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.
So you showed me around your town
To hell again and back
Our love has served to alienate
All the friends you depend on
I know it might seem odd
I know it might seem odd
Cause your not the only one
I remember my self as a lonely child
So I was
And you've got me wrong
You've got me wrong
(Ground your sense of worth
Til the spark of morning burns
And all those searching eyes
Could scold your tender mind)
Remember what they say
There's no shortcut to a dream
It's all blood and sweat
And life is what you manage in between
But what you don't know
Is you're too young and eager to love
Seething eyes
So you're about to get into
The ditch that you opened up
(Ground your sense of worth
Til the spark of morning burns
And all those searching eyes
Could scold your tender mind)
So the stars aligned
And leave you behind
You wanna sow it up
Here come the light
Of an autumn moon
Sister you know enough
But for now just let it go
Don't run, don't rush
Just flow
Through the give and take you had to learn
How to cross the coals and not get burned
But you're really just a little girl
Playing in the park until the sun goes down
Sometime you want to rise
One did it's our desire
No doubt you think you braided your own hair
So you're all grown up
Should you want to cross the line
Which way do you want to fly?
Pretend that love could help you find your way
But you got me wrong
Yeah you got me wrong
To hell again and back
Our love has served to alienate
All the friends you depend on
I know it might seem odd
I know it might seem odd
Cause your not the only one
I remember my self as a lonely child
So I was
And you've got me wrong
You've got me wrong
(Ground your sense of worth
Til the spark of morning burns
And all those searching eyes
Could scold your tender mind)
Remember what they say
There's no shortcut to a dream
It's all blood and sweat
And life is what you manage in between
But what you don't know
Is you're too young and eager to love
Seething eyes
So you're about to get into
The ditch that you opened up
(Ground your sense of worth
Til the spark of morning burns
And all those searching eyes
Could scold your tender mind)
So the stars aligned
And leave you behind
You wanna sow it up
Here come the light
Of an autumn moon
Sister you know enough
But for now just let it go
Don't run, don't rush
Just flow
Through the give and take you had to learn
How to cross the coals and not get burned
But you're really just a little girl
Playing in the park until the sun goes down
Sometime you want to rise
One did it's our desire
No doubt you think you braided your own hair
So you're all grown up
Should you want to cross the line
Which way do you want to fly?
Pretend that love could help you find your way
But you got me wrong
Yeah you got me wrong
Lyrics submitted by Konversekid, edited by tyrant001, hairypotty
October Lyrics as written by James Mercer Brian Burton
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I think that when he's referring to a little girl its about her naivety. I think hes talking about a girl who thinks that this love that she has will solve everything and be easy (theres no shortcut to a dream). But shes young and naive and can't actually see who he is (you've got me wrong). I think he's alluding to that first love that everyone has when you don't completely understand what it means and thats something that will come in time with experience (through the give and take you had to learn how to cross the coals and not get burned).
Sounds okay with me but what is the explanation for: <br /> And all those searching eyes<br /> Could scold your tender mind<br />
I found these lyrics at metrolyrics.com, and they fit what I've been hearing a lot better:
So you show me round your town ... I love the sexy way you made all the friends you depend on
I know it might seem odd Kid, you're not the only one... ...
(... and all those searching eyes, do they scald your tender pride?)
...
But what you don't know Is you're too young and eager to love This evening I see you're about to get into The ditch that your old man dug ...
See the stars align And leave you behind You want it so, and I I come by light of an autumn moon Sit still, you know enough...
...
So torn and worn and wise One day and your time is up No doubt you think that you braided your own hair So you all grown up
Should you want to cross the line, Which way did you want to find? Pretend that luck could help you find your way But you got me wrong...
I feel like it's about the nature of teenage girls. The singer is describing a teenage girl who charms everyone into being her friends so she can depend on them, who thinks she's "so torn and worn and wise," who believes she's got the world figured out, but whose "tender pride" is easily scalded because she's not really as grown up as she thinks she is. She'd like to think she can go anywhere and do anything, but as he points out to her in the last verse, "Should you want to cross the line, / Which way did you want to find?" She doesn't really know what she's doing after all, and luck won't get her as far as she thinks it will.
I'm not entirely sure about the meaning of "This evening I see you're about to get into / The ditch that your old man dug," but it fits what I'm hearing better than anything I've read so far. Perhaps it has to do with the girl breaking her father's rules about going out at night?
Defenitely he is singing: <br /> I love the sexy way you made all the friends you depend on<br /> instead of:<br /> <br /> Our love has served to alienate all the friends you depend on<br /> <br /> Read more at songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858819430/
"This evening I see you're about to get into / The ditch that your old man dug,"
I think, if we're going by the theme of naivite, this line alludes to the fact that the girl has come up in the world mostly on the shoulders of her parents. She is a Daddy's girl, and her reliance on him to get through the harder things in life will be the ditch she is about to "get into" once she starts her journey on life's road alone.
In other words, the ditch her old man dug was how much he was always there for her when maybe she needed to learn how to be there for herself.
Why do you think it's titled October?
I was wondering that as well. It may as simple as a reference to the time of year that he had this experience-- also, something about autumn makes me think of naivete and the feeling you have of going into a new year invincible (in high school and college, which might make sense based on the fact that the girl sounds as though she's young, maybe in college). I also don't know how relevant this is, but this song reminds me a little of "The Past and Pending," which has a similar tone to me. Both sound as though they are about the realizations that come in youth, a kind of sudden sobriety as one realizes that one has been acting foolishly.<br /> <br /> My take on this song is in line with some of the earlier ones-- whatever the specifics, he's pointing out to a girl he is seeing or has seen that she's using him as something that he isn't, and thinks her understanding of love is more mature (and probably more dramatic) than it really is. The tone of the very last line is so tired and almost bitter-- as though he has been trying to make her see and is finally giving up.
oh! I meant to point out the first lines of P&P -- "as someone sets light to the first fires of autumn, we settle down to cut ourselves apart." Seasonal reference, yknow.
"So the stars align and leave you behind."
"There's no shortcut to a dream."
Seething, I see You`re about to get into The ditch that you opened up
sounds more like "deceiving eyes, so you're about to get into the dates you opened up."
I actually hear it as a combination of the two:<br /> "Deceiving eyes see you're about to get into the ditch that you opened up."
Seething, I see<br /> You're about to get into<br /> The ditch that your old man dug.
He's definitely talking about naivety. This song is amazing.
"But what you don't know is you're too young and eager to love." In my mind, that ^ is the key line to naivety in the song. You never know though, a lot of artitst write about general things with a serious hidden message, you know? The artist is really the only person who knows what it's about.
The song makes me feel like i'm living in the 70s:)
"So you`re about to get into The ditch that you opened up"
It's
"So you're about to get into The ditch that your old man dug."
Last two lines of the first verse should be "our love has served to alienate all the friends you depend on".