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.
My sixteen locked and loaded
All fear has been avoided
You say the words and my weapon is drawn
This one could be my last time
Some people call it war crime
I may be staring down a lethal sight
(To die)
Nothing shocks you like a bullet hole
Leaving my fear on the danger line
Suffering a man should never know
Leaving my faith on the danger line
I do this for my family
My daughter loves her daddy
Too many talk down on things they don't know
With colors never faded
Reckless and unabated
They may take me but never take us all (I'll crawl)
Nothing shocks you like a bullet hole
Leaving my fear on the danger line
Suffering no man should ever know
Leaving my faith on the danger line
I know what you're thinking
I've been there before
So think of the times
The time we spent laughing away
So think of the times at home
Now I found myself in my own blood
(never thought I'd lay in my own blood)
The damage done is far beyond repair
I never put my faith in up above
(never had much faith in up above)
But now, I'm hoping someone's there
Never meant to leave this world alone
I never meant to hurt the ones who cared
And all this time I thought we'd just grow old
You know, no one said it's fair
Tell my baby girl that it's alright
I've sung my last song today
Remind the Lord to leave his light on for me
I'm free
All fear has been avoided
You say the words and my weapon is drawn
This one could be my last time
Some people call it war crime
I may be staring down a lethal sight
(To die)
Nothing shocks you like a bullet hole
Leaving my fear on the danger line
Suffering a man should never know
Leaving my faith on the danger line
I do this for my family
My daughter loves her daddy
Too many talk down on things they don't know
With colors never faded
Reckless and unabated
They may take me but never take us all (I'll crawl)
Nothing shocks you like a bullet hole
Leaving my fear on the danger line
Suffering no man should ever know
Leaving my faith on the danger line
I know what you're thinking
I've been there before
So think of the times
The time we spent laughing away
So think of the times at home
Now I found myself in my own blood
(never thought I'd lay in my own blood)
The damage done is far beyond repair
I never put my faith in up above
(never had much faith in up above)
But now, I'm hoping someone's there
Never meant to leave this world alone
I never meant to hurt the ones who cared
And all this time I thought we'd just grow old
You know, no one said it's fair
Tell my baby girl that it's alright
I've sung my last song today
Remind the Lord to leave his light on for me
I'm free
Lyrics submitted by InUtero1324, edited by AvngdSvnX, Wyvern740, FunRocks
Danger Line Lyrics as written by James Sullivan Brian Haner
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I agree with many of the interpretations above, and I think that shadow's lyrics can be interpreted in many ways.
I'm taking a huge leap here in guessing that maybe one interpretation could be suicide. bear with me. heres where im going with this.
"you said the words and my weapon is drawn"- the words could be anything like- the painful words used against anyone who has ever contemplated suicide, or the words. "your best friend is dead"
"suffering a man should never know" could be referring to depression.
"I do this for my family, my daughter loves her daddy" he stays alive and keeps a happy face for his family,and his daughter.
"too many talk down on things they don't know" - so many people talk down on suicide and depression when they don't even know the beginning, they down know the pain, they can't even begin to know what it feels like, and yet they talk down on it, calling it the cowards way out, or calling them weak.
"i know what youre thinking, I've been there before, so think of the times...[etc]" now this could be someone talking to the person contemplating suicide. like. hey dude, ive been there. I've been broken, I've been in pain. so just think of the good times and look ahead, its all going to be okay, just hold on.
"now I find myself in my own blood, the damage done is far beyond repair, never had much faith...[etc]"
they've already pulled the trigger, the damage is done, they're dead and gone. they've never believed in god, or a higher power, or an afterlife. but now they're hoping that something is there for them. and I can't help that think it could be a slight tribute to the rev. "I've sung my last song today" possibly referring to the song Fiction.
"remind the lord to leave his light on for me, im free" - remind the lord to leave his light on so that he can find his way home, or to heaven. and that he is free from pain, and guilt, and suffering.
I know that this is a CRAZY interpretation. and I'm not expecting anyone to agree with me here xD but it came to me when i was belting along to this song, driving to school today xD and it just hit me. soooooooooooyeah. just a really, really, out there interpretation.
after the second sentence i thought u were CRAZY, but i read the post and u made some very good point, i still dont think the main point to the song is suicide but it can be interpreted that way with good reason