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Splendid fallback plan

from Wake by The May Day Orchestra

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lyrics

in this duel in which we have fallen, this is our defeat
now there is nothing but this splendid fallback plan
when your single line is derailed there will be hours of delay
you’ll have to find a way out of Mombasa
you’ll have to find some other way

take yourself down to the fortress
tell them you won’t play their game
you'll be waking up the nightwatchman
he lives on fear, guilt and shame
take yourself down the garden
where you prayed to your father’s ghost
that maybe one day a change will come here to land
on this accursed coast

it’s not like wild fire, it spreads more like disease
all along the trade routes this imperial greed
this disease it is spreading, everything set for conflict
ready to explode and splendid like fireworks

take yourself down to the harbor
burn everything they’ve built
you'll be waking up the nightwatchman
he lives on fear, shame and guilt
there’s blood again in the harbor, set a new course
as the crow flies, set a new course...

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from Wake, released December 1, 2017
Charlie Tabing - electric guitar
Jake DeLeonardis - bass
Mary DeLeonardis - drums
Tim Rakel - vocal, acoustic guitar

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The May Day Orchestra St. Louis, Missouri

The May Day Orchestra was founded in 2008 by songwriter Tim Rakel. The current line-up features drummer Mary DeLeonardis, bassist Jake DeLeonardis and guitarist Charlie Tabing. The band is currently releasing installments of their fourth album.

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