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.
[Verse 1]
You want something inside me to break
I'll give you the pieces to throw away (Oh, we know)
How this ends for me, my love
[Pre-Chorus]
That's just the way
That's just the way you want it
That's just a way
That's just a way for you to keep me down
[Chorus]
So don't you say a word, don't go to sleep
Your bleeding heart consumes me
I'm fucked up enough, no sympathy
So close, it hurts to kill me
To kill me
[Verse 2]
Leave me alone
'Cause I'm the last one you need to provoke
I'm way too proud to give the answers you want
I've found you out and you know it now
I feel it tear me up
This is goodbye, my love
[Pre-Chorus]
That's just the way you want it
That's just the way
That's just a way for you to keep me down
[Chorus]
So don't you say a word, don't go to sleep
Your bleeding heart consumes me
I'm fucked up enough, no sympathy
So close, it hurts to kill me
[Bridge]
And we lose everything we love (When the truth comes out)
And we don't surrender, we're broken enough
We say anything that we want
You're gonna hear me out
If it kills me now, kills me now
[Chorus]
So don't you say a word, don't go to sleep
Your bleeding heart consumes me
I'm fucked up enough, no sympathy
So close, it hurts to kill me
You want something inside me to break
I'll give you the pieces to throw away (Oh, we know)
How this ends for me, my love
[Pre-Chorus]
That's just the way
That's just the way you want it
That's just a way
That's just a way for you to keep me down
[Chorus]
So don't you say a word, don't go to sleep
Your bleeding heart consumes me
I'm fucked up enough, no sympathy
So close, it hurts to kill me
To kill me
[Verse 2]
Leave me alone
'Cause I'm the last one you need to provoke
I'm way too proud to give the answers you want
I've found you out and you know it now
I feel it tear me up
This is goodbye, my love
[Pre-Chorus]
That's just the way you want it
That's just the way
That's just a way for you to keep me down
[Chorus]
So don't you say a word, don't go to sleep
Your bleeding heart consumes me
I'm fucked up enough, no sympathy
So close, it hurts to kill me
[Bridge]
And we lose everything we love (When the truth comes out)
And we don't surrender, we're broken enough
We say anything that we want
You're gonna hear me out
If it kills me now, kills me now
[Chorus]
So don't you say a word, don't go to sleep
Your bleeding heart consumes me
I'm fucked up enough, no sympathy
So close, it hurts to kill me
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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