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.
I've been working with adhesives
Chains and locks and ropes and knots to tether.
But nothing's sticking to the pieces,
I can't seem to hold it all together.
But you should know
'Cause that explains why it all just fell apart.
It's not the end of the world,
Just you and me.
We're a part of it, everyone
We're a part of it, everything.
And if a nightmare ever does unfold,
Perspective is a lovely hand to hold.
Well I've been trying to ingest this
But everything to me just seems like nonsense.
And I was sure if I can get it
I guess it's time for me to grow a conscience
To combat the lapse
That explains why all of this simply collapsed.
It's not the end of the world,
Just you and me.
We're a part of it, everyone,
We're a part of it, everything.
And if a nightmare ever does unfold
Perspective is a lovely hand to hold.
It's been forever since I've gone
But I'm the Cusack on the lawn of your heart
Maybe forever 'til I go
But before then you should know
That I could tear that place apart,
I could tear that place apart.
I swear this to you,
I wish that this was not the truth
But it's something that you fell into
And crawling out is hard on you
I'm not sure it's what you want to do
Not convinced it's what you want to do.
It's just the weight of the world
Given out under the string.
And we're a part of it, everyone,
And we're a part of it, everything.
And when a nightmare finally does unfold
The nightmare finally shows
It's not the end of the world
Just a calamity,
And we're a part of it, everyone
And we're a part of it, everything.
And when a nightmare finally does unfold
Perspective is a lovely hand to hold.
Chains and locks and ropes and knots to tether.
But nothing's sticking to the pieces,
I can't seem to hold it all together.
But you should know
'Cause that explains why it all just fell apart.
It's not the end of the world,
Just you and me.
We're a part of it, everyone
We're a part of it, everything.
And if a nightmare ever does unfold,
Perspective is a lovely hand to hold.
Well I've been trying to ingest this
But everything to me just seems like nonsense.
And I was sure if I can get it
I guess it's time for me to grow a conscience
To combat the lapse
That explains why all of this simply collapsed.
It's not the end of the world,
Just you and me.
We're a part of it, everyone,
We're a part of it, everything.
And if a nightmare ever does unfold
Perspective is a lovely hand to hold.
It's been forever since I've gone
But I'm the Cusack on the lawn of your heart
Maybe forever 'til I go
But before then you should know
That I could tear that place apart,
I could tear that place apart.
I swear this to you,
I wish that this was not the truth
But it's something that you fell into
And crawling out is hard on you
I'm not sure it's what you want to do
Not convinced it's what you want to do.
It's just the weight of the world
Given out under the string.
And we're a part of it, everyone,
And we're a part of it, everything.
And when a nightmare finally does unfold
The nightmare finally shows
It's not the end of the world
Just a calamity,
And we're a part of it, everyone
And we're a part of it, everything.
And when a nightmare finally does unfold
Perspective is a lovely hand to hold.
Lyrics submitted by cloudy eye, edited by SleepySara
Part of It Lyrics as written by Matthew Thiessen
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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"I've been working with adhesives Chains and locks and ropes and knots to tether. But nothing's sticking to the pieces, I can't seem to hold it all together."
--> He's been doing everything in his power to keep them together after she found out, but it's not working.
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--> The relationship ending isn't the end of the world. Everyone experiences this, and everything eventually ends. When something terrible like this happens (which feels like a nightmare), it's good to get some perspective and realize the world isn't coming to an end, they're just breaking up.
"Well I've been trying to ingest this But everything to me just seems like nonsense. And I'm not sure if I can get it I guess it's time for me to grow a conscience To combat the lapse That explains why all of this simply collapsed."
-->"Well I've been trying to ingest this, but everything to me just seems like nonsense" = I guess he didn't feel like his sleeping around a bit was such a big deal. (Or maybe looking back he realizes that his sleeping around was really really stupid and ended up costing him what he loved the most.)
--> "And I'm not sure if I can get it. I guess it's time for me to grow a conscience" = This probably means that he realizes that if he doesn't understand this, he needs to grow a conscience, because it's clear what tore them apart, and it's clear it's all his fault
--> "To combat the lapse that explains why all of this simply collapsed" = the lapse either being his cheating or his getting caught. Either way it makes sense.