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.
Sweet little Rosie, my softest machine,
Bounces with me on my big trampoline.
Childish and silly we're part of a team,
Me and my Rose on my big trampoline.
I was a shadow,
I'd smoke and I'd sleep.
'till you came and I opened like a flower to the heat.
And now Rosie she tells me of things that she's seen,
With flowers in her hair on my big trampoline.
Bounces with me on my big trampoline.
Childish and silly we're part of a team,
Me and my Rose on my big trampoline.
I was a shadow,
I'd smoke and I'd sleep.
'till you came and I opened like a flower to the heat.
And now Rosie she tells me of things that she's seen,
With flowers in her hair on my big trampoline.
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Isn't this song pure Cat Stevens? He sounds just like him!! Any idea what Rosie might be? "Softest machine"?
Sweet little Rosie, my softest machine - His Guitar? Bounces with me on my big trampoline Childish and silly, we're part of a team - Performing Artist Me and my Rose on my big trampoline
I was a shadow, I'd spoken at sleep - No chance to be heard without music (Guitar) Do you dream when I open like a flower to the heat? And now Rosie, she tells me of things that she's seen - Songs Flowers in her hair on my big trampoline - Flowers on the guitar?
My perception anyway, fantastic song!