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.
She says that love can turn friends into fools
Make ' em easy prey
Well I feel like bending her rules
I don't want to deceive her
Want to make her a believer
But she don't trust nobody
Who says he feels that way
Which of us is the fool baby
You can't win if you can't lose
Which of us is the fool
Which of us is the fool
I would be hard-pushed to choose
Which of us is the fool
She knows her heart is so easy to break
She's so scared to fall
Can she tell how she makes my heart ache
I just want to hold her
But I know if i told her
She'd say I was just hurting myself
And it certainly feels that way
Which of us is the fool baby
You can't win if you can't lose
Which of us is the fool
Which of us is the fool
We both fear lonely nights
Little girl can that be right
I just want to hold her
But I know if i told her
She'd say I was just hurting myself
And it certainly feels that way
Which of us is the fool baby
You can't win if you can't lose
Which of us is the fool
Which of us is the fool
We both fear lonely nights
Little girl can that be right
Which of us, which of us, which of us is the fool
Which of us is the fool
We both fear lonely nights
Little girl does that seem right
Which of us is the fool baby
You can't win if you can't lose
Which of us is the fool
Which of us is the fool baby
Make ' em easy prey
Well I feel like bending her rules
I don't want to deceive her
Want to make her a believer
But she don't trust nobody
Who says he feels that way
Which of us is the fool baby
You can't win if you can't lose
Which of us is the fool
Which of us is the fool
I would be hard-pushed to choose
Which of us is the fool
She knows her heart is so easy to break
She's so scared to fall
Can she tell how she makes my heart ache
I just want to hold her
But I know if i told her
She'd say I was just hurting myself
And it certainly feels that way
Which of us is the fool baby
You can't win if you can't lose
Which of us is the fool
Which of us is the fool
We both fear lonely nights
Little girl can that be right
I just want to hold her
But I know if i told her
She'd say I was just hurting myself
And it certainly feels that way
Which of us is the fool baby
You can't win if you can't lose
Which of us is the fool
Which of us is the fool
We both fear lonely nights
Little girl can that be right
Which of us, which of us, which of us is the fool
Which of us is the fool
We both fear lonely nights
Little girl does that seem right
Which of us is the fool baby
You can't win if you can't lose
Which of us is the fool
Which of us is the fool baby
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