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.
So why the sudden change
And what's this all about?
I know they speak your name
But where's the sound right now?
I can't stop praying you'll hear me play
I know that I'll be with you there someday
So where the hell's my hope
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot
But I won't let this die
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere
And another reason not to fear the sky
No, not tonight
Can I pull out all the stops
And get out of this town?
I want to make you proud
But I really don't know how
I know it's not helping to hear me say
I wish it was me in the car that day
Though something made me stop and think of what you said
You know it meant a lot
But I was just a kid
One with all these dreams of growing up and playing music on the road
I've been screaming all these years and thinking of you both
So where's my hope
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot
But I won't let this die
I know I've got this friend up in the atmosphere
And another reason not to fear the sky
No, not tonight
I wrote this note
Because I never even told you
You know I've got some things to sing about
Like we were young and holding true
To all these songs that always made us pull through
And now I've got some words that I'll write down
I'm sending this shit out
So where's my hope
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot
But I won't let this die
I know I've got this friend up in the atmosphere
And another reason not to fear the sky
No, not tonight
So where's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot
But I won't let this die
I know I've got this friend up in the atmosphere
And another reason not to fear the sky
No, not tonight
So where the hell's my hope
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot
But I won't let this die
I know I've got this friend up in the atmosphere
And another reason not to fear the sky
No, not tonight
No, not tonight
And what's this all about?
I know they speak your name
But where's the sound right now?
I can't stop praying you'll hear me play
I know that I'll be with you there someday
So where the hell's my hope
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot
But I won't let this die
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere
And another reason not to fear the sky
No, not tonight
Can I pull out all the stops
And get out of this town?
I want to make you proud
But I really don't know how
I know it's not helping to hear me say
I wish it was me in the car that day
Though something made me stop and think of what you said
You know it meant a lot
But I was just a kid
One with all these dreams of growing up and playing music on the road
I've been screaming all these years and thinking of you both
So where's my hope
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot
But I won't let this die
I know I've got this friend up in the atmosphere
And another reason not to fear the sky
No, not tonight
I wrote this note
Because I never even told you
You know I've got some things to sing about
Like we were young and holding true
To all these songs that always made us pull through
And now I've got some words that I'll write down
I'm sending this shit out
So where's my hope
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot
But I won't let this die
I know I've got this friend up in the atmosphere
And another reason not to fear the sky
No, not tonight
So where's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot
But I won't let this die
I know I've got this friend up in the atmosphere
And another reason not to fear the sky
No, not tonight
So where the hell's my hope
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot
But I won't let this die
I know I've got this friend up in the atmosphere
And another reason not to fear the sky
No, not tonight
No, not tonight
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The Permanent Rain Lyrics as written by Bryan Alan Czap A.j. Perdomo
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I think it's about his parents dying in a car crash. Maybe even grandparents. Becuase it says "you both" meaning two people and the way he talks about them it sounds like a parental figure. Like he wants them to be proud of him. and he wish he would have died that day and not them. and I think he was youg. Becuase he says "I was just a kid"
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