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.
Fuck
Fire and caffeine, a lot of nicotine
I'm on a burn, so I better tell you everything
The competition, the superstition
Nevermind 'cause you're never gonna give in
If acquired and that's how you like it
The same trouble in a different disguise
Bound to walk with a target on my back
At least I'm ready for another attack
The Lord of lies
The morning star
You had to be set free
Opposing sides
Your choices are
The negative one and me
Svengali, wail with the enemies
I never follow and I never make apologies
Your divisions, are gonna get ya
Because you won't disappoint each other
Center for the cynical, you're so political
You're getting ready 'cause the first move is critical
Reciprocity, somebody's listening
What did we learn from our time we can never die
The Lord of lies
The morning star
You had to be set free
Opposing sides
Your choices are
The negative one and me
(Fuck, fuck) the negative one and me
(Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck)
I hope you live
To see the day
When your world comes up in flames
And as you die
You see my face
You're the only one to blame, yeah
Fuck
The Prescient, the nascent
The quotient (they all will fall)
The Cystic, symbolic, condition (systemic)
Egregious, replete with
These lesions (contaminate)
Succumb to the selfish
Creation (your failure)
Yeah
Know I got ability, divisibility
I point a finger but it's always looking back at me
The centerpiece pulling on the mechanism
Unearthing skies of the cataclysm
When the innocent begin to circumvent
The color fades, but the picture is vibrant
What do you believe, doesn't matter now
Turn away, the killer is that of now
The Lord of lies
The morning star
You had to be set free
Opposing sides
Your choices are
The negative one and me
(Fuck, fuck) the negative one and me
(Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck)
I hope you live
To see the day
When your world comes up in flames
And as you die
You see my face
You're the only one to blame
The Lord of lies (the lord of lies)
The morning star (the morning star)
You had to be set free
Opposing sides (opposing sides)
Your choices are (your choices are)
The negative (the negative one)
The negative (the negative one)
The negative (the negative one)
The negative one and me
The negative one and me
Oh, the negative one and me
Yeah
Fire and caffeine, a lot of nicotine
I'm on a burn, so I better tell you everything
The competition, the superstition
Nevermind 'cause you're never gonna give in
If acquired and that's how you like it
The same trouble in a different disguise
Bound to walk with a target on my back
At least I'm ready for another attack
The Lord of lies
The morning star
You had to be set free
Opposing sides
Your choices are
The negative one and me
Svengali, wail with the enemies
I never follow and I never make apologies
Your divisions, are gonna get ya
Because you won't disappoint each other
Center for the cynical, you're so political
You're getting ready 'cause the first move is critical
Reciprocity, somebody's listening
What did we learn from our time we can never die
The Lord of lies
The morning star
You had to be set free
Opposing sides
Your choices are
The negative one and me
(Fuck, fuck) the negative one and me
(Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck)
I hope you live
To see the day
When your world comes up in flames
And as you die
You see my face
You're the only one to blame, yeah
Fuck
The Prescient, the nascent
The quotient (they all will fall)
The Cystic, symbolic, condition (systemic)
Egregious, replete with
These lesions (contaminate)
Succumb to the selfish
Creation (your failure)
Yeah
Know I got ability, divisibility
I point a finger but it's always looking back at me
The centerpiece pulling on the mechanism
Unearthing skies of the cataclysm
When the innocent begin to circumvent
The color fades, but the picture is vibrant
What do you believe, doesn't matter now
Turn away, the killer is that of now
The Lord of lies
The morning star
You had to be set free
Opposing sides
Your choices are
The negative one and me
(Fuck, fuck) the negative one and me
(Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck)
I hope you live
To see the day
When your world comes up in flames
And as you die
You see my face
You're the only one to blame
The Lord of lies (the lord of lies)
The morning star (the morning star)
You had to be set free
Opposing sides (opposing sides)
Your choices are (your choices are)
The negative (the negative one)
The negative (the negative one)
The negative (the negative one)
The negative one and me
The negative one and me
Oh, the negative one and me
Yeah
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