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.
Chorus:
'Cause tonight, tonight, tonight
Love breaks down in paradise
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Falling back across the lines tonight
The time is almost lost
On the streets below
You've abandoned
What you don't know
Paradise not built to last
Love scatters like a shotgun blast, and
Let's meet by the barricades
Beneath the rockets and the falling rain and
If you think you've lost the war
Then darling, I need you more
(Chorus)
Sunrise on the broken streets
Like a kiss burn cold
Foreign land of burning streets
Oh, and you know
Paradise not built to last
Love scatters like a shotgun blast, and
Let's meet by the barricades
Beneath the rockets and the falling rain, and
If you think you've lost the war
Then darling, I need you more
(Chorus)
What you want
Gonna stay the night
What you need
Gonna make it right
How you feel
What you gonna say
We're gonna make it
Make it anyway
If you think you can
Then you know it's right
So go ahead
Just go ahead
Just tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight (woah)
Love breaks down in paradise (oh oh oh...)
Tonight, tonight, tonight (woah)
Falling back across the lines (oh oh oh)
Tonight, tonight, tonight (woah)
Love breaks down in paradise (oh oh oh...)
Tonight, tonight, tonight (woah)
Falling back across the lines tonight
'Cause tonight, tonight, tonight
Love breaks down in paradise
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Falling back across the lines tonight
The time is almost lost
On the streets below
You've abandoned
What you don't know
Paradise not built to last
Love scatters like a shotgun blast, and
Let's meet by the barricades
Beneath the rockets and the falling rain and
If you think you've lost the war
Then darling, I need you more
(Chorus)
Sunrise on the broken streets
Like a kiss burn cold
Foreign land of burning streets
Oh, and you know
Paradise not built to last
Love scatters like a shotgun blast, and
Let's meet by the barricades
Beneath the rockets and the falling rain, and
If you think you've lost the war
Then darling, I need you more
(Chorus)
What you want
Gonna stay the night
What you need
Gonna make it right
How you feel
What you gonna say
We're gonna make it
Make it anyway
If you think you can
Then you know it's right
So go ahead
Just go ahead
Just tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight (woah)
Love breaks down in paradise (oh oh oh...)
Tonight, tonight, tonight (woah)
Falling back across the lines (oh oh oh)
Tonight, tonight, tonight (woah)
Love breaks down in paradise (oh oh oh...)
Tonight, tonight, tonight (woah)
Falling back across the lines tonight
Lyrics submitted by Sheenaza
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