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 kicked on my mule to parade me
Everyone else laughed and betrayed me
They said, "You ain't got the look and you ain't got the size
And you sure look like a fairy with those sweet puffy eyes"
And you won't
No, you won't
No, you won't
Get that load up stardom road
Well, there's managers and producers
And all the queens you need
There's [Incomprehensible] and there's juices
And there'll spaced out on speed
And when all the public see and when all the people stare
They say look at him riding his mule upstage
He ain't going no where, no where
He ain't got no, well, he ain't got no highway fare
Well, I kicked on my mule and he obeyed me
Everyone else, they snubbed and delayed me
They said, "You ain't got voice and you ain't got the chords
And you're living in bay's water on floorboards"
And you won't
No, you won't
No, you won't
Take that load up stardom road
you're nowhere, you ain't got non'
You ain't got no highway fare
No, you're nothing, you're no one, never gonna be anyone
You ain't got nothing
And you won't
No, you won't
No, you won't
Take that load up stardom road
Everyone else laughed and betrayed me
They said, "You ain't got the look and you ain't got the size
And you sure look like a fairy with those sweet puffy eyes"
And you won't
No, you won't
No, you won't
Get that load up stardom road
Well, there's managers and producers
And all the queens you need
There's [Incomprehensible] and there's juices
And there'll spaced out on speed
And when all the public see and when all the people stare
They say look at him riding his mule upstage
He ain't going no where, no where
He ain't got no, well, he ain't got no highway fare
Well, I kicked on my mule and he obeyed me
Everyone else, they snubbed and delayed me
They said, "You ain't got voice and you ain't got the chords
And you're living in bay's water on floorboards"
And you won't
No, you won't
No, you won't
Take that load up stardom road
you're nowhere, you ain't got non'
You ain't got no highway fare
No, you're nothing, you're no one, never gonna be anyone
You ain't got nothing
And you won't
No, you won't
No, you won't
Take that load up stardom road
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