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.
Oh, what did I say?
She's all shook up
Lost in the summer, man
We're burning up
The time don't show
When the sun gets carried
The tide curves off your body
Oh, you'll stay with me
I, now I will show you
It's how I lie
When no one told you
Oh, what did I say?
She's all shook up
Vision by the seaside
We moving our hearts
With I don't know
When the fire gets hazy
The flames roll down and off her body
Oh, you'll stay with me
I, now I will show you
It's how I lie
When no one told you
So ride, Sherry, ride, Sherry, ride
I will show you
We'll go in the night
Wondering why no one told you
Now I can walk the stones of the shoreline
And taste the ocean salt when the cold shines
My words are rolling soft down your south side
Oh, you won't hide
I, now I will show you
It's how I lie
When no one told you
So ride, Sherry, ride, Sherry, ride
I will show you
We'll go in the night
Wondering why no one told you
Why, you know it goes, you know it goes
Why, you know it goes, you know it goes
Why it goes
She's all shook up
Lost in the summer, man
We're burning up
The time don't show
When the sun gets carried
The tide curves off your body
Oh, you'll stay with me
I, now I will show you
It's how I lie
When no one told you
Oh, what did I say?
She's all shook up
Vision by the seaside
We moving our hearts
With I don't know
When the fire gets hazy
The flames roll down and off her body
Oh, you'll stay with me
I, now I will show you
It's how I lie
When no one told you
So ride, Sherry, ride, Sherry, ride
I will show you
We'll go in the night
Wondering why no one told you
Now I can walk the stones of the shoreline
And taste the ocean salt when the cold shines
My words are rolling soft down your south side
Oh, you won't hide
I, now I will show you
It's how I lie
When no one told you
So ride, Sherry, ride, Sherry, ride
I will show you
We'll go in the night
Wondering why no one told you
Why, you know it goes, you know it goes
Why, you know it goes, you know it goes
Why it goes
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Techno Ted
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Great version of a great song,
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Has anyone heard the reprise version of this song? Both versions are amazing, but the reprise is just a bit slower and low key. I recommend that you head on over to Youtube and give it a listen.
I love the ocean imagery. So much can be connected with the ocean.The lyrics are very vague though, and it's hard to pick out anything concrete. The title, "Strings" makes me he is connected. "She", so he is connecting with a woman. Though, I think he has a problem with being truthful. She is "all shook up" because of the way he lies. But it's actually these lies themselves that make their relationship fiery and passionate. Wondering why no one every told her, he is going to show her, they will go out in the night. Freud would have a heyday with all the sexual undertones in this song.
Oh, Young the Giant. I missed a chance to see them live. So bummed out. One of my favorite bands.
Happy listening,
Eric