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 go back
Back to the beginning
Back to when the earth, the sun, the stars all aligned
'Cause perfect didn't feel so perfect
Trying to fit a square into a circle
Was no life
I defy
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I want to feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean
I'm coming clean, oh
I'm shedding
Shedding every color
Trying to find a pigment of truth
Beneath my skin, oh
'Cause different
Doesn't feel so different
And going out is better
Then always staying in
Feel the wind
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I want to feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean
I'm coming clean
(Rain fall) I'm coming clean
Hey, yeah (rain fall down)
Let the rain fall
Let the rain fall
I'm coming
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I want to feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean
Let the rain fall down and wake my dreams (I'm coming clean)
Let it wash away my sanity (I'm coming clean)
'Cause I want to feel the thunder (let the rain fall)
I wanna scream (let the rain fall)
Let the rain fall down (let the rain fall)
I'm coming clean (let the rain fall down)
Hm, oh
Let's go back
Back to the beginning
Back to the beginning
Back to when the earth, the sun, the stars all aligned
'Cause perfect didn't feel so perfect
Trying to fit a square into a circle
Was no life
I defy
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I want to feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean
I'm coming clean, oh
I'm shedding
Shedding every color
Trying to find a pigment of truth
Beneath my skin, oh
'Cause different
Doesn't feel so different
And going out is better
Then always staying in
Feel the wind
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I want to feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean
I'm coming clean
(Rain fall) I'm coming clean
Hey, yeah (rain fall down)
Let the rain fall
Let the rain fall
I'm coming
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I want to feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean
Let the rain fall down and wake my dreams (I'm coming clean)
Let it wash away my sanity (I'm coming clean)
'Cause I want to feel the thunder (let the rain fall)
I wanna scream (let the rain fall)
Let the rain fall down (let the rain fall)
I'm coming clean (let the rain fall down)
Hm, oh
Let's go back
Back to the beginning
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I wouldn't even give this song a second glance if it wasn't what I listened to for a large amount of time when I was 12. But my interpretation of the song hasn't changed since then, and it's always been about becoming a new person true to yourself and free of pretensions.
"Coming clean", as well as standing in the rain and letting it wash over you, always symbolised washing the dirt of yourself away. Washing away all the bad things about you, becoming a better, new person and "trying to find a pigment of truth beneath my skin" meant looking inside to see who you really were, and following that. Yes, it's cliched "be yourself" pop sloganism, but for a 12 year old it's meaningful, when all the other things on TV didn't even get to THAT level of deepness.
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