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Out Of This Frame

by Rachel Taylor-Beales

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1.
So many cycles around this sun Got a map and a compass A torch and a drum Sometimes the heat, it sure gets you down Sometimes the heat, it gets you down. Just look at you now, Oh, just look at you now, Oh, just look at you now. And the band it keeps playing While that great ship is sinking And you want to remember that Laissez-faire feeling Where you just didn’t care What they’d say in the morning But that sea level’s rising and And she gave you fair warning Oh, just look at you now Oh, just look at you now And the preacher man quotes From his old-time religion About the rock and the sand And the houses they’re building Saying stand or fall is the Proof of foundation But there’s children in the dirt Beneath his mission station Oh, just look at you now Oh, just look at you now So many cycles around this sun Got a map and a compass A torch and a drum Sometimes the heat it sure gets you down Sometimes the beat it sure spins you around And if the statues are falling And the framework is shaken Then a storm that destroys Becomes liberation… And oh, just look at you Oh just look at you Oh just look at you So many cycles around this sun Got a map and a compass A torch and a drum Sometimes the heat, it sure gets you down Sometimes the heat, it gets you down. Just look at you, Just look at you now, Just look at you
2.
I wanna run with feet on tar I wanna run under this burning star I wanna run sweat trickling Wanna run heel toe, teel toe, heel toe blistering Heel toe, teel toe, heel toe blistering I wanna run across this page I wanna run, wanna run right out of this frame I wanna run across this page I wanna run right out of this frame Run right out of this frame Gonna run right out of this frame You can take me out You can take me on I’m not gonna hide myself For anyone You can take me out You can take me on I’m not gonna stay the same For anyone You can take me out You can take me on I’m not gonna hide away For anyone You can take me out You can take me on I’m not gonna stay the same Gonna run right out of this frame
3.
Blackbird hit the glass Crash was sudden death was fast And so I penned an epitaph Grab the moment hold it fast And they told us, ‘Jackie’s gone’ Well Jackie rode this train He was crossing the tracks 'in another man's rain' Doll by Doll— to sweet elixir Lines and rhymes combine addiction But Jackie made his way back to the game It’s really not that easy To always just behave And all grace you thought you had It keeps pulling away… You're battle weary wandering From every angle, sink or swim But you’re not going down today Now, Jackie’s coming round to play Blackbird on this tavern roof Troubadour she sings the blues, Loss and love and chagrin tunes And politics and platitudes And Jackie said ‘keep following the muse’ Now every time the ending twists Un-poetic-justice of 'what ifs?' A fall that breaks, a hand that lifts 'The pearl, the lamb, her crucifix' And Jackie loved her, said he always will And Jackie said he liked my words Well I guess he said that to other girls Then he checked out of this motel To rendezvous with Judee Sill I remember the night when we first heard The voice, the songs, that man who blurred Barfly slews with skater’s truths Sometimes there’s just too much, too much to lose… Can you bring me a road That will take me home? Or is home another crowded room With no one I know? … We're battle weary wandering From every angle it's sink or swim But we’re not going down today Now Jackie’s coming round to play But we’re not going down today And we’re not going down And we’re not going down And we’re not going down today…. And Jackie - he rode this train
4.
Signal 03:12
In dreams I am an eye wide open Staring into the mind Of a creature wild, born of music, born of memory A woman, a whale, and a child And I am the eye, I am rising, am rising greyscale into light And I am the eye, I am voice, I am echo Sending a signal wide Sending a signal wide And when we beach, will you search will you find us? Will you help pull us from the shore? And when we breach, we’re breaking that surface Breaking beyond that wall In colour we dream A space in between A view from another side In colour we dream That space in-between A woman, a whale, a child And I am the eye I am rising, am rising Greyscale into light And I am, I am, I am voice, I am echo Sending a signal wide Sending a signal wide Sending a signal ...
5.
Fire Girl 04:12
Now she’s dancing from within from without It doesn’t matter what you told her those words are ashes now She says why would I worry when I’m playing in this flower Of flames spinning wider and brighter Fire-girl, take hold the weight and let it swing, let it flow Fire-girl, take hold the weight and let it swing, let it flow So much to burn that little girl, so alone And for the record, she didn’t earn this So much to burn that little girl, so alone And for the record, she don’t deserve this Find the core, feel the warmth, keep turning Circling wider, and brighter Find the core, feel the warmth, keep turning, Circling wider and brighter Fire girl, take hold the weight and let it swing, let it burn Fire girl, take hold the weight and let it swing let it burn Let it swing, let it burn, let it spin keep turning Let it swing let it burn let it spin keep turning Let it swing let it burn let it spin keep turning Let it swing let it burn let it spin keep turning Let it swing, let it burn, let it spin keep turning / And for the record she didn’t earn this Let it swing let it burn let it spin keep turning / And for the record she don’t deserve this… Let it swing, let it burn, let it spin keep turning / And for the record she didn’t earn this Let it swing let it burn let it spin keep turning / And for the record (fire girl) she don’t deserve this… Fire girl, take hold the weight and let it swing, let it flow Fire girl, take hold the weight and let it swing let it flow Now she’s dancing from within from without It doesn’t matter what you told her those words are ashes now She says why would I worry when I’m playing in this flower Of flames spinning wider and brighter And brighter, and brighter and brighter Now she’s dancing from within from without It doesn’t matter what you told her Those words are ashes now
6.
Someone 03:39
Some one murmurs Someone sighs Someone whispers a lullaby Someone to lift you way on high Someone to say goodbye Oh to lay down Oh to lay down Oh to lay down To lay you down with me Some days to hide away Some days are just for play Some days are still and warm Some days are storms Oh to lay down Oh to lay down Oh to lay down To lay you down with me Sometimes you’ll trip and fall Sometimes you’ll stand so tall Sometimes you’re lost at sea Sometimes you’re free Oh to lay down Oh to lay down Oh to lay down To lay you down with me
7.
I’m just sitting here And the echoes of your feet Passing tide Rumble the train Rattling overhead Passing tide And it’s all in the game Just one big show And it’s all in the game Just one big show Chime of the bell Says it’s time for you to go Passing tide Shaking off those working clothes And painting on a smile Passing tide And it’s all in the game Just one big show And it’s all in the game Just one big show As small as a shell As wide as the view As long as this memory That tethers me to you …
8.
February 29th tomorrow is another life Not searching for some emerald city Just a place to stop and be A ticket out of purgatory I’ve seen so many hells already Yeah, I’ve seen so many hells already And just how many times Just how many times Will I ever find a place to be? Just how many times Just how many times Will I ever find a place to be? This morning they came yelling With their bulldozers and knives Get up get out get moving Yeah, the story of our lives Get up, get out, get moving And in the tear gas confusion We’ve seen so many hells Yeah, we’ve seen so many hells already We’ve seen so many hells already And just how many times Just how many times Will we ever find a place to be? Oh, and just how many times Just how many times Will we ever find a place to be? Yeah, just how many times Just how many times Will we ever find a place to be? Oh, and just how many times Just how many times? February 29th tomorrow is another life Not searching for some emerald city Just a place to stop and be A ticket out of purgatory I’ve seen so many hells already Yeah, I’ve seen so many hells already
9.
And so, you break, like a china cup Give it up they tell you You gotta give it up Always another tree to fall But no one to hear Hush my little baby Hush my dear You know I bet it don’t rain today Bet it won’t rain today Makes no difference who you pay I bet it won’t rain Now Jack come tumbling down As Jill shoots for the heel She shoots for the heel Jack come tumbling down She was his crimson refugee Not such a simple nursery rhyme Don’t tell her children what she’s seen You know I bet it won’t rain today I bet it don’t rain today Makes no difference who you pay I bet it won’t rain And if I had a sling shot I’d hand it to you I’d say, come on babe Shoot the moon down Leave these giants in the dark Let them tear themselves apart Come on babe shoot the moon down Cause, they won’t offer you mercy They won’t offer you gum I see you’re so tired of chewing And spitting at that sun But the rain you’re waiting on It never comes It never comes It never comes And now your roses have withered And there’s blood in your eyes Come on drop that big cheese from the sky You could shoot the moon down Hmmm, hmmm, Gonna shoot the moon, you’re gonna shoot the moon, you’re gonna shoot the moon…
10.
Fibonacci’s Train and Introduction: Old Woman Tossed Up In A Basket (Trad. Nursery Rhyme) There was an old woman tossed up in a basket Ninety-nine times as high as the moon But where she was going no mortal could tell For under her arm she carried a broom ‘Old woman, old woman, old woman,’ said I ‘Wither, ah wither? Wither so high?’ ‘Oh, I’m sweeping the cobwebs off the sky And I’ll be with you by and by’ So let me sleep, just let me sleep I want to curl beneath these sheets And fall ten stories deep… And oh, I just want to take the next train home I’ve climbed this hill so many times Got nothing left to show Oh, I just want to take the next train home And I don’t want to let you down And I don’t want to fail I know this outcome is inevitable And I keep chasing my own tail Is Fibonacci laughing now Well, what was I expecting? And it all comes down to moments And these questions of connection It all comes down to moments And it all comes down again … Oh, just let me sleep Let Fibonacci keep all my dreaming for a while … And oh, I just want to take the next train home I’ve climbed this hill so many times Got nothing left to show Oh, I just want to take the next train home And I don’t want to let you down And I don’t want to fail I know this outcome is inevitable And I keep chasing my own tail But sometimes you can hear me And sometimes it’s ok Sometimes you can hear me And sometimes it’s ok Oh someday, oh someday And someday will I sleep as Fibonacci sweeps all those cobwebs from the sky? He’s singing I shall be with you by and by I shall be with you.
11.
Pandora said to Eve, ‘Hey babe it’s just you and me, Do you wanna hit the road today? You who taste the apple I who break the jar, Well, there’s so much more, so far… So much unwritten About you and me, We’re just shadows upon the horizon, If the sky’s getting darker And the sun’s on the run Well, this this business of living, get it done’ She’s gonna breathe, She’s gonna breathe, It all in And Eve said, ‘Hey Pandora All those tears that you choked, You saw the jar it was broken, No, it’s not the end of all things It’s just an unraveling, Just another box That’s been opened. See there are gifts And there are givers And all their gifts came with strings Yeah, all those gifts came with strings All those gifts came with strings.’ She’s getting burned getting free She’s getting burned getting free She’s gonna breathe She’s gonna breathe She’s gonna breathe It all in…
12.
She walks in and they walk out And no one’s left in any doubt We’re getting lost inside this crowd Someone shouts from up above A murmuration moving us Now she’s calling it out loud She says, ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’ She says, ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’ The rain came down and washed away The painted faces that we made Banners dissolving into sky She starts to sing that one refrain In harmony we share the blame And the band plays one more time And she says ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’ She says ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’ She says ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’ She says ‘Don’t go chasing yesterday’s kite’ All of us out here on this last chance parade…

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It's political, it's mythical, it's personal.
It's a shout, it's a whisper, it's a wail...
Welcome all you misfits, outcasts, weirdos,
on this last chance parade...

Rachel Taylor-Beales fifth studio album, Out Of This Frame was recorded and co-produced in collaboration with fellow artist and husband Bill Taylor-Beales in their South Wales based studio. The twelve tracks traverse a lyrical blend of alt-folk-baroque-americana-blues and jazz infused melodies.

Joined by Lucy Rivers on violin and additional vocals, Stacey Blythe on accordion, and guest appearances from Rachel and Bill’s daughter Polly, who adds spoken word elements on two tracks, while Rachel and Bill provide the rest of the musical accompaniments. From lyre-harp to kalimba, multiple guitars, to steel tongue drum, pianos, organs, banjos, bass, harmonicas, percussion and even a hint of soprano saxophone, Out Of This Frame weaves a dynamic tapestry of sound and stories.

Alongside the music, Rachel has also created an Out Of This Frame Companion Book of lyrics, artworks, photos, notes and fragment streams of consciousness. A digital version of this book is included with purchase of the digital album. A full colour, 52 page, A5 limited edition hardback version of the book is also available to purchase.

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released November 24, 2022

OUT OF THIS FRAME
Produced, recorded mixed and mastered by Rachel and Bill Taylor-Beales at Hushland Studios, Wales, between 2020-2022.

Cover Art- original painting by Rachel Taylor-Beales. Layout and Design by Bill Taylor-Beales 2022.

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Singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist whose music meets on the crossroads between folk, roots, blues and jazz... Described as “Musically exquisite and enthralling.” BBC Radio 4 / "Exceptional" Folk Radio UK and "Outstanding" BBC Radio Wales /
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