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.
This train don't stop at the stations of the cross
No reasons left to believe
Trying to stay awake gave yourself a caffeine headache
To hide the taste of sleep
In choosing to forget you cut away the safety net that holds your heart, holds your heart
And you go in search of youth touching up your empire roots
But these days we don't know how to march
Satisfied with a knife in your spine you're bloodless
So tell me again what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know
We think that we're the ones we're the bright unconquered suns
Wait a while we'll watch the light grow stale
And we smell so very clean but we're the
Oil in this machine and this machine
This machine is going wrong
So choose your sides when it comes to the fight you're bloodless
So tell me again what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know
You choose your side but in the fight I see your blood run white, your blood run white
And I've seen it all before and I see it again
And I see it again
So what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know
So tell me again now what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling
So tell me again now what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know
No reasons left to believe
Trying to stay awake gave yourself a caffeine headache
To hide the taste of sleep
In choosing to forget you cut away the safety net that holds your heart, holds your heart
And you go in search of youth touching up your empire roots
But these days we don't know how to march
Satisfied with a knife in your spine you're bloodless
So tell me again what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know
We think that we're the ones we're the bright unconquered suns
Wait a while we'll watch the light grow stale
And we smell so very clean but we're the
Oil in this machine and this machine
This machine is going wrong
So choose your sides when it comes to the fight you're bloodless
So tell me again what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know
You choose your side but in the fight I see your blood run white, your blood run white
And I've seen it all before and I see it again
And I see it again
So what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know
So tell me again now what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling
So tell me again now what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know
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That record company suggestion is so off the mark. Its just a cold cold song about a shouting fight between a girlfriend and boyfriend.