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.
I waited for ya, I waited for ya
I waited on ya, but now I don't
You didn't see it, I didn't see it
I didn't see it, but now, I do
I play your game, I play your game
Now
I play your game, I play your game
I take my chances alone
Get on your horse and be gone
I will not wait up for you anymore
So you can ask me if somethin' is wrong
Will you go?
I don't know anymore
When the night isn't ready for you
It's a fleeting unorthodox view
They invited a stewardess too
Now they want you to see it
Here's to days he decides he's got time
And he claims that it's not a surprise
When he finds out the truth's on his side
I take my chances alone
Get on your horse and be gone
I will not wait up for you anymore
So you can ask me if something is wrong
Will you go?
I don't know anymore
I don't believe anyone
As they crawl out of my way
Waiting for the night
Leaving night by night
You can see me travel
We could be in trouble every night
Why haven't you arrived?
I waited on ya, but now I don't
You didn't see it, I didn't see it
I didn't see it, but now, I do
I play your game, I play your game
Now
I play your game, I play your game
I take my chances alone
Get on your horse and be gone
I will not wait up for you anymore
So you can ask me if somethin' is wrong
Will you go?
I don't know anymore
When the night isn't ready for you
It's a fleeting unorthodox view
They invited a stewardess too
Now they want you to see it
Here's to days he decides he's got time
And he claims that it's not a surprise
When he finds out the truth's on his side
I take my chances alone
Get on your horse and be gone
I will not wait up for you anymore
So you can ask me if something is wrong
Will you go?
I don't know anymore
I don't believe anyone
As they crawl out of my way
Waiting for the night
Leaving night by night
You can see me travel
We could be in trouble every night
Why haven't you arrived?
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You've given this person many chances as they play their games and you're saying to them forget about it, be gone out of here as I have had enough of your bull and I am gonna take my changes alone rather than with a player :)
To me the song is about a guy who finally gives up waiting for a girl that he'll probably never get. For too long he's played by her rules but now he's realized that he can't waste his life waiting for her anymore and he's better off alone and he's moving on, even though he might still have feelings for her.
Song about relizing you dont wanna be in a relationship anymore, i guess... One of my favorites of this album
This song it has a special meaning to me. I used to remember a quite traumatic break up with a gal I lasted for 8 years... but now I take it as reflects the definitive emotional break up with my parents and specially with my mother. I always play their games where I was never enough as a Son nor as a Person to them. Not anymore... I'll take my chances alone.
this is missing loads of lyrics
Sorry for above comment I had mistitled this and partners in crime. great song
I think it's about a wife/girlfriend cheating. The husband/boyfriend suspects this, but doesn't confront her. He finds evidence of her plans to cheat and follows her sometimes to confirm what he already knew. It's not a surprise, but it still hurts like it is. So, he starts cheating, too.
it's fucking heartbreaking
I think of this song as Julian Casablancas waiting for his father to appear, come see or visit him but he (the father) disappoints every time. Lovely, lovely song but equally heartbreaking.
This song it has a speciall meaning to me. I used to remember a quite traumatic breke up with a gal I lasted for 8 years... but now I take it as reflects the definitive emotional break up with my parents and specially with my mother. I always play their games where I was never enough as a Son nor as a person to them. Not anymore...