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Turing Test of Love

from VIVID DOMINION by GREGORY

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I dedicate this song to my fallen brother, Tony Estrada (BEHOLDER), who faithfully passed every test of friendship and love.

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The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
- William Butler Yeats, 1919,
spoken by Tammy Lier

Let us calculate the absolute value of faithfulness...

As the tide of all things ebbs away
A dying choir sings for yesterday
Gold bling and diamond rings are left behind
There is no finer thing than more time

A broken rosary, tarnished icons fade
Evaporating holy water leaves an ungodly stain
And this is the thing…

Like the ache of memories, hate, and blame
The pace of entropy tastes the same
Another year is gone and passed away
The best part of life and I cannot stay

A rotting crucifix - Weeping statues wail
Rancid wine in a corroded chalice - A tattered veil

Lifetimes projected in linear progression
The weighing of Deeds and Dreams (of falling)
Hindsight perspective - A final inspection
An analysis of self esteem
And I regret nothing
And this is the thing…

Was I faithful? Was I true?
To all the sanctions that life imbued?
A complex conjugate - my other half above
Did I pass the Turing test of love?

Confabulated ministries playing with their toys
Background radiation morphing love into noise

A finger on a fading pulse, I close my eyes
The edicts of mortality are nothing but alibis
Slipping from solipsism I hypothesize
There is nothing more… it was a lie
And this is the thing…

Did I tantalize you? Am I captivating?
I did not recognize you
I was engrossed in the world
I felt the heat as you walked by
I should have waited for you
There is eloquence in perfect timing
There is no use denying a parallel intention
Let us calculate the absolute value of faithfulness

Did I suffer enough?
Am I saved?
Repenting wave solutions pound the quantum bay into fruition
Unto the end immaculate
I have nothing more to say

The darkness drops again...

credits

from VIVID DOMINION, released December 21, 2012
A final singular recognition to Tammy Lier (www.TammyLier.com) for her wonderful friendship and perfect spoken voice...
And once again, Adam McLean (http://adammclean.bandcamp.com)is The Man, bringing this song together with his awesome lead guitar work all the way from Boston!

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GREGORY Las Vegas, Nevada

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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