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.
I don't love you
But I love when you call me every night
Too young to love you
But I know this feeling's so right
Ain't all about the sex now, see
Just love you lying next to me
Even talking 'bout the weather is ok
Just say you'll stay
With me
You broke me once
Now I can't stop breaking every time you leave
You leave me shaking
I can't breathe
Coz your love is taking all the air away
I can't see
The sight of you is blinding like electric shocks
Your love's my lightning
I'm so scared
But this shouldn't be frightening
Trying hard to break away
Got me dealing with my insecurities
Like I'm at war with these feelings
I'm feeling
I feel like I'm dreaming
I'm dreaming of you
Dreaming, but I've not got a clue what I'm doing here
You've got me so messed up
All your feelings they're just fucking me up
You're a junkie and a drunk but you're all that I want
Trying hard to let you go
You broke me once
Now I can't stop breaking every time you leave
You leave me shaking
I can't breathe
Coz your love is taking all the air away
I can't see
The sight of you is blinding like electric shocks
Your love's my lightning
I'm so scared
But this shouldn't be frightening
Trying hard to break away
[Instrumental]
You broke me once
Now I can't stop breaking every time you leave
You leave me shaking
I can't breathe
Coz your love is taking all the air away
I can't see
The sight of you is blinding like electric shocks
Your love's my lightning
I'm so scared
But this shouldn't be frightening
Trying hard to break away
[x2]
But I kinda like it
I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
Trying hard to break away
But I kinda like it
But I love when you call me every night
Too young to love you
But I know this feeling's so right
Ain't all about the sex now, see
Just love you lying next to me
Even talking 'bout the weather is ok
Just say you'll stay
With me
You broke me once
Now I can't stop breaking every time you leave
You leave me shaking
I can't breathe
Coz your love is taking all the air away
I can't see
The sight of you is blinding like electric shocks
Your love's my lightning
I'm so scared
But this shouldn't be frightening
Trying hard to break away
Got me dealing with my insecurities
Like I'm at war with these feelings
I'm feeling
I feel like I'm dreaming
I'm dreaming of you
Dreaming, but I've not got a clue what I'm doing here
You've got me so messed up
All your feelings they're just fucking me up
You're a junkie and a drunk but you're all that I want
Trying hard to let you go
You broke me once
Now I can't stop breaking every time you leave
You leave me shaking
I can't breathe
Coz your love is taking all the air away
I can't see
The sight of you is blinding like electric shocks
Your love's my lightning
I'm so scared
But this shouldn't be frightening
Trying hard to break away
[Instrumental]
You broke me once
Now I can't stop breaking every time you leave
You leave me shaking
I can't breathe
Coz your love is taking all the air away
I can't see
The sight of you is blinding like electric shocks
Your love's my lightning
I'm so scared
But this shouldn't be frightening
Trying hard to break away
[x2]
But I kinda like it
I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
Trying hard to break away
But I kinda like it
Lyrics submitted by Peps_07
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"Ain't all about the sex now, see Just love you lying next to me Even talking 'bout the weather is ok Just say you'll stay With me.."
Means so much.. Don't wanna explain too much on this.. but yeah the first line, means a lot.. To him & to me.. and "Even talkin 'bout the weather is okay.." Reminds me of camping in the rain with him (:
I guess this song is about a guy who is in a relationship that he needs to get out of but he can't because he loves her so much and he doesn't care what they do because he just wants to be with her. He's trying to get away but he likes the relationship; "Trying hard to break away But I kinda like it"
That's just my interpritation.
im suprised there are so little comments on this.. this song is one of my favourites! i can relate to it so much. to me, i believe it is about when you tell yourself you wont get too involved with somebody, but you find yourself falling for them and you know you shouldnt have. and then they are all you can think about, and you try to stop and give them up but you "kinda like it," even though you know they are not right for you and its heading nowhere.
Wrong lyrics on one line:
You're a junkie and a DRUNK but you're all that I want.
My fave line from the song. Fuck I love this song. Fuck I RELATE to this song. :|