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Beyond The Frame

from These Quiet Places by Colum Sands

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Beyond the Frame
(In memory of Jim and Gerry Sherry
Words and Music : Colum Sands © Elm Grove Music

There were two brothers in this town, they spread their colours all around
Where flowers rise and leaves come down, one day their pictures will be found.
They knew the canvas of the sky, how water plays when clouds go by
How colour schemes beyond the sun, for one last dance when day is done.

They painted pictures, painted names, above shop doors the owners’ claims
Their brushes flew brought colours back from Spain, their ladders knew the shortcut home again.

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And what is fortune what is fame? You catch the light, it’s gone again
Freedom flies beyond the frame, freedom flies beyond the frame.

One day they walked along the shore, to paint the walls around our door
Their stories echoed to the beach, brightened corners paint won’t reach.
And in between the tea and talk, I saw the place where artistes walk
Knew fickle fashion’s empty breeze, would never trouble men like these.

They mixed the paint, they viewed the sky, they wondered if it might stay dry
They spoke of light and ways of men, now every sunset speaks of them.

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In freedoms name beneath the sun, some close one eye to aim a gun
Some open both, see far and wide, all colours living side by side.
So take your ladders one last time, each tiny splash a secret sign
Like stories told between the lines, like pictures hidden in a rhyme.

There were two brothers in this town, they spread their colours all around
Where flowers rise and leaves come down, one day their pictures will be found.
One day their pictures will be found.

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credits

from These Quiet Places, released February 16, 2023
Colum Sands : vocals, guitar, mandolin, double bass
with Ben Sands : backing vocals
Karen Tweed : accordion

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Colum Sands Newry, UK

Colum Sands is a universal storyteller who draws on a long Irish tradition of poetic musicality to weave songs for the world.
Drawing on countless performances, Sands uses humour and shrewd observation to celebrate what unites rather than what separates. His latest album “Song Bridge” includes many of the songs written for his extensive environmental campaigning over the past two years. ... more

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