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.
Tell me I'm wrong, tell me I'm indestructible
Tell me my faults, tell me I'm lying to myself
Tell me I'm wrong, tell me what's happened to all my friends
I've been lying here for the longest time
And I don't know where it ends
But I hope you made it long enough
'Cause I'm never gonna wait for someone else
You need to know that's why
We're the ones that bring this on ourselves
Maybe in time, maybe we'll get all over this
Maybe in time, we'll get back to a place
Where you can safely
Tell me I'm wrong, I hope you can say all this to me
Tell me my faults, it's all you can say
It's all you can say
At this moment where I lost control
And you happen to be there
And I hope it lasted long enough
'Cause I'm never gonna wait for someone else
You need to know that's why
We're the ones that bring this on ourselves, don't walk away
'Cause I'm never gonna wait for someone else
This world will always let you down
But rest assured, I'm on it too
Singing it, oh, oh, oh, oh
'Cause I'm never gonna wait for someone else
You need to know that's why
We're the ones that bring this on ourselves, don't walk away
'Cause I'm never gonna wait for someone else
You need to know that I'm never gonna wait for someone else
Tell me my faults, tell me I'm lying to myself
Tell me I'm wrong, tell me what's happened to all my friends
I've been lying here for the longest time
And I don't know where it ends
But I hope you made it long enough
'Cause I'm never gonna wait for someone else
You need to know that's why
We're the ones that bring this on ourselves
Maybe in time, maybe we'll get all over this
Maybe in time, we'll get back to a place
Where you can safely
Tell me I'm wrong, I hope you can say all this to me
Tell me my faults, it's all you can say
It's all you can say
At this moment where I lost control
And you happen to be there
And I hope it lasted long enough
'Cause I'm never gonna wait for someone else
You need to know that's why
We're the ones that bring this on ourselves, don't walk away
'Cause I'm never gonna wait for someone else
This world will always let you down
But rest assured, I'm on it too
Singing it, oh, oh, oh, oh
'Cause I'm never gonna wait for someone else
You need to know that's why
We're the ones that bring this on ourselves, don't walk away
'Cause I'm never gonna wait for someone else
You need to know that I'm never gonna wait for someone else
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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Just a minor thing, but it's brought instead of bring in the chorus.