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 left a note on his dresser
And my old wedding ring
With these few goodbye words
How can I sing?
Goodbye old sleepy head
I'm packing you in like I said
Take care of everything
I'm leaving my wedding ring
Don't look for me
I'll get a hand
Remember, darling
Don't smoke in bed
Don't look for me
I'll get a hand
Remember, darling
Don't smoke in bed
And my old wedding ring
With these few goodbye words
How can I sing?
Goodbye old sleepy head
I'm packing you in like I said
Take care of everything
I'm leaving my wedding ring
Don't look for me
I'll get a hand
Remember, darling
Don't smoke in bed
Don't look for me
I'll get a hand
Remember, darling
Don't smoke in bed
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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Nina is singing about knowing her husband is cheating on her. She knows he smokes in bed after sex and has found some evidence to confirm her suspicions. Or it involves a warning about leaving a trail of what you have been up to. To smoke in bed is to leave a butt lying around, to potentially set light the mattress- a metaphor for burning ( and destroying) the matrimonial vow. Her voice carries the tinge of disappointment and regret, bitterness and suppressed anger. But also the message that even if one gets deceived one can still move on and find safer waters- to love again or even marry again (I'll find a hand- in marriage). In some recordings towards the end her voice carries such pathos, such pain one wonders if she has experienced this greatest of betrayals- wonderful really cause otherwise how would she sing such beautiful music? Suffering ain't so bad when its changed into something so memorable. At least for those of us just listening...
Wow, Blixen, I never thought of it like that. I just always thought that it was a failed marriage, and she knew it would never work. So she just left. But she still cared about him, so she told him to not smoke in bed because a lot of people fall asleep while having a smoke in bed, which can lead to a fire. There doesn't necessarily have to be infidelity involved, it's just that the marriage didn't work, so she's leaving him. But she still cares for him, which is why she gives him this last piece of advice. This sort of makes sense of the line "I'm packing you in like I said". To me, that says that she's talked to him about the unhappy marriage, and told him that she might leave, and if she did, she would pack him in(in the covers of the bed) before she leaves.
Yup...failed marriage. She's leaving yet she still cares for/worries about him. I'm that way with my ex...don't wanna live with him, but will always love him and want the best for him. When you're together a long time and share important/special moments (in our case a child) it's understandable. LOVE Nina Simone.