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A Sculpture In My Hands

by rocky lorelei

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1.
Glimmer in the Dark 03:27
lyrics
glimmer in the dark quiver in the pouring rain i'm a lark, i'm just the same never gotta change never in the boring light i'm free, i'm alright and i know it'll be some kind of disaster in my heart i will laugh till the end in my fear in the light in my dawn in this life i break down nothing is the same, always in the boring grass i'm free, gotta laugh shimmer in the storm shiver on a stony grave oh her soul's reflecting in your face and i know in my heart it's a total disaster but the love it'll last till the end in your fear, in the night, planets turn behind your eyes i break down
2.
Tomorrow is a Star 03:08
lyrics
tomorrow is a star on the horizon tomorrow is a shore where yesterday's waves might break today's another day and it's changing today's another way, so estranging spiral staircase, repetition, true reflection, resonate inner mirror, pangs of flashing, recollections, ever passing yesterday i cried, and it felt like yesterday i lied, and it felt like yesterday
3.
Close to the Source 03:35
lyrics
couldn't tell what i really liked couldn't feel what felt good but i knew a state of mind that brought me close to the source of my happiness always tried hard in school i was scared of authority and my thoughts were racing past the source of my happiness then i met you, you gave me a gift, you believed in me, the greatest gift, oh it changed me, and i thank you i thank you for it i'm sorry i hurt you but i hope you'll forgive me for that i was confused and holding fast to the source of my happiness
4.
Full Moon Light Falls 02:39
5.
Shining, Incandescent 04:02
lyrics
waking from a dream , i never knew that i had, falling to the ground, the ground flowers go out like candles, spill all over the floor, wings of sunlight transform when i tried to press the page, on a thing i wish to keep, i realize it's breathing, asleep in my hand i want to find that place waking from a dream, had many like it before, i wonder what it means, it takes different forms, set in strange old houses, i find a secret floor, long ago abandoned, who was living there before? frozen in the hallway with a sculpture in my hands, shining incandescent, it's titled the self walking down a city street, i see a familiar face through a window, donna is her name suddenly a force surrounds me, lifts me off my feet, i'm shooting skywards, above the trees, i wake into another dream in my room in morning light there's a window in the wall that wasn't there last night frozen in the hallway with a sculpture in my hands i want to find that place
6.
Telepathic Mail 04:02
7.
Oh Alvina 01:29
8.
It's All On My Mind 03:45
lyrics
terrible things happening in this world oh too many terrible things people sold as slaves, children sent to war, too many terrible things it's advised to look on the bright side of life, and i try but it doesn't feel right so much going on that's kept out of the light, and it's all on my mind, oh it's all on my mind horrible things going on in this world, too many horrible things, ancient forests are burning for corporate earning, too many horrible things i know it's a drag to go on about it but i can't turn away from the truth, the war's neverending and so are the lies, and it's all on my mind, oh it's all on my mind frightening things taking place in this world, too many frightening things, institutions that torture, people dying at borders, too many terrible things, i can't understand or accept all the horror that people enact out of greed, it makes me so angry that i start to cry, oh it's breaking my heart, oh it's all on my mind
9.
Fight For It 03:26
lyrics
getting to know, getting to show, getting to be a part of it learning to laugh, learning to let go, learning to get my head around it getting to grow letting it show i had to fight it we've got to fight for it oh i'm not scared of being ugly no more oh i'm not scared i'm brave again no i don't know, what you're talking about no i don't care if i can't understand getting to grow letting it show i had to fight it we've gotta fight for it i've got all this chatter in my head about who i was, who we were, and what we were taught to believe, and accept i want to let it go, let it go, let it go, and maybe even forget
10.
Heart Of Water 04:48
11.
Pathway 03:53
lyrics
i know i'll be fine again gotta pull it apart at the seam and i hope, down the line my friend we'll piece it together eventually i'm pushing, i'm pushing away i'm pushing, i'm pushing away i'm pushing, i'm pushing away today i lit a candle, and offered a flower to the flame the thread connecting things we preserve, a pathway i'm pushing, i'm pushing away i'm pushing, i'm pushing away i'm pushing, i'm pushing away on the windowsill, a gingko seed and a tiny rose made out of clay catch the lambent light of labradorite dancing like aurora in northern skies reaching out to the horizon with my eye i see translucent colour, nothing, but i trust it reaching out past the city to the sky, i sense the empty space the timelessness between us pathway

about

Released on cassette, which you can find at www.rehbergerecords.com
(Limited edition of 25)


A Sculpture In My Hands was conceived between summer 2021 and spring 2022, slowly and darkly ~ ~ ~
a collection of dreams and reflections, a testament to patience

the drone pieces (Full Moon Light Falls, Telepathic Mail, Heart of Water) were all recorded improvisations from the spring of 2022, just before the other songs were recorded, on a Yamaha mt8x

the album art is 'Decisions in the white plate', a painting by Agnese Guido (instagram: @agneseguido)

thank you to my family for loving me and supporting me, & to my friends for choosing me

thanks to Jack Mellin for lending me his guitar and bass since i left Glasgow, both of which you hear on the recordings

i dedicate A Sculpture In My Hands to the memory of my friend, Benjamin Tenisci Stevenson

credits

released December 21, 2022

thanks to Sean Armstrong for playing bass on It's All On My Mind (track 8), and for playing piano on Pathway, (track 11)

the bird voice on Tomorrow is a Star (track 2) is thanks to the nightingale, singing one spring night by Plötzensee
rain on Oh Alvina (track 7) was recorded outside the window of my room

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Rocky Lorelei represents the solo musical work of Rachel Lauren Taylor, who was born and raised beside Lake Ontario in Toronto, and is currently set up in Berlin.

She uses guitar as her primary instrument for songwriting and arranging, and an analog synthesizer for ad hoc drone pieces.

Her musical processes run parallel to her psychic processes; writing and recording songs is her most vital means of cultivating an understanding of her inner and outer life experiences, bringing a symmetry to her music and her sense of self.

Her approach to her music is largely intuitive ; usually led by a melody, a string of words, and a feeling, she holds the idea in reflection, works on it, and waits, until the song's identity is realized in fullness.

Rachel has been fascinated with recording onto tape cassettes since she was a small child, and it remains her preferred medium for recording music.

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