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.
Broken bottles in the doorway
and I've been thinking have it your way
Take the night train right to Jersey
I'll leave you broken, I'll leave you wealthy
oh these eyes
oh please put the phone down, put the phone down
lie with me tonight
x2
oh please put the phone down oh please put the phone down
Beneath the violence when it's raining
your words just stare cold and do my head in
take the fast lane, chase the dream down
tonight the motorway is like a ghost town
oh these eyes
Oh please put the phone down, put the phone down
lie with me tonight
x2
Like you know you should
x4
oh please put the phone down
I won't forget you, won't forget you
see these troubled eyes that smile
this city is a graveyard, it's a graveyard
streetlights show us cold and hard
oh these eyes
Oh please put the phone down, put the phone down
lie with me tonight
x4
like you know you should
x4
oh please put the phone down
and I've been thinking have it your way
Take the night train right to Jersey
I'll leave you broken, I'll leave you wealthy
oh these eyes
oh please put the phone down, put the phone down
lie with me tonight
x2
oh please put the phone down oh please put the phone down
Beneath the violence when it's raining
your words just stare cold and do my head in
take the fast lane, chase the dream down
tonight the motorway is like a ghost town
oh these eyes
Oh please put the phone down, put the phone down
lie with me tonight
x2
Like you know you should
x4
oh please put the phone down
I won't forget you, won't forget you
see these troubled eyes that smile
this city is a graveyard, it's a graveyard
streetlights show us cold and hard
oh these eyes
Oh please put the phone down, put the phone down
lie with me tonight
x4
like you know you should
x4
oh please put the phone down
Lyrics submitted by hoplite17
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