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.
cold northern wind
your young arm
against my face
soft and warm
there will always be an ireland.
there will always be an ireland.
silent hour
worthless words
view of some foreign city from the high window
strange black birds
there will always be an ireland.
there will always be an ireland.
what we did
the things we said
your hand resting
on my head
there will always be an ireland.
there will always be an ireland.
there will always be an ireland.
there will always be an ireland.
your young arm
against my face
soft and warm
there will always be an ireland.
there will always be an ireland.
silent hour
worthless words
view of some foreign city from the high window
strange black birds
there will always be an ireland.
there will always be an ireland.
what we did
the things we said
your hand resting
on my head
there will always be an ireland.
there will always be an ireland.
there will always be an ireland.
there will always be an ireland.
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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Great version of a great song,
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I dont think this is any more complicated than a romantic song about homesick Irish ex-patriots.
They are living in a strange, foreign country, seperated from friends and family. But Ireland is still there, and it will always be there.
this song is great. more people should listen to this song.
I only just discovered this song tonight, I love it.
From what I can hear it sounds like this song is about a relationship that started and blossomed in ireland. After that is anyone's guess, but they've always got the memories of what happened in Ireland.
Not entirely sure, but could this song be about the fight for Ireland from being under British rule? Were there any prominent Irish held in the tower of London - that could explain the lines of the middle verse; "View of some foreign city from the high window" being the view from the tower of London which has ravens on the grounds due to superstition that if the ravens ever leave the country will fall. The silent hour with worthless words could be right before thier execution - but all the same they stand behind thier cause.
The hand resting on my head makes me think of a sort of blessing. Maybe the first part is about the persons family - the young arms of a child. And the person fought so that their children could have complete freedom in Ireland, while the last part could be about the wife or his peers giving thier blessing for the singers coming actions..... anyway...