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.
Cigarettes and carrot juice
Marijuana and lots of booze
I threw the flower of youth into that stew
The serpent tongues were red and pointy
But they were wearing very cool shoes
Who wouldn't wanna sell their soul?
We waited in line for hours
With VIP passes and bouquets of flowers
To see the brand new siren sing her song
The virgins were then thrown into volcanos
A beating heart was held up in the air (aloft)
And no expense (account) was spared.
Quetzecotal and Busby Berkely
Hanging out over Pasadena with
Rodney on the ROQ and David Byrne
Playing on a flying saucer
Box O'Laffs was supporting Talking Heads
Everyone was high or having a real good time.
Marijuana and lots of booze
I threw the flower of youth into that stew
The serpent tongues were red and pointy
But they were wearing very cool shoes
Who wouldn't wanna sell their soul?
We waited in line for hours
With VIP passes and bouquets of flowers
To see the brand new siren sing her song
The virgins were then thrown into volcanos
A beating heart was held up in the air (aloft)
And no expense (account) was spared.
Quetzecotal and Busby Berkely
Hanging out over Pasadena with
Rodney on the ROQ and David Byrne
Playing on a flying saucer
Box O'Laffs was supporting Talking Heads
Everyone was high or having a real good time.
Lyrics submitted by GregHayfner
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Cigarettes And Carrot Juice was the name of the box set of their first 3 albums, and the liner notes say this was kind of the typical young Santa Cruz resident\'s diet. So I think the first verse is basically a really brief summary of their pre-reunion career (the bit about the serpents is probably a sardonic nod to their \"selling out\" and going to a major label). The rest kind of loses me, but Quetzalcoatl was an Aztec god (which probably ties in to the part about human sacrifice), Box O\' Laffs was David Lowery\'s pre-CVB band, I think I\'ve heard of Rodney On The ROQ being a california DJ who got a lot of punk music on the air, and David Byrne is of course the singer for Talking Heads.
"Cigarette's and carrot juice" is also the first line line from the Cracker song Big Dipper (Track 3 on Golden Age). So, I take it those are two things David is a big fan of.
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