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.
He stands all alone wanting to go home
Wishing he could stop playing the game
But he just stares in space and with a blank look on his face
Trying desperately to remember his name
He knows no one's there, and doesn't seem to care
So he stands and he stands to wait, but he's got no one to obey
but he can't know what to say
as he lingers his head fills up with hate
The time has come you see, the darkness now is eating me
My memories have run me cold
I try to hold on tight, i'm gripping down with all my might
We'll never be or so i'm told
chorus
Time has gone and passed me by, and so i change
I'll never know the reason why, things rearrange
time has gone and passed me by, and so i change
As further time rolls by, the things have changed for you and i
We've gone and moved our separate ways
The paved road of your heart, leads ever back to where you start
I know I’ll get my chance some day
chorus
Wishing he could stop playing the game
But he just stares in space and with a blank look on his face
Trying desperately to remember his name
He knows no one's there, and doesn't seem to care
So he stands and he stands to wait, but he's got no one to obey
but he can't know what to say
as he lingers his head fills up with hate
The time has come you see, the darkness now is eating me
My memories have run me cold
I try to hold on tight, i'm gripping down with all my might
We'll never be or so i'm told
chorus
Time has gone and passed me by, and so i change
I'll never know the reason why, things rearrange
time has gone and passed me by, and so i change
As further time rolls by, the things have changed for you and i
We've gone and moved our separate ways
The paved road of your heart, leads ever back to where you start
I know I’ll get my chance some day
chorus
Lyrics submitted by carboncentric
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