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1​:​1 Alexandria, Falling

from Alexandria, Falling (European demo version) by Julean and the Rai

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This isn't the Orwellian future you heard about. You return from work, exhausted. A screen flickers. It is time for the daily hate; delivered to apathy via thin smiles and shining rhetoric; a plausible deniability welcomes you. You feel for those poor people, but there's little you can do about it. Not from here. Not with all of the things plaguing your life and Now. And it is probably for the best ... at least these people can enjoy the comforts of the empire, courtesy of the Governor -- a brilliant, charismatic beast of a man you never voted for, anyway.

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.

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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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.

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from Alexandria, Falling (European demo version), released November 9, 2007
Engineering and performances by Julean Rai. Album art by Benjamin M. Bader (neoelegance.com). Lyrics and music (c) Copyright 1996, 2007 Julian Rai (BMI); Julean Rai (BMI); Julean and the Rai (BMI); All rights reserved.

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Julean and the Rai Denver, Colorado

Indie-folk / antifolk band spanning nearly 30 years and 12 live and studio releases, including the most recent "The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness", and are currently remastering several albums for re-release in 2023. Julean is known for his dynamic voice, passionate onstage vocal delivery, and a playing style that swings wildly from soft and subtle to fast and breakneck. ... more

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