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.
Well you've got me working so hard lately
Working my hands until they bleed
If I was twice the man I could be
I'd still be half of what you need
Still you lead me and I follow
Anything you ask you know I'll do
This one act of consecration
Is what I ask of you
A promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Severed flesh and blood
Offer it to me
Well you just leave me nailed here
Hanging like jesus on this cross
I'm just dying for your sins
And aiding to the cause
A promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Severed flesh and bone
Offer it to me
Wrap my eyes in bandages
Confessions I see through
I get everything I want
When I get part of you
A promise carved in stone
Its deeper than the sea
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me
A promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Devils flesh and bone
Do something for me
Working my hands until they bleed
If I was twice the man I could be
I'd still be half of what you need
Still you lead me and I follow
Anything you ask you know I'll do
This one act of consecration
Is what I ask of you
A promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Severed flesh and blood
Offer it to me
Well you just leave me nailed here
Hanging like jesus on this cross
I'm just dying for your sins
And aiding to the cause
A promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Severed flesh and bone
Offer it to me
Wrap my eyes in bandages
Confessions I see through
I get everything I want
When I get part of you
A promise carved in stone
Its deeper than the sea
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me
A promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Devils flesh and bone
Do something for me
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Ringfinger Lyrics as written by Trent Reznor
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