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.
Woke up in the middle of the night cold sweating
Ass stinging no breath legs clinging to the bedside
Hard pressed just to get a little rest every night
Same shit can't remember last time that I slept right
This situation's gotten out of control
With all this stress and confrontation I just might overload
My problems follow me to sleep at night won't let me go
The more I hide the more they thrive deep down inside of my soul
Listen
Got burnt by women poor dirts? In Venice
Landlords and tenants, got served by creditors
We have a deep passion
We can't keep dwelling on problems
Close relations past friendships don't last
No benefits plan, wrote a letter to my senator
We have a deep passion
We can't keep dwelling on problems
This situation's gotten out of control (hey he hey)
With all this stress and confrontation I just might overload (hey he hey)
My problems follow me to sleep at night won't let me go (hey he hey)
The more I hide the more they thrive deep down inside of my soul (hey he hey)
Singing
These bad dreams
These bad dreams
These bad dreams
These bad dreams
Shit now I lay me down to sleep
Please god let it end once again let me live life
We have a deep passion
We can't keep dwelling on problems
'Cause I can't do another long dance with a ghost
See my head wanna come around half past midnight
We have a deep passion
We can't keep dwelling on problems
This situation's gotten out of control (hey he hey)
With all this stress and confrontation I just might overload (hey he hey)
My problems follow me to sleep at night won't let me
Ass stinging no breath legs clinging to the bedside
Hard pressed just to get a little rest every night
Same shit can't remember last time that I slept right
This situation's gotten out of control
With all this stress and confrontation I just might overload
My problems follow me to sleep at night won't let me go
The more I hide the more they thrive deep down inside of my soul
Listen
Got burnt by women poor dirts? In Venice
Landlords and tenants, got served by creditors
We have a deep passion
We can't keep dwelling on problems
Close relations past friendships don't last
No benefits plan, wrote a letter to my senator
We have a deep passion
We can't keep dwelling on problems
This situation's gotten out of control (hey he hey)
With all this stress and confrontation I just might overload (hey he hey)
My problems follow me to sleep at night won't let me go (hey he hey)
The more I hide the more they thrive deep down inside of my soul (hey he hey)
Singing
These bad dreams
These bad dreams
These bad dreams
These bad dreams
Shit now I lay me down to sleep
Please god let it end once again let me live life
We have a deep passion
We can't keep dwelling on problems
'Cause I can't do another long dance with a ghost
See my head wanna come around half past midnight
We have a deep passion
We can't keep dwelling on problems
This situation's gotten out of control (hey he hey)
With all this stress and confrontation I just might overload (hey he hey)
My problems follow me to sleep at night won't let me
Lyrics submitted by yuri_sucupira
Bad Dreams Lyrics as written by Tom William Shimura
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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the line isn't: Close relations past friendships don't last
it's actually: close relatives passed, friendships don't last
(as in, family members have died)