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.
Red, White, Boom
I can't hear you
Red, White, Boom
You can't come up for air when you're living on a dime
The truth is all around us if you read between the crimes
We ride the wheel of misfortune just like a carousel
We each are our own devil, and we make this world our hell
Cold and isolated
Sold out, violated
Over stimulated
So run for your life, or detonate it
Red, White, Boom
I can't hear you
Red, White, Boom
The land of the free, the sick, and depraved
They say you can't forget the past if you won't give up it's ghost
The difference between medicine and poison is the dose
Our carpel tunnel vision is our social suicide
So smile for the camera, aim it right between your eyes
Cold and isolated
Sold out, violated
Over complicated
So run for your life, or detonate it
Please keep your hopes and dreams inside the vehicle at all times
Free will is no longer permitted on this ride
1 - 2 - fuck you
It's hard to take a breath, when dying to survive
The truth is all around, just read between the crimes
Our coffin's rent to own, we're swinging from a rope
The symptoms of control, if undiagnosed, are doomed to explode
Cold and isolated
Force fed, violated
Divided states of hope and hatred
So run for your life, or detonate it
Go fuck the algorithm
I won't bow down to a broken system
Where madness is celebrated
So pull the pin and detonate it
Red, White, Boom
I can't hear you
Red, White, Boom
The land of the free, the sick, and depraved
I can't hear you
Red, White, Boom
You can't come up for air when you're living on a dime
The truth is all around us if you read between the crimes
We ride the wheel of misfortune just like a carousel
We each are our own devil, and we make this world our hell
Cold and isolated
Sold out, violated
Over stimulated
So run for your life, or detonate it
Red, White, Boom
I can't hear you
Red, White, Boom
The land of the free, the sick, and depraved
They say you can't forget the past if you won't give up it's ghost
The difference between medicine and poison is the dose
Our carpel tunnel vision is our social suicide
So smile for the camera, aim it right between your eyes
Cold and isolated
Sold out, violated
Over complicated
So run for your life, or detonate it
Please keep your hopes and dreams inside the vehicle at all times
Free will is no longer permitted on this ride
1 - 2 - fuck you
It's hard to take a breath, when dying to survive
The truth is all around, just read between the crimes
Our coffin's rent to own, we're swinging from a rope
The symptoms of control, if undiagnosed, are doomed to explode
Cold and isolated
Force fed, violated
Divided states of hope and hatred
So run for your life, or detonate it
Go fuck the algorithm
I won't bow down to a broken system
Where madness is celebrated
So pull the pin and detonate it
Red, White, Boom
I can't hear you
Red, White, Boom
The land of the free, the sick, and depraved
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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