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.
Watching you from a distance, beautiful from afar
Watching you watching me, can you see my scars?
Dressing up in broken armor, I'm trying not to fall apart
I think I am afraid to see how fragile we are
Like life when it shatters, like hope when it matters
I know you never meant to hurt me
You don't even know you broke my heart
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
I never found the words to tell you
Before I had the courage you were gone
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
I hear you when the world is silent
You're coming through crystal clear
I hear you and I know you hear me
Somewhere, somewhere
Where the wall gives way to the water flowing
Through the cracks and the veins 'til the path
Starts showing how fragile we are
Like life when it shatters, like hope when it matters
I know you never meant to hurt me
You don't even know you broke my heart
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
I never found the words to tell you
Before I had the courage you were gone
I can't see past it
It was over before it started
You were gone before you came
I was lost before you found me
Now I'm lost, I'm lost again
I know you never meant to hurt me
You don't even know you broke my heart
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
I never found the words to tell you
Before I had the courage you were gone
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
Let it go, let it go, let it go
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
Watching you watching me, can you see my scars?
Dressing up in broken armor, I'm trying not to fall apart
I think I am afraid to see how fragile we are
Like life when it shatters, like hope when it matters
I know you never meant to hurt me
You don't even know you broke my heart
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
I never found the words to tell you
Before I had the courage you were gone
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
I hear you when the world is silent
You're coming through crystal clear
I hear you and I know you hear me
Somewhere, somewhere
Where the wall gives way to the water flowing
Through the cracks and the veins 'til the path
Starts showing how fragile we are
Like life when it shatters, like hope when it matters
I know you never meant to hurt me
You don't even know you broke my heart
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
I never found the words to tell you
Before I had the courage you were gone
I can't see past it
It was over before it started
You were gone before you came
I was lost before you found me
Now I'm lost, I'm lost again
I know you never meant to hurt me
You don't even know you broke my heart
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
I never found the words to tell you
Before I had the courage you were gone
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
Let it go, let it go, let it go
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
I can't see past it, I can't let it go
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