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Piloting a Vehicle of Audible Expression

by Audio/Rocketry

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Mission Statement I want something with less image and more substance An item I can chew on that is not sugar coated I want meaning, something worth believing in I’ll strive toward achieving it until we bestow it Give me a three chord progression with heartfelt expressions Belted at the top of your lungs I love those simple melodies sung in three part harmonies They immortalize friendships in song It took us years to find the right words to say And only a moment for them to be written The chorus is our banner, under it we manifest We live in audio and die in the wake of silence We communicate the unspoken upon our face Your smile I’ll never forget Locked in this sweet embrace, I never want to leave this place I hope you feel the same sentiment As we pilot our course, we’ll pay respect to the support In the autonomy that is sanctioned The camaraderie extends a joyful welcoming I never want to take you or this for granted And so this is our mission statement Inclusive of a purpose and direction This is where it begins, who knows where it ends? We live in audio and die in the wake of silence
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Boots of our Youth Deep down I felt it coming The pieces fell to place The backdrop and props took to stage As I arrived at a coming of age I went through the motions And kept my conscience on guard I gripped tightly to true emotion As I answered to the call of arms Chorus Caught in a wailing thunderstorm - Heals kicked to the floor I’ll feel it forever more - Heals kicked to the floor Wearing the boots of our youth - Kicking in 4/4 Heals kicked to the floor A decade of turning wrenches: Breaking backs and digging trenches All the labour aside, I’m humble To see how we have grown Because in all we hated We fostered and embraced it Then scratched away the surface To capture something to call our own Chorus And there you stood beside me Arm in arm Your palms were bruised purple and blue Cause you shook the tambourine so bloody hard Then we lost each other In a moment of our youth now gone The soles of our shoes will wither but The memory will always live on Chorus Heals kicked to the floor!
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“Hey Dynasty, Don’t Forget..” If I’d to make a tally Of all the brilliant moments This city has brought me I’m not sure I’d know where to start Was it by the river? When we overcame our failures And decided to never be Anyone but who we are ‘Cause remember the early months When overwhelmed by displacement We were hungry and desperate but Over-consumed by the hunt Now the streets that we pave Of achievements and mistakes They permanently display Your initials with my name And we will champion our loses Because that’s what the title means to me I might have been born in the heydays These streets aren’t what they use to be Last night we scaled the siding Until we reached the rooftop Time sputtered with the neon lights Of the used car dealership’s lot From the vantage point we could see The city inhaling and exhaling That’s when you took a breath of your own And told me you were leaving The move was out of necessity To patch a wound that wouldn’t stop bleeding As the evening came to an end we hug then you waved goodbye to the Leg On my quiet solemn walk home I found voice in the wreckage And sent one last demand Sealed in a text message “Promise me you’ll call me when You come back to Edmonton” Today I found a piece of paper Tucked into the pocket of my coat Inside the fold, your writing Addressed one last note The blue ink instructed For me to follow The two lines below: “Don’t forget the words you sung, Don’t forget what makes you strong.”
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Boundless Rocketeers The city lights Steal and hide The illumination from Our skyline Let’s steal ‘em back Every star intact We’ll retrace the escape We’ve outlined Chorus Because we’re both in this together For now, here, and forever Until the moon breaks its last quarter Grab ahold of my hand And squeeze it tightly my friends The sky has no boundaries, no order From left to right, the coast is clear Onward to anywhere but here As your partner have nothing to fear We are the boundless rocketeers Point A is set Point B is undefined As is the path we’ll travel Between as the connecting line I don’t need to know it right now Just need to get above the ground The fuse has long since been lit And we’ve exceeded the countdown Later in air you shared your anxiety Of heights while staring far beneath The best way to overcome fears you said Is to lift-off and dance with them Chorus When our backsides are to the earth Our eyes are locked in with the low lit stars Under a blanket of sky we are wrapped Comfortably no matter where we are Friendship is taking flight Amongst the northern lights Across the atmosphere We are the burning meteorites And if this fuel expires We will ride out the fire We’ll never abandon Each other while crash landing Chorus
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Never Lose Your Shine Shimmers dance and sparkle On the surface side Of new and the glare is stunning Never lose your shine Vision was bleak once To the point of near blind Life changed when the light came Don’t ever lose your shine In awe we watched A path close behind Fresh ink illuminated to Never lose your shine Emotions cascaded Sincere tears in eyes Never surrender the feeling and Never lose your shine So glow on pretty penny You’re buff like a new dime Utilize lady luck for your own right and Never lose your shine ‘Cause there ain’t no deny You’re buff just like a new diamond So come out of hiding for all to find and Never lose your shine You are the brightest beacon Amongst the dark sky Guide on with confidence and Never lose your shine ‘Cause dent, dulls, and darkness Relentlessly arise Keep the flame a-flicker and Never lose your shine Nothing is more defeating Than affection that fades with time Polish up your ambitions and Never lose your shine When you hold a key One that opens closed minds You have to enlighten your thoughts and keep them a-glow and never lose your shine
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Inner Aesthetics Our heads are held high into every combat and we’re never looking back with every counter-attack. No one can take it away - the message we embrace. How I hope it’s something more than a dead useless cliché. Plug in, no sound check, we’re amplified and singing from what’s inside. From our hearts to our mind, no word could ever describe the emotion and infinite possibility that one has when instrument is in hand and under total control. My energy provokes a lightening fast stricken tempo. The electricity flows through the veins and communicates with self and others. The magnitude could never be measured. Fist in the air and larynx-strained voices to sing with is all that’s needed. Armed with the power to express, we have the strength to convey clarity through distorted means. Within a network of channels, we are connected by a common ground. I stand here with more in mind than a faded piece of wood with words and strings. Together we can inspire and create an impact. Together we’ll set the effect into air.
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Only Gets Better You said you can’t love me anymore As tears come falling out your eyes So I packed up my bags and I walked out your door When I’m gone there’ll be no more lies Now I’m chugging along on my bicycle I’m pedaling fast for the pain to go away Wishing I was kid on my tricycle Naive of how things end this way - completely naive Of some things you do and you can’t take ‘em back Only some many time you’ll be given a chance - she said this is your last chance And that life is kind of like a railroad track It’s always pushing forward in advance You have to learn from your experience It’s a shame I had to learn from you To still be together is my preference But it looks like there’s nothing I can do Except write and play and sing everyday I have a feeling that it only gets better - i hope that’s a fact Because the one I love is the one I betrayed And all I can do is write her a letter - and she won’t right me back All day long I lie in bed Awaiting for my heart to mend I replay what I did inside of my head Over and over and over again As of late I’ve been losing my mind And there’s nothing that I can do There’s no reason to my rhyme All I want is to be with you When I’m with friends it ain’t so bad It’s the time alone that is the killer I can’t help but to think of what we had My heart is empty and nothing will filler Only the thought it might get better
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For What It’s Worth Overcast Sunday - the advertised park bench is where I lay with my eyes into the sky from the clouds to the graffiti walls and to the broken asphalt where I’ll discover an abandoned piece attached to the sole of these shoes that will take me from the impatience scene and toward the high level isolation of betrayal. To crash and burn, piloted with lessons that I’ve learnt and for what it’s worth, the price exceeds what I’ve earn. With the gaps between us and the shallow waters below the past experiences can no longer accompany me home. Take this, my last change, and drive it as far as it’ll go. Come tomorrow when all is passed, the debris will settle and manifest strength through weakness in character. Either tomorrow we’ll know, either tomorrow we’ll go on.
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Piloting A Vehicle Of Audible Expression A fifty-two cent postage stamp carried across the continent Sealed aid in a brown-stained envelop It reached the ports of a familiar regional time zone It read a scribbled name that of which Could have only been written by a left handed Boy you were close with before you left The stompin’ ground foundation we jointly built Drunk dials and calling cards were spent For others to toss or collect Out-of-touch confessions due To lack of following through confidence But I’ve come to repair those breakdowns By replacing them with wrecker parts gone astray It was only a matter of time before our Integrities were displayed And it showed us both something We’d already known for some time That your heart is not in it for the Same reasons as mine A simple recognition of a handshake To gesture godspeed to parting ways Would have completely avoided The turmoil leak Of all we’ve been through It doesn’t make sense How you handled yourself before you abandoned the ship Old co-pilot, he said “Terms aren’t worth anything” It was a solid blow To everything we had been But I’ll keep guiding this rocket ship Fueling my passions into the belly of it And I’ll keep guiding this rocket ship There is a strength in sound and I think I found it With open hearts and open minds
We’re strong enough to guide A vehicle of audible expression The methods for achieving higher altitudes are scratched as blueprints in our notebooks and they entail great magnitude What we think, what we feel What we believe, what we hold, What we question in mind What we trust, what we oppose, what we love are all carriers inside A vehicle of audible expression With open hearts and open minds We’re strong enough to guide A vehicle of audible expression
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This Audio My dear friends It’s been so long How goes the struggle? Meanwhile the conflict remains On our home fronts Separated my miles It could never defeat us As eternal allies Thank you for breaking the silence Over a distorted and static frequency Although mid-awakening, I appreciate the thought And wouldn’t trade it in return for the lost sleep So cheers on the other end From the bottle neck to the forgot foam We’ll discuss moments of weakness, Shortcomings, and triumph With laughter interjecting frequently With the taste of Arthur G. And the sound of Gable’s voice It brings light to reflect In a faded polaroid This audio is silent without my friends This audio is silent without my friends The pulse rate of this audio beats with emotion and honesty This audio is silent without my friends My dear friend, It’s been so long How goes the battle? Figurative as it may be We’ll pick up just Where we left off Without ever breaking stride To maintained this connection as eternal allies Now words never came easy But I think you know exactly what I mean Our relationship I cherish so deeply within me Because people like you are few and far between While arm in arm and flush in face Invincible we felt, at least until sun break I wish to savor these moments And memories forever This audio is silent without my friends This audio is silent without my friends The pulse rate of this audio beats with emotion and honesty This audio is silent without my friends And we’ll set up on sidewalks and we will sing our songs Around bonfires and in basements we will sing our songs Off key and triumphantly we will sing our songs together

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released March 18, 2011

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audio/rocketry Edmonton, Alberta

Friendship has been a pillar of audio/rocketry’s blistering rally cry from the start, with the core duo of Joe Vickers and Matthew Murphy expanding to accommodate a rotating crew of some of Edmonton’s hardest working musicians. After a decade of touring the continent, the band finds itself distilled to its strongest bonds and purest sound with the addition of Blair Drover and Jerome Tovillo. ... more

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