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.
He got the droop of a fatherless child
Almost imperceptible, one can't see it with the naked eye
Oh but I can
That cardboard lady in the corner store
Her sparkle is all painted on
Six no-good men took her shine and more
Left her youth near Sausalito
Oh it's humorless and comical at once
Always being a stranger wearing the last town's dust
Oh it's humorless, it's humorless
They look me over, one up and one down
I can tell they're wondering who my people are
I say I'm new in town
I know it's gonna take a while
Oh it's humorless and comical at once
Always being a stranger wearing the last town's dust
Oh it's humorless, it's humorless
I speculate and browse the duraflame
Winter in the west coast cool
Out by the sea where no one knows my name
I'm on the road like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Almost imperceptible, one can't see it with the naked eye
Oh but I can
That cardboard lady in the corner store
Her sparkle is all painted on
Six no-good men took her shine and more
Left her youth near Sausalito
Oh it's humorless and comical at once
Always being a stranger wearing the last town's dust
Oh it's humorless, it's humorless
They look me over, one up and one down
I can tell they're wondering who my people are
I say I'm new in town
I know it's gonna take a while
Oh it's humorless and comical at once
Always being a stranger wearing the last town's dust
Oh it's humorless, it's humorless
I speculate and browse the duraflame
Winter in the west coast cool
Out by the sea where no one knows my name
I'm on the road like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
Like Jack, Jack Kerouac
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