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Muse Tree (LP) (2007)

Muse Tree
LP, Release Date: 2007
MP3 Download Only $9.90
Approximate Running Time: 47:16
10 Tracks / 320kbps Join Channel Stereo MP3s
Album Art Included
*Artwork by Benjamin Bader

01. The RootsFrom the album "Muse Tree"

02. Missing ItFrom the album "Muse Tree" by Julean and the Rai

04. First LightFrom the album "Muse Tree" by Julean and the Rai

06. Fifth Street Coffee SongFrom the album "Muse Tree" by Julean and the Rai

07. The ExchangeFrom the album "Muse Tree" by Julean and the Rai

10. Muse TreeFrom the album "Muse Tree" by Julean and the Rai

Muse Tree

LP, Release Date: 2007
MP3 Download Only $9.90
Approximate Running Time: 47:16
10 Tracks / 320kbps Join Channel Stereo MP3s
Album Art Included
*Artwork by Benjamin Bader

Julean and the Rai at Pomaranczowy Fortepian on 12/19/09

As part of a set of winter solo shows, Julean Rai plays solo at the Orange Piano (Pomaranczowy Fortepian) in Pila on the 19th of December. This is a free show, a restaurant show; this performance should be open to all ages.
See more at http://www.pomaranczowyfortepian.pl/
Download a free 128kbps MP3 version of Julean Rai’s last solo [...]

Julean Rai in Torun

As part of a set of winter solo shows, Julean Rai plays solo at the Orange Piano (Pomaranczowy Fortepian) in Pila on the 19th of December. This is a free show, a restaurant show; this performance should be open to all ages.

See more at http://www.pomaranczowyfortepian.pl/

Download a free 128kbps MP3 version of Julean Rai’s last solo show here (link leads to ZIP file of “Julean Rai: Live at the Lizard King, Bydgoszcz” for download): http://ow.ly/ptV5

Song Lyrics from the Album “Here.”: Here

Here
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Here.
Many logical reasons to stay.
There,
Where nothing but ghosts may remain.
There is a hint of nostalgia
On everything that you know
And everyplace that you go to
Here.
Here.
A recording of things that we said
There,
Where we waited for school to begin–
It was mostly Ifs, Ands, and Buts…
Yeah, it [...]

Here
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)

Here.
Many logical reasons to stay.
There,
Where nothing but ghosts may remain.
There is a hint of nostalgia
On everything that you know
And everyplace that you go to
Here.

Here.
A recording of things that we said
There,
Where we waited for school to begin–
It was mostly Ifs, Ands, and Buts…
Yeah, it was pretty absurd…
How we tarried, and carried on
Here.

Chorus
—
We were the silhouettes of patriots
Plotting ‘gainst the time.
Up against our parents,
Up against the sky.
We were the AXIS of the SIDEREAL
In our moment, and our time
Here.

Verse II
—
Here.
Is the place that we gathered upon.
There,
Where the city was hiding her young.
Below the lights of the faded
Things were never so clear
Now, there are nothing but shadows down
Here.

Here.
Is the rooftop I carried you on.
There,
With the pomenade thriving below.
You were august and lovely
I was boyish and young
These are the moments that time forgot
Here.

Chorus II
—
Ah, ghosts and reservations
Memories of things
Of failures and of friendshipts
Although nothing much remains
Of the fear and trepidation
Of the carelessness of things
Of the riverside apartment
Of the strength of mind, intact
And of the images of those
Who are never coming back
Here.

Verse III
—

Here.
Many logical reasons to stay.
There,
Where nothing but hope can remain.
There is nothing like Fear
To keep your feet planted
Standing where you fear
Here.

…

Yes there is nothing like fear
To catch you red-handed
Standing where you fear
Here.
Here.
Here.
Here.

Song Lyrics from “Here.”: A Wedding for Laura

A Wedding for Laura
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
No Capo (Standard: Detune)
Middle ‘E’ string tuned to ‘C#’ for for this song (Standard, Capo ‘G’ String tuned to ‘E’)
E Maj. Form (Actual key, C# Maj.)
She can’t find the feeling again
As she puts on her face
Straightens her hair
Loosens her walk
Monitors [...]

A Wedding for Laura
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
No Capo (Standard: Detune)
Middle ‘E’ string tuned to ‘C#’ for for this song (Standard, Capo ‘G’ String tuned to ‘E’)
E Maj. Form (Actual key, C# Maj.)

She can’t find the feeling again
As she puts on her face
Straightens her hair
Loosens her walk
Monitors her talk
And cries in her bed when there’s no one
To laugh along

And this was something she said
To only chosen few
And then it takes a few beers…
…emotionless You
To learn to stand upright
But we talked all night
Seemingly to laugh at ourselves
As the dawn wore on…

…and in that little time
could you fall in love
without ever wanting to?

…and in that little time
could we fill it up?
Would she fall in love with you?

Like say “I do”…

…
And I remember the winter
Remember your voice
As we lay on our sides
The letters I’d write
That I don’t intend to send her…

Laura
Emotionless You
Lying motionless, to you

I guess I won’t see her again
And then I’ll never find Reason
To miss her at all
But would she stand to watch me fall?
(Or do nothing at all…
…but look in these eyes for some Reason
for all of this?)

And where was the kiss?
And where was the Justice?
And where was My Logic?
When I know how she feels?

When faultless, she stands
And thoughtless, she gazes
High up on that hill…
…is that a mansion in mazes?

…and in that little time
could you fall in love
without ever wanting to?

…and in that little time
could we fill it up?
Would she fall in love with you?

Like say “I do”…

…
And I remember the winter
Remember your voice
As we lay on our sides
The letters I’d write
That are marked ‘Return to Sender’…

Laura
Emotionless You
Lying motionless, to you

Song Lyrics from “Here.”: Mountains of Anastasia

Mountains of Anastasia
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Capo III (Standard, No Capo)
A minor Form (Actual key, A min.)
Cry a mountain
Bleed a river, yeah
Swimming in my own illusions
…didn’t claim to know you, now did I?
Falling I should
Know by now, I should
Dream of you, when I
Dream of flying
…but these things [...]

Mountains of Anastasia
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Capo III (Standard, No Capo)
A minor Form (Actual key, A min.)

Cry a mountain
Bleed a river, yeah
Swimming in my own illusions
…didn’t claim to know you, now did I?

Falling I should
Know by now, I should
Dream of you, when I
Dream of flying
…but these things fetter with twists of

Fate
Is my favorite word
And lately
It’s my just reward
I pace the middle ground
A lot more, and
Here’s my fiddlestick

You said nothing
You believed them
Now, did I seem a
Little too clingy to you?

Oh, these things fetter with
Time
We’re talking
Fourty days, and
Fourty nights, many
Fights to go I didn’t
Think you’d be moving on
I feel like questioning things like

Fate
Is my favorite word
And lately
It’s been my just dessert
I pace the middle ground
A lot more, and
Here’s my fiddlest–

Well, I need
Nothing to guide me
Here in these Mountains
of Anastasia
Reguarding your brother
The hand of your lover
Know he’s still bleeding
After the War…

Fate
Is my favorite word
And lately
It’s my just reward
I pace the middle ground
A lot more, and
Here’s my fiddlest-

Hell, I need
Nothing to guide me
Here in these Mountains
of Anastasia
Reguarding your brother
The hand of your lover
Know he’s still bleeding
After the War,

And now he’s reluctant
Taking your promise
And now he’s detaching
To even the scrore
And he is not Angry
Yes, he is Rasputin
Here in the safety
Of Her Four Walls…

Oh, it takes a lot
Just to give a bit
Now do you think of me
When you think of putting on
Your favorite song?

Song Lyrics from “Here.”: Flop House

Flop House
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Capo VI (Standard, Capo III)
G Maj. Form (Actual key, Bb Maj.)
Jenny hits the floor, with a broom…
Landlord’s gonna’ be Here, soon…
With the City Man, and the Fire man, too…
You see
We’re all getting kicked out
Of our little Flop House.
The sentence was for condemnation.
They [...]

Flop House
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Capo VI (Standard, Capo III)
G Maj. Form (Actual key, Bb Maj.)

Jenny hits the floor, with a broom…
Landlord’s gonna’ be Here, soon…
With the City Man, and the Fire man, too…

You see
We’re all getting kicked out
Of our little Flop House.

The sentence was for condemnation.
They left a notice on our front door screen…
(The neighborhood is up for changes.)

So
We’re all getting kicked out
Of our little Flop House.

Wait…
…don’t bother with the ashes.
…or the cans, or the dirt, or the broom–
Let’s just throw a party and crash it.

Because
We’re all getting kicked out
Of our little Flop House–

TAKE A PIECE OF WALL
AND TEAR IT DOWN…
HERE’S A HAMMER, HERE’S A SLEDGE
USE YOUR FEET…USE YOUR HANDS
AND TEAR IT DOWN
AND TEAR IT DOWN
RIP UP THE CARPETS
TAKE DOWN THE DOORS, NOW…
YEAH
AND JUST BURN IT
AND GRIND IT
AND TAKE IT
(AND KEEP IT)
DESTROY IT
DESTROY IT
THIS FLOP HOUSE WE COVET
THEY CAN’T HAVE IT
THEY CAN’T HAVE IT
DESTROY IT
DESTROY IT

AND TEAR IT DOWN…
JUST TEAR IT DOWN…

…in the only room that’s left–
Landlord and the City Man ‘aint here yet…
After these final cigarettes

We’re all getting kicked out
Of our little Flop House

We’re all getting kicked out.

Song Lyrics from “Here.”: Down, the River Down

Down, the River Down
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Capo VI (Standard, Capo III)
D Maj. Form (Actual key, F Maj.)
There was a stream.
I used to float sticks down there
When I was a boy
Staying at my grandparent’s home.
And I’d run with it –
– like everybody else here does…
I’d have fun [...]

Down, the River Down
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Capo VI (Standard, Capo III)
D Maj. Form (Actual key, F Maj.)

There was a stream.
I used to float sticks down there
When I was a boy
Staying at my grandparent’s home.

And I’d run with it –
– like everybody else here does…
I’d have fun with it
And never have my troubles on.

And there I go again
Talking ’bout the days gone by…
But they’re hoverin’ right over me…
That little stick has sailed so long

Down, the river down, down…
Down, the river down…

Runs through this town.
Locking all the people in;
Freezing during wintertime.

And I’ve got my dreams –
– like everybody else here does…
I’ve got Big Plans for me
I’ve got it all Worked Out.

And there I go again
Talking ’bout the yet to come…
But it’s bearing right down on me…
And I’m feeling right at home

Down, the river down

Don’t know my friends.
And I guess I seem paranoid
But I’ve seen both sides of them.

They wear their masks –
– like everybody else here does …
They turn their truths around
And spit it out backwards-like

And there I go again
Pointing out the negative…
But it’s pointing right back at me…
It’s like they don’t know Right from Wrong…

Down, the river down, down…
Down, the river down.

Song Lyrics from “Here.”: Without the Kiss

Without the Kiss
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Capo VI (Standard, Capo III)
D Maj. Form (Actual key, F Maj.)
Has Laura always been this strange?
But whay talk about the rainy days?
Laura went outside
While I watched her go
Her parents packed the truck to leave, and
Just one more load to go…
So pack [...]

Without the Kiss
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Capo VI (Standard, Capo III)
D Maj. Form (Actual key, F Maj.)

Has Laura always been this strange?
But whay talk about the rainy days?

Laura went outside
While I watched her go
Her parents packed the truck to leave, and
Just one more load to go…

So pack your bags, it’s time to leave
This old town, anyway, and
If and when you come back
I’ll be well-along-my-way, and
To a new life ‘cross the country
And it takes a time Like This
To remember what I felt
Without the Kiss?

So I’m the stage and the scenery.
You’re as real as it gets.
We were fools for never starting this
We were fools…

So pack your bags, it’s time to leave
This old town, anyway, and
If and when you come back
I’ll be well-along-my-way, and
To a new life ‘cross the country
And it takes a time Like This
To remember what I felt
Without the Kiss?

I Remember the Winter
And the Long Walk Home
And I rescheduled out time that sunday eve
With another girl, I believe…

…it was a quiet meal, I had to leave…

So pack your bags, it’s time to leave
This old town, anyway, and
If and when you come back
I’ll be well-along-my-way, and
To a new life ‘cross the country
And it takes a time Like This
To remember what I felt
To remember what I felt…
To remember what I felt
Without the Kiss.

Has summer always been this strange?
But why talk about the rainy days?
Yes, why talk about the rainy days?
So why talk about the rainy days?
Well, I talk about the rainy days.

Song Lyrics from “Here.”: Like This

Like This
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Low ‘E’ string tuned to ‘G’ for for this song (Shifted standard tuning)
(Actual key, E Maj.)
I don’t want to remember this…
Can’t you see the shape I’m in…
I don’t want to remember you
Like this.
So much anger in my heart,
That I sing…
You said we [...]

Like This
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Low ‘E’ string tuned to ‘G’ for for this song (Shifted standard tuning)
(Actual key, E Maj.)

I don’t want to remember this…
Can’t you see the shape I’m in…
I don’t want to remember you
Like this.

So much anger in my heart,
That I sing…

You said we had forever, then…
You said it by the tree that day, you said
‘Who needs a watch when we’ve got
Now’, you said.

Well, maybe we’ve got ‘now’, you say…
But then again, you leave today.
Aw, anyway.

And I held it down
As faithful as you were
To me I was
Missing the parts of you
I really never should have missed.
You’re calling me a chicken-shit
And I don’t know if I love you
But I know I don’t
Like this.

Well, you make ‘LOVE’ from a cigarette carton
(Cardboard and shapes)
And I cannot blame you, girl
(We all do these things)
‘Cause everyone’s got a “lucky”
(Everyone says)
Everyone gets lucky
(Smoke while you stand)
You stand in the doorway
By the screened-in porch, outside
When the lights are out.

Well, I’m–
Sitting on your Front Porch Swing
And I–
I can tell you anything
If you could–
Lean a little closer,
If you would–
Utilize my shoulder, and you’re
You say it seems the Moon is full…
Can’t say I believe this, but I know I
Don’t like…

And I held it down
As faithful as you were
Faithless as it were
Missing the parts of you
I really never should have kissed.
You’re calling me a chicken.
Don’t know if I love you
But I know I don’t
Like this.

Song Lyrics from “Here.”: Sin

Sin
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Capo IV (Standard, Capo I)
B minor / F minor Form (Actual key, C minor / F# minor)
VERSE:
Time…
Yeah, we’re a waste of it.
This is a temporary thing
And there’s the taste of it
All over you in the basement;
In the house of the lady
With the scar [...]

Sin
Lyrics From “Here.” (Available at this link)
Lyrics and Music by Julean Rai (BMI)
Capo IV (Standard, Capo I)
B minor / F minor Form (Actual key, C minor / F# minor)

VERSE:
Time…
Yeah, we’re a waste of it.
This is a temporary thing
And there’s the taste of it
All over you in the basement;
In the house of the lady
With the scar on her belly
And the red hair and the skirt.

I met you
By accident.
There was an epidemic of
That happening.
Yes, you were sensual
And cognizant…
And a break from the drama
Since Panana robbed me
Of my boy-ish good-ness…

CHORUS:
The Mona Lisa is “In”
I don’t know where my drama went
I’m curling in the cold,
And I am spent
Underneath
Your grandmother’s blanket
And here we go again…

VERSE:
Spread…
This time, traditional.
And I swear I’m not
The least bit cynical
Of the impractical,
Or the mystical
Or the cycles of my soul
Here we go, luv…

CHORUS:
The Mona Lisa is “In”
I don’t know where my karma went
I’m curling in the cold,
And I am spent
Underneath
Your grandmother’s blanket
And here we go again…

BRIDGE:
One-two-three-four
Hey what the hell are we waiting for, luv?
Lock the candles, light the door…
Let’s not wake the landlord.

Lies…
And avarice…
Oh, and a few over-estimated
Friendships
Caused you to quit;
Return to the farm from whence you split–
And I was pissed.