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.
Like water swirling cold into warm
Our eyes were turning before the storm
We didn't see the fire
We could taste the smoke of something burning
Every time I ride the Broadway bridge I think of you
Kiss me in the open places
Every time I see a cardigan I think of you
Wearing that red sweater
I drive past the bar just to remember
Touch you through the dream love you still touch me love
I have faith in you I have trust in me
I feel the flow of the river now and I want to go
I hope you find your river soon and meet me
When we have followed our rivers down to the sea
Every time I ride the Broadway bridge I think of you
Kiss me in the open place
Every time I see a cardigan I think of you
Wearing that red sweater
And I drive past the bar just to remember
Touch you through the dream love you still touch me love
When your dancing do you miss me arching under you
Watching the stars fall from your eyes into mine
Every time I ride the Broadway bridge I think of you
Kiss me in the open place
Every time I see a cardigan I think of you
Wearing that red sweater
And I drive past the bar just to remember
Touch you though the dream love you still touch me love
Don't give me to this love
Being us back to this love
Our eyes were turning before the storm
We didn't see the fire
We could taste the smoke of something burning
Every time I ride the Broadway bridge I think of you
Kiss me in the open places
Every time I see a cardigan I think of you
Wearing that red sweater
I drive past the bar just to remember
Touch you through the dream love you still touch me love
I have faith in you I have trust in me
I feel the flow of the river now and I want to go
I hope you find your river soon and meet me
When we have followed our rivers down to the sea
Every time I ride the Broadway bridge I think of you
Kiss me in the open place
Every time I see a cardigan I think of you
Wearing that red sweater
And I drive past the bar just to remember
Touch you through the dream love you still touch me love
When your dancing do you miss me arching under you
Watching the stars fall from your eyes into mine
Every time I ride the Broadway bridge I think of you
Kiss me in the open place
Every time I see a cardigan I think of you
Wearing that red sweater
And I drive past the bar just to remember
Touch you though the dream love you still touch me love
Don't give me to this love
Being us back to this love
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