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.
Let's welcome home the soldier boy (far away, far away)
No angel of mercy just a need to destroy (fire away, fire away)
Let's toast the hero with blood in his eyes
The scars on his mind took so many lives
Die hard the hunter
Welcome home soldier boy
Put down your pistol, yeah, put down your toy
Yeah, they can take a gun away from you
But never take away your attitude
They can't do that, oh, no no, they can't do that
You got no enemy, no front line
The only battles in the back of your mind
You don't know how to change from bad to good
You brought the war to your neighborhood
You can't do that, oh, no no, you can't do that
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Back in the city, he's a man on the loose
He is the shadow that's following you
He takes no prisoners when he's hunting for game
He's got a bullet and it carries your name
You can't do that, you can't do that
You can't do that, oh, no, no, no
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter (you got watch out)
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter (he's got blood in his eyes)
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
You can't do that
You can't do that
You can't do that, no no no
No angel of mercy just a need to destroy (fire away, fire away)
Let's toast the hero with blood in his eyes
The scars on his mind took so many lives
Die hard the hunter
Welcome home soldier boy
Put down your pistol, yeah, put down your toy
Yeah, they can take a gun away from you
But never take away your attitude
They can't do that, oh, no no, they can't do that
You got no enemy, no front line
The only battles in the back of your mind
You don't know how to change from bad to good
You brought the war to your neighborhood
You can't do that, oh, no no, you can't do that
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
Back in the city, he's a man on the loose
He is the shadow that's following you
He takes no prisoners when he's hunting for game
He's got a bullet and it carries your name
You can't do that, you can't do that
You can't do that, oh, no, no, no
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
(Die hard) you're caught in a trap
(Hunter) there's no lookin' back
(Die hard) he's lost in the crowd
(Hunter) die hard and proud
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter (you got watch out)
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter (he's got blood in his eyes)
Die hard the hunter
Die hard the hunter
You can't do that
You can't do that
You can't do that, no no no
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Die Hard the Hunter Lyrics as written by Peter Andrew Willis Robert John Lange
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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