Alexandria, Falling

by Julean and the Rai

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Performed live since 1999 as "Alexandria, Falling" and developed as a concept album in 2007, this EP contains an expanded 9-song opus in rich, complex Indian / Arabic / Post-Rock fusion. Primarily instrumental (only two tracks contain vocals on this album) and segmented into individual chapters, the "Alexandria, Falling" EP is a paranoid look into a near-dystopian reality; the genocide of all that was once subtle, and real.

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released 09 November 2007
All recording, engineering, and performances by Julean Rai. Music and lyrics copyright 2007 Julian D. Rai (BMI), All rights reserved. Album artwork by Benjamin M. Bader (neoelegance.com)

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Nostalgic, funky, folky, and quirky, Julean and the Rai has a way with words and music. A rising indie-folk group that has performed concerts all over the world, Julean and the Rai is for those purists at heart with machines for minds.

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Track Name: 1:1 Alexandria, Falling
1:1 Alexandria, Falling
Lyrics From "Alexandria, Falling EP"
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)



VERSE I
Now it's time for the daily hate
Incomplete like an Adirondack
And a lot of us have oft been fed
These are your rites of passage

PRE-CHORUS I
So
Ask me questions and I'll tell you no lies
Sit down and I'll reconsider
An operator and a poor man dies
Like a message, half delivered

It's
Hemlock for shylock and dreadlock
And burnout and nigger, too --
T-minus 40 and counting
Who will drop the governor?

CHORUS
Fall over, Alexandria ...
Fall over, Alexandria ...

VERSE II
It's time to incorporate
Pieces of the hesitation
'Cause you can't do when you gotta wait
Can't act when you don't believe it

PRE-CHORUS II
So
We hide under cover of dark
And fold our fingers to denial
And praise the nation's messiah
As we lay waste to Alexandria

The warlocks and half-sparks
Are turned and burned and medicated, too
T-minus 40 you go
and I will cover you.

CHORUS
Fall over, Alexandria ...
Fall over, Alexandria ...
Fall over.

Music and lyrics copyright 1999 Julian D. Rai (BMI), Julean Rai (BMI), Julean and the Rai (BMI); All Rights Reserved. Have a nice day.