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Philbert's Theory

by Liam Dailey

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1.
And So It Would Pass (Girl of All Names Part IV) (free) 02:38
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And so it would pass that she would grow up like her mother drinking bourbon in the living room in an orange slicker and she would feed the feral cats and coax them in out of the rain And I always wondered if she would just be another piece in a sculpture gallery of teenage mothers she would relinquish her life but never your dreams And she baths in the market square plays with the children there tells their fortunes for a coin and they leave with their bellies full saying she's beautiful that old lady with no brains what's her name And at the liquor store she's known as Viola and down at the asylum they call her sweet Delila but only when she's atop the highrise out in the pouring rain smelling tomorrow's bread from the Swedish bakery and hearing down below her the crying of a baby can she throw her head back howl in her anger and her pain And she lets her eyes go slack feels the patter pat on her forehead in the drain and they see her rising higher bleeding the rooftop wire like some prophet of the rain crying what's a name you are all the same and I will quench all your flames for I am of all and no names
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Happy Song (free) 01:33
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I want to climb to the top of a tree get up as high as a body can be see as far as the eye can see and what then well then I'll climb down again I want to sail to the edge of it all but I'll be careful not to fall just want to see if there's anything there at all and what then well then I'll sail back again I want to love you and you to love me be as happy as a body can be and I want to be old when the sun sets on me and what then well then it all starts over again
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Picturebook (free) 01:03
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When I was young I had a picturebook and it was filled with pictures of all the different animals and every time I read it I was scared because somewhere in that picturebook there was a picture of an alligator and every time I turned a page I thought he'd bite off all my fingers so I never dared And I guess that's how my life has gone since then I hesitate at every bend and I don't know when it's going to end so I'll keep singing these songs of mine and maybe everything will work out fine maybe you'll consent to be my friend
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The Pot Song (free) 00:45
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I used to really admire people who smoked pot because I thought they were hippies so they must care a lot but now I realize most of them just like to smoke pot they don't give a shit about peace love and understanding and all that other crap
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Off To Sea Once More (free) 04:55
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Untitled #4 (free) 02:23
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She opens up her head and takes out all her dolls and fantasies lays them out across the unmade bed and feeds them scones and tea from her little plastic tea set that her dad gave her for Christmas she weighs a cup between thumb and forefinger against the blisters and the treasured spot upon his lap where he told her that he loved her and introduced her to the strap She opens up her womb and pushes out the fruit of all her pain cradles it beneath a breast all I can give you is a name sees another's hungry eyes in that little crinkled face sees another man another room another time and place another night spent on the bed where he told her that he loved her and he left her there for dead
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Untitled #2 (free) 04:43
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Last night I had the strangest dream I was on my back and I couldn't breath there was a foot pressing down on my throat and in the darkened room I could not see the face of my adversary but I could hear the accusation when he spoke You are one of more than three hundred million people their hearts are empty their minds are feeble but they've got an SUV and a big screen HDTV on the wall what makes you more than another pissed off teenager hating authority and prostrate to computers what makes you think you have anything to offer at all I see colors and they're not the ones you see because you are not the same as me nor ever shall be I see colors we're taught to call it red but to me it looks like blue does anything beyond what we perceive hold any truth Last night I had the dream again I was in a room with all of my friends and they were laughing and cheering as I strangled a man on the floor I looked down and to my horror it was like I was looking into a mirror I ran screaming from the room they said what'd you stop for I have seen them in their big houses our future presidents and supreme court justices but all their SAT prep courses don't teach them to sing they've lost their voices they've lost their vision they try to make colors but they just end up making themselves so sick they can't see anything I see colors and they're not the ones you see because you are not the same as me nor ever shall be I see colors when you're telling me that I have nothing to see and that I have nothing to be and that I have nothing to give you're telling me that I have no reason to live
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A Parable (free) 03:37
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When I hate I make walls I build walls When I war I forge binding chains binding chains Ashes to ashes dust to dust we're only dust it's what we leave behind us When I'm untrue my fruits whither and die they rot and die When I give up I dig my grave I dig my grave Ashes to ashes dust to dust we're only dust it's what we leave behind us When I love my love burns bright a beacon in the night
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Home (free) 02:33
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I've found a home amidst the dirty thrift store sweaters and the pile of letters in my head that I shuffle round and round again until I find the pattern I like best I've found a home and though I am alone here there's always the night sky above my head ice cream on cornflakes and all of the things that I like best Old guitars and football cards the pile of books beside my bed and in a box in my top dresser drawer all the things you ever said everything you ever said
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Pretty Boy Floyd (free) 02:37
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Shadow Melodies (free) 05:51
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released July 24, 2009

Recorded on a pocket cassette recorder in various locations.
Produced by Liam Dailey.
Artwork by Liam Dailey.
Rear Cover photo by Vincent Lee.

Musicians:
Liam Dailey: Vocals, Guitars and synth programming.

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Liam Dailey Boston, Massachusetts

Liam sings songs and stuff. He's been doing that for a while.

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