Comments on: Review: Perfecta by Adam Again http://www.downthelinezine.com/archives/401/review-perfecta-by-adam-again/ Classic Music Never Gets Old Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.downthelinezine.com/archives/401/review-perfecta-by-adam-again/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Michael Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:30:07 +0000 http://www.downthelinezine.com/archives/?p=401#comment-49 I couldn't help but feel that Gene had a sense of his mortality. When listening to the songs played at Cstone 2000, there was an eerie sense of his saying goodbye through the words of his song not just to us but also to his ex-wife who was on the stage notably having a difficult if not impossible time holding back her tears. Don't Cry... Hey, lo It's time to go It's time to say, say goodbye Don't cry And then there is the inexplainable foreshadowing of Dogjam... Three-legged dog hobbling in the backyard I don't mind at all Three-legged dog, cat-chasing is hard But I can't forget that she paid for it all I cannot listen to the recording without a haunting feeling that Gene knew his time was short and poured out himself in his work to compensate for his lack of time. No one in the world of music, Christian or not, has put more hours and more heart into his work than Gene. I'm working on a riddle I pray that God can keep this secret safe another day So I can find some time I'm leaning on forever God knows I want to have it in my sight and I can't say Goodbye, I want to try Sneaking up again, again, the end I thought that I was better Sneaking up again, again, the end I thought that I was better Sneaking up again, again, the end I thought that I was better Believe me, believe me, believe me I'm fine I have no doubt that where Gene is, he's doing just fine. I couldn’t help but feel that Gene had a sense of his mortality. When listening to the songs played at Cstone 2000, there was an eerie sense of his saying goodbye through the words of his song not just to us but also to his ex-wife who was on the stage notably having a difficult if not impossible time holding back her tears. Don’t Cry…

Hey, lo
It’s time to go
It’s time to say, say goodbye
Don’t cry

And then there is the inexplainable foreshadowing of Dogjam…

Three-legged dog hobbling in the backyard
I don’t mind at all
Three-legged dog, cat-chasing is hard
But I can’t forget that she paid for it all

I cannot listen to the recording without a haunting feeling that Gene knew his time was short and poured out himself in his work to compensate for his lack of time. No one in the world of music, Christian or not, has put more hours and more heart into his work than Gene.

I’m working on a riddle
I pray that God can keep this secret safe another day
So I can find some time

I’m leaning on forever
God knows I want to have it in my sight and I can’t say
Goodbye, I want to try

Sneaking up again, again, the end
I thought that I was better
Sneaking up again, again, the end
I thought that I was better
Sneaking up again, again, the end
I thought that I was better

Believe me, believe me, believe me
I’m fine

I have no doubt that where Gene is, he’s doing just fine.

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