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.
At my window sad and lonely
Oft times do I think of thee
Sad and lonely and I wonder
Do you ever think of me?
Every day is sad and lonely
And every night is sad and blue
Do you ever think of me, my darling
As you sail that ocean blue?
At my window, sad and lonely
I stand and look across the sea
And I, sad and lonely wonder
Do you ever think of me?
Will you find another sweetheart
In some far and distant land?
Sad and lonely now I wonder
If our boat will ever land
Ships may ply the stormy oceans
And planes may fly the stormy sky
I'm sad and lonely but remember
Oh, I will love you 'til I die
Oft times do I think of thee
Sad and lonely and I wonder
Do you ever think of me?
Every day is sad and lonely
And every night is sad and blue
Do you ever think of me, my darling
As you sail that ocean blue?
At my window, sad and lonely
I stand and look across the sea
And I, sad and lonely wonder
Do you ever think of me?
Will you find another sweetheart
In some far and distant land?
Sad and lonely now I wonder
If our boat will ever land
Ships may ply the stormy oceans
And planes may fly the stormy sky
I'm sad and lonely but remember
Oh, I will love you 'til I die
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
This song makes me picture a couple, who'v been split up for some reason, and have both gone to different countries, parted by seas, the person singing the song clearly loves this other person, and he's staring at the sea, thinking of that person. Wondering things e.g. "Do you ever think of me " or "Will you find another sweetheart "
A few years ago I was a fire lookout in Montana and my girlfriend was living in Alaska for the summer. I only got mail every few weeks by mule train and that was my only communication with the outside world. Summers in a fire lookout can be quite lonely, nothing but thousands of hours by yourself (literally).
My particular fire lookout looked like the bridge of my uncle's fishing vessel and during storms, it had the feel of a ship at sea. Oddly enough, this song helped me get through the times when I missed my girlfriend the most.
I'm guessing that Woody wrote this when he was on one of his 2 tours in the navy during WWII. He would always miss his second wife, Marjorie, and I see him frantically worrying and thinking about her on his whole trip.