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.
with a sharpened blade you led the way
but it hurts to leave some behind
the cursive line
if life is a game, I guess I'll play for the grave
'cause sometimes it's so cold, a heart grows old
into a gleaming cage you gladly go
for a piece of darkly sweet remorse
in a shadowed lane you led away
from the fiery eyes below
that sparkled so
whether glitter or grey, everything is the same
and the dist between you and I goes by and by
for a bleeding change you charge the shore
while a pain got dull to even more
no, no, no- you won't, you won't
no, no, no- you won't, you won't
in carpool lane you sped away
but you got to have two or more
like three or four
when you held my gaze just to steer the day
and away to woah into night
to make it right
into a gleaming cage you gladly go
for a piece of darkly sweet remorse
no, no, no- you won't, you won't
no, no, no- you won't, you won't
no, no, no- you won't, you won't
but it hurts to leave some behind
the cursive line
if life is a game, I guess I'll play for the grave
'cause sometimes it's so cold, a heart grows old
into a gleaming cage you gladly go
for a piece of darkly sweet remorse
in a shadowed lane you led away
from the fiery eyes below
that sparkled so
whether glitter or grey, everything is the same
and the dist between you and I goes by and by
for a bleeding change you charge the shore
while a pain got dull to even more
no, no, no- you won't, you won't
no, no, no- you won't, you won't
in carpool lane you sped away
but you got to have two or more
like three or four
when you held my gaze just to steer the day
and away to woah into night
to make it right
into a gleaming cage you gladly go
for a piece of darkly sweet remorse
no, no, no- you won't, you won't
no, no, no- you won't, you won't
no, no, no- you won't, you won't
Lyrics submitted by Mechanical Bird
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