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The Ifandbut

by Guthrie Galileo

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1.
If 02:07
...And I should've known all along but you don't want to know what they do when they're all alone
2.
How does your day go? are you just starting to feel better? Everything will be alright
3.
The midday spilled a daydream vague but I see what it means the strange way this feeling swayed me with the notion that something is destined for me I can see it in the fluorescent star rays hand blocking the lights out, feeling it right now it's coming for me The new day came and bathed me nothing in the sky save a jet stream they naysay, call me crazy another shell in my mental weaponry I can feel it even in the pouring rain and I can see it in the fluorescent star rays hand blocking the lights out, feeling it right now it's coming for me Can't fight a flame, with hate or doubt I found my way, so can't lose now I burn shit up, you stomp me out it's coming now, can't stop me
4.
Its easy just to lose momentum and let situations turn a dull grey but the energy is elemental naturally were finding our way And it's difficult to find it out but once you do, you'll know it always difference is my nature now responsible to cause my own wave I'll be the water–conjure me to take an island out i'll be the whirlwind you run to warn your towns about i'll be the wildfire too powerful to conquer now i'll be the hurricane you thought was just a passing cloud and still i'll be the oxygen that you can't live without I'm trying just to hold my center lest my reservations lead me astray but I'm focused on that second level knowing well that i will get there someday But it's difficult to find it out though once you do, you'll know it always difference is my nature now responsible to cause my own wave I'll be the water–conjure me to take an island out i'll be the whirlwind you run to warn your towns about i'll be the wildfire too powerful to conquer now i'll be the hurricane you thought was just a passing cloud and still i'll be the oxygen that you can't live without
5.
Cold Night 01:04
The cold cut the air just like a razorblade but slowly we found our own ways to stay warm anyway but it would be hotter to be holding you
6.
Hot Rush 03:23
I keep my windows down, when i'm rolling around now the wind strips the feeling from my fingers so quick shit— but at least i can feel imma whip it into fifth, there's a devil at my six imma ride it to the top or imma wind up in a ditch carry life with some risk, so i know that it's real, it's all real But it would be hotter to be holding you I would turn this thing around do it once again, probably lose my head but its been limiting enough starting to believe in inefficiency of trust bitch i get it in but you think its giving up you're the reason that this whole fucking city's in a rush we'd run forever if we're told we love to lose control But it would be hotter to be holding you
7.
...And I should've known, all along but you don't wanna know what they do, when they're alone
8.
Phantom 04:13
All we saw was lightning coming round the bend we were suddenly humbled removing shoes with our reason what would have you done? Beyond the wall All thrones be broken, the sky was red but held the darkest sun the world seemed free, the king undone I been on this lonely road for a while silent and surrounded in the wild i remember when the devil had me dancin' now i acknowledge none but my own phantom
9.
Walk with Me 04:07
When being young starts to get old We fell asleep with stains on our souls but could we be different? when the morning comes and i know we both grew up doing what we're told but you're living too terrified to take a step and for what might happen next Love can feel more like a chokehold and you can be distant when you stepped away and into the cold girl what were you thinking? i know you're searching for something to get you lost within the moment Lets get away you can trust me I hope that you realize that what we've invested is worth more than space or time we can leave it all behind When being young starts to get old we'll go until we reach the unknown
10.
Dream Runner 03:54
Random memories conjure bedtime visions i describe at times, then can never find but still i feel like writing helps I'll perspire this whole glass of water through the sheets of my inner eye so you can see Its always slipping thru my fingers caught up in fever that's working from within As always the bitter past shall linger stuck like a splinter that's just beneath the skin that's working from within
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12.
I ain't the kind of man to skip the last dance but you'd get out of here too given your chance just a glance of that brochure of the islands, i'm sure looks like I'm going off like the fireworks were You'd get out of here too given your chance looks like I'm going off like the fireworks were

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'If', 'and' & 'but' are three prepositions that imply a condition; more deeply they are symbols of self-limitation. They represent lingually human thoughts of hesitation–thoughts that stem most basically from a fear of failure. My upcoming album, "The Ifandbut" represents our universal effort to extinguish the influence of these words on the mind, and move forward from mental enslavement towards a greater possibility for personal liberation and success.

"The Ifandbut" makes each listener a character, a portrait of human emotion in it's basic form. Each song then becomes some familiar scenario, a situation the character may find ourselves in every day which challenges their inner strength in physical, mental and emotional ways. The character is then given an option: to respond to these challenges with 'if', 'and' or 'but' and succumb to the potential shortcomings of the human condition, or respond with a clear, resounding yes. Will you become a captive of your human condition or will you use it to better understand your unique place in each scenario and create your own fate?

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released December 25, 2014

Written and produced by Guthrie Galileo
Mastered by Spencer Goble in ISAT Studios, San Francisco
Courtesy of In Space & Time Records

Cover design by Guthrie Galileo
Cover photography by Gabriel Stoltzfus
Additional Imagery by Kevin Bloom

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Guthrie Galileo Burlington, Vermont

Burlington, VT-based producer and performer of alternative R&B music that is derived from an eclectic blend of influences and a desire to express the realities of human experience the good, the bad, and always, the most sincere.

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