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.
The surging blood rushes through me
In tune to the pulsing in my head
The message echoes over and over
What are you doing with your time?
I'm a piece of shit and tonight
My heart is reaching for the sky
I stand there, it just pumps harder and slower
My feet settle into earth
The twilight feels right
The shadows fade along the avenue
They talk all the time
And it's obvious that I hold my words in for too long
Our history creeps fast through the gutters
A revolution on my mind
Guess what? I give a shit
But I couldn't care less
About the lives they choose to live
And your eyes speak to me deeper and deeper
A truth that I have never known
The twilight feels right
The shadows fade into oblivion
So just forget all the regrets
That keep haunting you
They aren't worth your time
And just forget all those days
That dragged on for miles and miles
Leave them all behind
Leave them all behind
In tune to the pulsing in my head
The message echoes over and over
What are you doing with your time?
I'm a piece of shit and tonight
My heart is reaching for the sky
I stand there, it just pumps harder and slower
My feet settle into earth
The twilight feels right
The shadows fade along the avenue
They talk all the time
And it's obvious that I hold my words in for too long
Our history creeps fast through the gutters
A revolution on my mind
Guess what? I give a shit
But I couldn't care less
About the lives they choose to live
And your eyes speak to me deeper and deeper
A truth that I have never known
The twilight feels right
The shadows fade into oblivion
So just forget all the regrets
That keep haunting you
They aren't worth your time
And just forget all those days
That dragged on for miles and miles
Leave them all behind
Leave them all behind
Lyrics submitted by ghoststories
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