talking while they're all speaking but I can't hear
Cause I don't care I'm only bothered by the fact that they're all so pretty pretty pretty pretty
If the apple falls close to the tree what does it really mean to me
Am I gonna fall? am I gonna grow just like you dear?
I'm really bothered by the fact that you're not here
Lyrics submitted by foreverdoomed
Things They Hold So Dear Lyrics as written by David Johan Fridlund Conny Andreas Fridh
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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