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.
Yes I know it was late
We were greeting the sun
Before long
And you live with someone
I live with somebody too
Leave it there
For safe keeping
One of the west village in plains
That was the custom
Come dawn
On the walls of the day
In the shade of the sun
We wrote down
Another vision of us
We were the challengers of
The unknown
"Be safe" you say
Whatever the mess you are you mind okay
That is the custom
On down
Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na
Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na...
Until I see you around
Until we clear the accounts
Leave it there
Leave it to us
We are the challengers of
The unknown
Oh-la, oh-la, oh-la, oh-la
Oh-la, oh-la, oh-la, oh-la
We were greeting the sun
Before long
And you live with someone
I live with somebody too
Leave it there
For safe keeping
One of the west village in plains
That was the custom
Come dawn
On the walls of the day
In the shade of the sun
We wrote down
Another vision of us
We were the challengers of
The unknown
"Be safe" you say
Whatever the mess you are you mind okay
That is the custom
On down
Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na
Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na...
Until I see you around
Until we clear the accounts
Leave it there
Leave it to us
We are the challengers of
The unknown
Oh-la, oh-la, oh-la, oh-la
Oh-la, oh-la, oh-la, oh-la
Lyrics submitted by Cerulean_Blu, edited by SanibelMan
Challengers Lyrics as written by Carl Allan Newman
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I agree about the affair - but I think it's more that that. They're on the verge of running away thus the line, 'until we clear the accounts' and then they'll head into the unknown together.
Just wanted to mention, The Challengers of the Unknown was a fairly well known(at the time) comicbook published by DC. They were created by Jack "The King" Kirby, who also cocreated Captain America, Spiderman, The New Gods(Darkseid), The Hulk, Silver Surfer, The Fantastic Four, and countless others. The Challengers were a band of adventurers.
I'm almost positive the line is "Wander the West Village in flames".
The couple stays together all night, and then when dawn comes, they wander around in the West Village, "in flames" from their love/passion and also from the light of the rising sun.
@Jupe It is "flames," and you might be right about the love/passion angle . . . but I think it is also a nod to the visual effect of sunrise.
Hmm. You might be right, butterflykiss...but I think that might be taking the lyrics too literally. In the lines, "on the walls of the day/in the shade of the sun/we wrote down" indicates that they didn't write anything down, but that their time together lingers in memory. The "vision of us" that they were writing down was just a feeling, or a dream. If you take "when we clear the accounts" literally, it does suggest they're going to run away, but it could also mean that they should keep their memories alive until the time comes to forget each other.
Funny, I thought it was "You wanted the West Village in flames!"
west village in flames! me too, doesn't that make more sense?
Perhaps so zeeb - I think it works quite nicely if it isn't completely literal, as if they're dreaming that they can run away together. yet, they both know it can't happen. I think I prefer that!!
There is a lot of "exploration" imagery in this song. I believe that the first verse says "WANDER the west village in plains" because "one of the west village" doesn't make sense. Also, in the beginning of the second verse, I think it should be "we RODE down" not "we wrote down" - because they're not talking about writing anything. It's such a gorgeous song, and I see images of them in the plains, together alone and falling in love.
@Shea1023 It's definitely "wander the West Village in flames"
Shea -- I'd have to give the song another close listen, but "wander the west village..." sounds right. Have no idea about "plains" v. "flames"; but I never heard flames, myself.
But I do think it's "we wrote down"; I don't know if the next line "another vision of us" makes that much sense otherwise. I suppose it could be disconnected. But I think they are talking about writing something -- another vision of themselves, in the future, where they're together. But they're not writing it in a concrete way; they're writing it on "the walls of the day". Days don't have walls; their vision of the future is uncertain, fragile.