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.
Throw my guitar down on the floor
No one cares what I've got to say anymore
I didn't come here to be damned with faint praise
I'll write my masterpiece some other day
(Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do)
(Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do) fuck everything, fuck me
I'm repeating myself again
Innovation, I leave to smarter men
Pretty melodies don't fall out of the air for me
I've got to steal them from somewhere
But it doesn't matter what you do or how hard you try (hard you try)
Now there's nothing left for me to do except die
When they cut you up
They'll tell you that it's not going to hurt
But they are not going to stop until they see you go to sleep in the dirt
And there'll be no more cigarettes
No more having sex
No more drinking until you fall on the floor
No more indie rock
Just a ticking clock
You have no time for that anymore
You better watch where you run your mouth
Because you know what they'll say to you
And they'll say
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, over, over
Over, over, over, over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
You think you can come and go as you please (your life is over, your life is over)
You can't quit, you're fired (your life is over, your life is over)
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over
No one cares what I've got to say anymore
I didn't come here to be damned with faint praise
I'll write my masterpiece some other day
(Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do)
(Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do) fuck everything, fuck me
I'm repeating myself again
Innovation, I leave to smarter men
Pretty melodies don't fall out of the air for me
I've got to steal them from somewhere
But it doesn't matter what you do or how hard you try (hard you try)
Now there's nothing left for me to do except die
When they cut you up
They'll tell you that it's not going to hurt
But they are not going to stop until they see you go to sleep in the dirt
And there'll be no more cigarettes
No more having sex
No more drinking until you fall on the floor
No more indie rock
Just a ticking clock
You have no time for that anymore
You better watch where you run your mouth
Because you know what they'll say to you
And they'll say
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, over, over
Over, over, over, over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
You think you can come and go as you please (your life is over, your life is over)
You can't quit, you're fired (your life is over, your life is over)
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over
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Titus Andronicus Lyrics as written by Patrick Stickles
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this song is about a the singer quiting his art, and how the idea of quiting fills him with dread and leaves his life empty "Throw my guitar down on the floor No one cares what I've got to say anymore I didn't come here to be damned with faint praise I'll write my masterpiece some other day" this is about him quiting "There'll be no more cigarettes No more having sex No more drinking until you fall on the floor No more indie rock" this is about how quiting his art is also quiting his lifestlye. "They'll say Your life is over [repeat until end]" now this line is harder as it could be his former band mates and friends telling him that leaving the band means his life is over or perhaps it is just his own opinion of leaving his art, he saying that his art is his entire life. a great song by a great band
the lines "When they cut you up And tell you that it's not going to hurt But they are not going to stop until they see you go to sleep in the dirt"
is probably a reference to the Tragedy of Titus Andronicus
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this song is about a the singer quiting his art, and how the idea of quiting fills him with dread and leaves his life empty<br /> "Throw my guitar down on the floor<br /> No one cares what I've got to say anymore<br /> I didn't come here to be damned with faint praise<br /> I'll write my masterpiece some other day" this is about him quiting<br /> "There'll be no more cigarettes<br /> No more having sex<br /> No more drinking until you fall on the floor<br /> No more indie rock"<br /> this is about how quiting his art is also quiting his lifestlye.<br /> fairly easy to dissect but a amazing song and great band