Normally I write much longer notes when I post something new, but “Love You to 10” was my wife’s brainchild: I just acted as accompanist and producer. This, it turns out, is what happens when a math/ computer nerd writes a love song. Enjoy the lyrics…they’re virtually incomprehensible unless you, too, are a big dork.
The song is an extraordinarily Spartan recording compared to my recent standards. With all the virtual instruments at my disposal, it was an act of sheer will to leave it simple, mournful, and uncomplicated. I’m glad I managed to restrain myself, as the results are—I think you’ll agree—pretty cool.
Love You to Ten
Words and music by Angela Hall
Performed by Angela Hall (vocals, guitar) and Mike Hall (bass, keyboards)
If I am an entity than you are an instance
If I am an int array then you are an int
If you are a primitive than I am your object
I encapsulate your properties and you exist within
What I’m trying to say is that there’s no way to quantify it
But your distance has an inverse relationship
With the rate of my heartbeat, adrenaline, hormones
Perspiration, pheromones, and serotonin
I screwed this up, this wasn’t the way to begin
What I’m trying to say is I love you to 10
I don’t believe in a soul but I have distinct patterns of thinking
Unique to this physiology that concentrate
My attention and my interest to your unique patterns of speaking
And I think that approximates the definition of soulmate
I screwed this up, this wasn’t the way to begin
What I’m trying to say is I love you to 10
You see there is no formula, no quadratic equation
No algorithm, no matrix set of observation
So how can I calculate with any precision
My endocrine reaction, my level of elation
But if love is a normal curve in a dispersed population
Then we are the outliers beyond three standard deviations
If love is a function and you are left of the equal sign
Then I’ll try every integer until yours equals mine
I screwed this up, this wasn’t the way to begin
What I’m trying to say is I love you to 10
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