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.
Chorus:
Yes yall, we moving at the speed of life,
Illuminate the path that we're moving on,
Cumulate, now lets jet our mouths, where we make the people bounce where the music gets around,
That's me, ridin' in the back of a taxi,
Gotta go home where I can't sleep,
Kill the telephone and be alone with to advance what it had to be,
Psychos, caught in the middle of a typo,
Act like you didn't know life goes,
The world fair, ain't no fair when you're working at the side show,
Well, you find a little piece of, hell,
I hope there's a mirror in your, cell,
To break everyday you wake up to you and take a look at yourself,
Now, calm down,
Just another tear from the sad clown,
Take another year put it on the ground,
Spread it all around little gas and a match and its all gunna pass like (wooo!)
Make the people to move the moment you can,
Move through the movement the moment use it,
Listen with your mind, but just don't lose it,
Find the time for fusin',
To the life, you're choosing,
(Chorus x1)
You make songs; they move it till you're dead wrong,
Wrong or right, I fight through the mornin light
Catch sight of this child of the wild moon,
Consume the wild shrooms laughing at your cartoons.
On a bar stool tryin to stay sain and maintain,
This thorough blood, drinking wolf's vein,
Fuck what you say,
You're trying to make a fake connection like a taupe.
My thoughts ‘come mildly affected,
By you and the light you projected,
No choice but to clash with a battle,
You had me here to cast a shadow,
One seed would grow your belief,
But if we agreed,
No one would bleed,
Can't lose the need to struggle,
Just another piece of the puzzle,
FUCK YOU
Must do, what I think is best for who?
Throw your hands in the tryin to catch the truth
Set the preferences on burn,
'Cause it's your world but your world don't turn.
Make it hot, tryin to make it out,
Sittin' in the same spot, same vacant house,
Get get get proud, get loud,
and you still don't know what ima talkin about now.
(Chorus x2)
You leave, you try,
You laugh, you cry,
You did, you lie,
You live, you die,
You will, you won't,
You feel, you don't,
You heal, and you crack,
and I promise still I got your back.
You leave, you try,
You laugh, you cry,
You did, and you lie,
You live, and you die,
You will, and you won't,
You feel, and you don't,
You heal, and you crack,
and I promise still I got your back.
You leave, you try,
You laugh, and you cry,
You did, and you lie,
You live, and you die,
You will, and you won't,
You feel, and you don't,
You heal, and you crack,
and I promise still I got your back. (Uh-hu)
You leave, and you try,
And you laugh, and you cry,
And you dig, and you lie,
And you live, and you die,
You will, and you won't,
You feel, and you don't,
You heal, and you crack,
and I promise still I got your back like that.
LIKE THAT!
Yes yall, we moving at the speed of life,
Illuminate the path that we're moving on,
Cumulate, now lets jet our mouths, where we make the people bounce where the music gets around,
That's me, ridin' in the back of a taxi,
Gotta go home where I can't sleep,
Kill the telephone and be alone with to advance what it had to be,
Psychos, caught in the middle of a typo,
Act like you didn't know life goes,
The world fair, ain't no fair when you're working at the side show,
Well, you find a little piece of, hell,
I hope there's a mirror in your, cell,
To break everyday you wake up to you and take a look at yourself,
Now, calm down,
Just another tear from the sad clown,
Take another year put it on the ground,
Spread it all around little gas and a match and its all gunna pass like (wooo!)
Make the people to move the moment you can,
Move through the movement the moment use it,
Listen with your mind, but just don't lose it,
Find the time for fusin',
To the life, you're choosing,
(Chorus x1)
You make songs; they move it till you're dead wrong,
Wrong or right, I fight through the mornin light
Catch sight of this child of the wild moon,
Consume the wild shrooms laughing at your cartoons.
On a bar stool tryin to stay sain and maintain,
This thorough blood, drinking wolf's vein,
Fuck what you say,
You're trying to make a fake connection like a taupe.
My thoughts ‘come mildly affected,
By you and the light you projected,
No choice but to clash with a battle,
You had me here to cast a shadow,
One seed would grow your belief,
But if we agreed,
No one would bleed,
Can't lose the need to struggle,
Just another piece of the puzzle,
FUCK YOU
Must do, what I think is best for who?
Throw your hands in the tryin to catch the truth
Set the preferences on burn,
'Cause it's your world but your world don't turn.
Make it hot, tryin to make it out,
Sittin' in the same spot, same vacant house,
Get get get proud, get loud,
and you still don't know what ima talkin about now.
(Chorus x2)
You leave, you try,
You laugh, you cry,
You did, you lie,
You live, you die,
You will, you won't,
You feel, you don't,
You heal, and you crack,
and I promise still I got your back.
You leave, you try,
You laugh, you cry,
You did, and you lie,
You live, and you die,
You will, and you won't,
You feel, and you don't,
You heal, and you crack,
and I promise still I got your back.
You leave, you try,
You laugh, and you cry,
You did, and you lie,
You live, and you die,
You will, and you won't,
You feel, and you don't,
You heal, and you crack,
and I promise still I got your back. (Uh-hu)
You leave, and you try,
And you laugh, and you cry,
And you dig, and you lie,
And you live, and you die,
You will, and you won't,
You feel, and you don't,
You heal, and you crack,
and I promise still I got your back like that.
LIKE THAT!
Lyrics submitted by hornbogen34
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