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Maiden Voyage

by Thought Machine

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I. THE BINDING Tie that rope tight So you just might Hold on to me Hold on to us...
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II. Intricate Designs The rope is ever long It stretches beyond the dawn It flows into our hearts, so strong It keeps us bound to love, so long We walk hand in hand Moving through the land With that intricate design holding us This knot features Intricate Designs That keep us bound We know that we can't Go on forever No knot can withstand the weight of the years
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III. The Frayed End You couldn't untie the knot So you trusted that sword To loosen that gordian grip That held together so strong And the Frayed End On the other shore Shall remain untied I still remember the day When you cut that line And left me here to rot While you ruled your land Hold on to me Don't let me fall...
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IV. Hold On (Reprise) Hold on to life Hold on to love Hold on to me Hold on to us And maybe someday We'll find that frayed wire And we'll attempt to tie It back together again...
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Chalk Lines 04:01
CHALK LINES Why have we scribbled lines upon the ground? When will we wash the pavement clean from these... Chalk Lines (Keeping us inside these) Borders (We need to reach beyond) Why have we made our limits so small? When will we have the courage to conquer these... Drawing these prison bars around our minds Keeping our hands tied so tight
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Persuasion 05:10
PERSUASION Northern wind, begin to blow Show the sun the strength you hold Closer now, the cloak is pulled Tighter now, to shield the cold Persuasion is a powerful thing. Mighty sun, begin to shed Shed that light upon his head Wanderer, the heat is strong Take a rest, the road is long
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THE FALL OF HOUSE ATREIDES Arrakis bound, travel to the spice-world, our new home... Harkonnen fleets advance kill the Duke, and his men Where will you hide when they come for you and your son? They will try to feed us to the worms (We will walk without rhythm) Thumper, please, please don't fail us now (We will walk without rhythm) We will travel to the Fremen lands (We will walk without rhythm) We will wait and build our army strong (We will walk without rhythm) Drink from the water of life Until our eyes turn blue-in-blue
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THE SEASON UNSPOKEN If my mind changes with her tree Would you rake across me with the rest of the leaves? When winter is lost, and spring is in bloom And summer burns back into fall so soon Will you speak of the one who lies in between? That wonderful season, unspoken, unseen For the ashes of time, the grinding of gears May wither my mind, may burn all my tears May freeze all my memory, and weaken my fears Would you let me fade away like all her good years? They say that once they've changed they can't go back But seasons come and go, and come again... I feel as if the winds could blow her leaves my way But I can also feel the sun upon my shoulder saying "Don't fade out..."
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BREATHING LESSONS Down in the water Down in the deep We need to practice all of our breathing techniques Breathing Lessons Give us patience Waves beat the rocks to sand Like society on the modern man The ocean turns a bitter green While martyrs make their public scenes And I won't pretend I can breathe In waters that shift and heave Pulled down by the undertow Drowning in things we'll never know Breathing Lessons Give us patience To be stronger To last longer
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Young Guns 08:43
YOUNG GUNS Young Guns. When I was a boy I had a toy gun My friends and I would play in the fields We were young, and we would bend Like the barley in the breeze A few years later I got a real gun My friends and I would play in the streets We were young, and we would bend Like a stop sign hit by a car And when the flames of industry stung our foolish heads We realized we've played too long The match had been set Now we are a nation And we'll never quit We'll make the loudest bang The biggest hit And we will crush them To burning bits... I only live to serve my country A piece of land, but more to me We'll instill fear in all our enemies And pierce the heart of all who deny us And when the clock strikes upon the hour Of when the knife falls below the border We'll sing the songs of our ascension We'll reap the spoils of our invention And when we beat them in this game We'll challenge others to compete And send them to their early graves Ever marching on and on Old Guns.
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PERSONAL GODS I feel it in the morning It starts inside my head Endless thoughts are ever streaming And I can't stop them from Making me believe that I'm the only one But I know we're all a part of something bigger We're trying To give ourselves some meaning in this life We're trying To make our peace with our own gods And if the only things we own Are our thoughts, and bodies And if the caged bird sings louder than the rest Then I think I'll stay right here In my selfish little shell Where everything is right where I want it to be It could be worse I could be like the others I could be sucked into the void Where nothing hurts and it all just stays the same Just boring, dull routine Right here where I belong.
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MAIDEN VOYAGE (STORM OF BEING) Call your boats All your men We set sail at dawn. Far away We will reach For the shores of God. For mankind's Mark in time We will touch beyond. Far beyond this reef of war and pain There lay all the riches Of those tired sailors Who dared to cross stormy seas Or insignificance. Be the one to break the mold.

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This is Thought Machine's first full length album. It was released in 08.08.2010 and was recorded in Sydney, Nova Scotia at Soundpark Studios.

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released August 8, 2010

Parts of the Machine:
Brett Waye: Fretless Bass, Fretted Bass, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Glockenspiel, Cogs.
Scott Maclean: Electric Guitar, 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Levers.
Marc Langille: Electric Guitar, 6-String Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, Switches.
Adam Wedgewood: Drums, Percussion, Buttons.

Produced by: Thought Machine and Jamie Foulds
Recorded and Mixed by: Jamie Foulds at Soundpark Studios, Sydney River, N.S.
All Music written by: Thought Machine
All Lyrics written by: Brett Waye
All Songs (C) 2010 Thought Machine Music SOCAN, BMI. Unauthorized reproduction of this audio recording is strictly prohibited.

Album Layout: Matthew Smith
All Artwork by: Kenzie Gunn
Photography by: Mallory Savoy, Justin Statton
Album Printed by: A/R Group International

Recorded from February to March 2010

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Thought Machine Halifax, Nova Scotia

A Four-Piece band that draws influences from the golden age of Progressive Rock, yet attempts to push the genre further into the modern era. Sometimes mellow, sometimes heavy, sometimes quiet, and sometimes loud; the band relies heavily on the use of complex time signatures, extended song lengths, and synthesizers to add color to their ever changing musical style. ... more

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