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.
Tell me I'm allowed to play the Fender Jaguar
Like the Velvet Underground
Tell me I'm allowed to hammer on a drumkit
Crazy for the love of sound
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Bad girls are exactly who they want to be
& bad girls see exactly who they want to see
Bad girls are allowed because they're just too proud
To care what people say
They do it anyway
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
I'm sick of being Alice in Wonderland
Sick of living in Victorian England
I'm sick of being a porcelain girl in a porcelain world
Is that all you ever wanted me to be?
If you want me, I'll be shooting with the junkies
If you want me, I'll be swinging with the monkeys
If you really love me, smash the walls around me
If you really want me, take me how you found me
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Tell me I'm allowed to be
(Baby, you're allowed to be)
Tell me I'm allowed to see
(Baby, you're allowed to see)
Tell me I'm allowed to touch the world around me
(Baby, you're allowed to touch the world around you)
Tell me I can make love to anyone anywhere
(Baby, you can make love to anyone anywhere)
Jump into the crowd
When I'm wet with sweat & the music is loud
(Baby you're allowed to jump into the crowd
When you're wet with sweat & the music is loud)
That's great
That's great
That's so great
Tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
Babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Like the Velvet Underground
Tell me I'm allowed to hammer on a drumkit
Crazy for the love of sound
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Bad girls are exactly who they want to be
& bad girls see exactly who they want to see
Bad girls are allowed because they're just too proud
To care what people say
They do it anyway
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
I'm sick of being Alice in Wonderland
Sick of living in Victorian England
I'm sick of being a porcelain girl in a porcelain world
Is that all you ever wanted me to be?
If you want me, I'll be shooting with the junkies
If you want me, I'll be swinging with the monkeys
If you really love me, smash the walls around me
If you really want me, take me how you found me
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Tell me I'm allowed to be
(Baby, you're allowed to be)
Tell me I'm allowed to see
(Baby, you're allowed to see)
Tell me I'm allowed to touch the world around me
(Baby, you're allowed to touch the world around you)
Tell me I can make love to anyone anywhere
(Baby, you can make love to anyone anywhere)
Jump into the crowd
When I'm wet with sweat & the music is loud
(Baby you're allowed to jump into the crowd
When you're wet with sweat & the music is loud)
That's great
That's great
That's so great
Tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
Babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Lyrics submitted by vchamberlain
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