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.
The will to greatness clouds the mind
Consumes the senses, veils the signs
We each are meant to recognize
Redeeming graces cast aside
Enduring notions, new found promise
That the end will never come
We live in times when all seems lost
But time will come when we'll look back
Upon ourselves and on our failings
Embrace the void even closer still
Erase your doubts as you surrender everything
We possess the power
If this should start to fall apart
To mend divides
To change the world
To reach the farthest star
If we should stay silent
If fear should win our hearts
Our light will have long diminished
Before it reaches the farthest star
Wide awake in a world that sleeps
Enduring thoughts, enduring scenes
The knowledge of what is yet to come
From a time when all seems lost
From a dead man to a world
Without restraint, unafraid and free
We possess the power
If this should start to fall apart
To mend divides
To change the world
To reach the farthest star
If we should stay silent
If fear should win our hearts
Our light will have long diminished
Before it reaches the farthest star
If we fall and break
All the tears in the world cannot make
Us whole
Again
We possess the power
If this should start to fall apart
To mend divides
To change the world
To reach the farthest star
If we should stay silent
If fear should win our hearts
Our light will have long diminished
Before it reaches the farthest star
Consumes the senses, veils the signs
We each are meant to recognize
Redeeming graces cast aside
Enduring notions, new found promise
That the end will never come
We live in times when all seems lost
But time will come when we'll look back
Upon ourselves and on our failings
Embrace the void even closer still
Erase your doubts as you surrender everything
We possess the power
If this should start to fall apart
To mend divides
To change the world
To reach the farthest star
If we should stay silent
If fear should win our hearts
Our light will have long diminished
Before it reaches the farthest star
Wide awake in a world that sleeps
Enduring thoughts, enduring scenes
The knowledge of what is yet to come
From a time when all seems lost
From a dead man to a world
Without restraint, unafraid and free
We possess the power
If this should start to fall apart
To mend divides
To change the world
To reach the farthest star
If we should stay silent
If fear should win our hearts
Our light will have long diminished
Before it reaches the farthest star
If we fall and break
All the tears in the world cannot make
Us whole
Again
We possess the power
If this should start to fall apart
To mend divides
To change the world
To reach the farthest star
If we should stay silent
If fear should win our hearts
Our light will have long diminished
Before it reaches the farthest star
Lyrics submitted by chaoticone
The Farthest Star Lyrics as written by Ronan Harris
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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I like the metaphorical use of crossing a great instellar void (or maybe it's just me) for seeing the future in a brighter light. In particular, I like this line.
"Embrace the void even closer still....We possess the power...To mend divides, To change the world, To reach the farthest star."
This is where I saw this comment! I was thinking about what you said today, and couldn't remember who said it. I love the line too, I was pondering it today and it made a lot of sense to me. I'd also like to say, I am very sorry I get so deep everywhere I go...I say like the same shit about every song. I look at a pile of dog crap on the ground and think it's about spiritual evolution. I guess it's just in the back of my mind 24/7 :/
I to really really enjoy the line "Embrace the void even closer still....We possess the power...To mend divides, To change the world, To reach the farthest star." I find it to be one of their more powerfull messages comared to some of the ones in Matter + Form.
What means a lot to me is "We live in times when all seems lost, But time will come when we'll look back, upon ourselves and on our failings." Too often we don't realize what good times we're having until we look back, so the key is to realize in the moment that these are good times not to be taken for granted. And if we're lucky we'll be able to look back. The part about our failings to me means we're just human.
For me? Well im a twisted soul.
The first lines are a statement of a extremist who is thinking of havoc. the rest is a sort of mixed feeling, should i do it or should i dont?
am i the one to do this or ............................?
i think it saying live life to the fullest
From a dead man to a world. Without restraint, unafraid and free.
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