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.
A name
I recognize that name
It was at the center of some ticker tape parade
The lead story,
A fine example
A name, a name
A name I recognize that name
It was at the center of some magnifying glass
The lead story, a fine example
A name, a name
He used to pretend he was fighting some war somewhere
Now everything depends on fighting some war
He never thought he'd be an exclamation point
A demonstration of his disease
A punctuation mark
A household name with hiv
Still, it's just still sound
I recognize that name
It was at the center of some ticker tape parade
The lead story,
A fine example
A name, a name
A name I recognize that name
It was at the center of some magnifying glass
The lead story, a fine example
A name, a name
He used to pretend he was fighting some war somewhere
Now everything depends on fighting some war
He never thought he'd be an exclamation point
A demonstration of his disease
A punctuation mark
A household name with hiv
Still, it's just still sound
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ohh, I almost got to see Fugazi in Boston last month..my ride left without me and I got lost for 3 hours trying to find Mass Art, so I just ended up driving back home. :(
I'm not going to take credit for this, because i read it somewhere, but this song is a rant against the ludicrous discrimination towards homosexuals in the army. I believe the war that's talked about in the song is the man's war with discrimination.
right
That sucks Joe. Their shows are badass.
one theory i've heard is that it's about Magic Johnson getting HIV because of unsafe sex. his number was 32, 23 backwards, and i've also heard that it means the famous basketball player wearing the number 23, Micheal Jordan, doesn't get HIV because he "beats off" instead of having unsafe sex, which led to Magic Johnson's HIV.
one theory i've heard is that it's about Magic Johnson getting HIV because of unsafe sex. his number was 32, 23 backwards, and i've also heard that it means the famous basketball player wearing the number 23, Micheal Jordan, doesn't get HIV because he "beats off" instead of having unsafe sex, which led to Magic Johnson's HIV.
woops..sorry about that.
I don't think Fugazi would write a song about Magic Johnson. But, I could be wrong...
haha.. beats off..
i guess why they say "red handed"?
oops wrong song, too bad they dont in this song