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.
Little lies, and shuffled dies
Gambling away your chance to go
See the limelight in your eyes
Face the change of everything you know
Drop the waves, and take the call
Someone's on the other line, it seems
Try to make you sell it all
Paying off their rent on all your dreams
They tried to tell you who to be
But you only wanted to be free
Now trapped in forest
You'll go down down down down down down
Flashing lights that make you sieze
Epidemic notions on the mind
Suicidal tendencies
Lashing your surroundings every time
What have you become, again?
Answers with no query in your head
Nosetailed on your flight
Forever broken, now the line is dead
They tried to tell you who to be
But you only wanted to be free
Now trapped in the forest
You'll go down down down down down down
So what's it gonna be?
Ain't it funny, in the end nothing has changed
We called this place so everfree, but it's only more derranged
So sit against your tower now, and let your hair cascade
Deep into the turmoil you made...
Take a step into the world
Feel your semantics bleeding through
Know the danger's just a phase
Harmony: A lie that you once knew
Scratching vinyl, dashing light
Hear the discord screaming of your lies
What's it like on the other side?
Turns out you're the person you despise
They tried to tell you who to be
But you only wanted to be free
Now trapped in the forest
You'll go down down down down down down
So what's it gonna be?
Down, down, down, so everfree...
Gambling away your chance to go
See the limelight in your eyes
Face the change of everything you know
Drop the waves, and take the call
Someone's on the other line, it seems
Try to make you sell it all
Paying off their rent on all your dreams
They tried to tell you who to be
But you only wanted to be free
Now trapped in forest
You'll go down down down down down down
Flashing lights that make you sieze
Epidemic notions on the mind
Suicidal tendencies
Lashing your surroundings every time
What have you become, again?
Answers with no query in your head
Nosetailed on your flight
Forever broken, now the line is dead
They tried to tell you who to be
But you only wanted to be free
Now trapped in the forest
You'll go down down down down down down
So what's it gonna be?
Ain't it funny, in the end nothing has changed
We called this place so everfree, but it's only more derranged
So sit against your tower now, and let your hair cascade
Deep into the turmoil you made...
Take a step into the world
Feel your semantics bleeding through
Know the danger's just a phase
Harmony: A lie that you once knew
Scratching vinyl, dashing light
Hear the discord screaming of your lies
What's it like on the other side?
Turns out you're the person you despise
They tried to tell you who to be
But you only wanted to be free
Now trapped in the forest
You'll go down down down down down down
So what's it gonna be?
Down, down, down, so everfree...
Lyrics submitted by Ganondox
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