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precious fallible gods

from precious fallible gods by GREGORY

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There was a time when we were young
And everything was new
We believed what we were told
What else were we to do?
A promise to always be there
To help us see it through
Radar silence!
We are truly alone in the cosmos

Drink this fake wine from this cup
To take away all of your strife
Place this bread upon your tongue
And it will surely change
The course of your life
I placed the thorns upon my head
And I could feel the pain as my own
Don’t eat this particular kind of meat
Or your soul will burn away
Say these words in just this way
And you will live to pray another day

And so I do all of these things
But nothing ever seems to change
Patiently, I’m waiting for a sign
But my prayers seem out of range
There’s nothing there
And I feel the same as before
They are willing to share
In the blame and nothing more

I remember eulogies
About how I was wrong
And the Host is so hard to please
Angels beware!
We’ve been baptized in madness
Covering our hair to hide our beauty
Not our sadness

Waiting again
For my precious fallible gods
To alter the end
Because I cannot do this again
Atonement begins
When my precious fallible gods
Begin to rescind
Unanswered prayers on a whim

Wear these robes
Cover your hair
Horny angels, oh beware!
Sing this simple poetry
To reserve your place in a Holy lair
I placed the stones upon my crown
And I felt no pleasure from pain
You can take this all on faith
“The end of the world is near!”
Prophets tax the truth and wait
To reap the dividends of fear

Blessed meanings rearranged
Are the Heavenly transceivers down again?
Feeling old and feeling strange
Perhaps I cannot afford a Lord now

I stretch out my hands
And I can feel the power of suggestion
By Physics or Man
Is it a sin to pose a question?
Down on our knees
Begging forgiveness
Anything to appease

It is all mystery
Buried in so many translations
But I have seen the evidence
Of monetary incantations
“Can you spare some change for God?”

There are times when I’m alone
And without the production
With all the rhetoric stored away
In total reduction mode
I find a peace of mind
I can feel order behind it all
And there is Truth
Even reverence
For all things real and all things unseen
When all the scriptures and the fanfare
Are set in their place
Only then, the evidence abounds
And there is Grace
Desperate flair cannot compar
To love ensnared by the fringe of eternity

There was a time when we were young
And everything was new
We believed what we were told
What else were we to do?
A promise to always be there
To help us see it through
Radar silence!
We are truly alone in the cosmos

The wages of sin
Per my precious fallible gods
Is facing the end
With nothing changed within
So I am calling again
On my precious fallible gods
For resurrection will mend
Just about anything
This nightmare will end
When my precious fallible gods
Stop preaching the end
But I just can’t fathom when
No answer again
From my precious fallible gods
My resurrection friends
Have fallen asleep again
I’m forced to contend
With my precious fallible gods
And I’ve learned to pretend
Because nothing in real
“Let’s begin…”
This might be the end
For my precious fallible gods
The only question is when
So I close my eyes
“Amen. “

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from precious fallible gods, released June 6, 2013
music, lyrics, and voice by GREGORY
drums and leads by MALACHI

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1987: The PHARAOH Project – Birth Rights
1988: BEHOLDER
2008: PRESCIENT – Emergence
2011: Proof of Concept
2011: Light Horizon w/ Adam McLean
2012: Birth Rights (pt 2) w/ Adam
2012: VIVID DOMINION
2012: The Imperative w/ Adam
2013: The End of Religion w/ Adam
2013: Apostasy
2014: Dead River Scriptures
2014: in a matter of days w/ Jordan Miller
2014: The Forge of Gods w/ Adam ... more

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