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.
When I was a movie star
An asteroid had hit the earth
And prematurely ended my career
I thought out loud, but no one heard me saying:
"Nothing isn't nothing
Nothing's something that's important to me
That's right
And everyone's a little nothing
That is how it should be,"
That's right. that's right
Sha sha
Sha doo
When I was an astronaut
I bought a fancy charm
I thought you'd like it, but you called it cheap
And at my feet it fell, like:
"So sue me, it's up to me
If I decide to be what I think is right
And don't bother me when I'm watching
Planet of the Apes on TV,"
That's right, that's how it should be
Sha sha
Sha doo
"So sue me, it's up to me
If I decide to be what I think is right
The sound, it found the ground and it hid it for free,"
That's right, that's how it should be
Sha sha
Sha doo
An asteroid had hit the earth
And prematurely ended my career
I thought out loud, but no one heard me saying:
"Nothing isn't nothing
Nothing's something that's important to me
That's right
And everyone's a little nothing
That is how it should be,"
That's right. that's right
Sha sha
Sha doo
When I was an astronaut
I bought a fancy charm
I thought you'd like it, but you called it cheap
And at my feet it fell, like:
"So sue me, it's up to me
If I decide to be what I think is right
And don't bother me when I'm watching
Planet of the Apes on TV,"
That's right, that's how it should be
Sha sha
Sha doo
"So sue me, it's up to me
If I decide to be what I think is right
The sound, it found the ground and it hid it for free,"
That's right, that's how it should be
Sha sha
Sha doo
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Techno Ted
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these lyrics are great. they make very little sense yet don't sound the least bit crazy to me. who ever can do that is great.
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