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.
Well, I am just guessing
I'm doing my best to make some sense out of senselessness
I'm talking to my wife, I'm drinking too much wine
I'm working on words, music, and melodies
This is the best, this is the worst
I am the last, I am the first
I'm placing blame and taking credit in a world I can't control
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
I feel I have to find some meaning
I don't think I see any
I don't know what it is I see at all
Oh, no one's got it right, yeah
They're just telling lies
Combined with their own special kind of truth
This is the best, This is the worst
I am the last, I am the first
I'm placing blame and taking credit in a world I can't control
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
Truth is just opinion
Facts entwined with fiction
Well, I just keep wondering
What is there to believe in?
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
(Truth is just opinion)
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
(Fact entwined with opinion)
To fill this space and feel like I belong
(Well, I just keep wondering, what is there to believe in?)
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
I'm doing my best to make some sense out of senselessness
I'm talking to my wife, I'm drinking too much wine
I'm working on words, music, and melodies
This is the best, this is the worst
I am the last, I am the first
I'm placing blame and taking credit in a world I can't control
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
I feel I have to find some meaning
I don't think I see any
I don't know what it is I see at all
Oh, no one's got it right, yeah
They're just telling lies
Combined with their own special kind of truth
This is the best, This is the worst
I am the last, I am the first
I'm placing blame and taking credit in a world I can't control
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
Truth is just opinion
Facts entwined with fiction
Well, I just keep wondering
What is there to believe in?
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
(Truth is just opinion)
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
(Fact entwined with opinion)
To fill this space and feel like I belong
(Well, I just keep wondering, what is there to believe in?)
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing
Define what I'm making, believe what I'm saying
To fill this space and feel like I belong
Lyrics submitted by smileforthecamera
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