STORY

"Even if I was a rocket, I would never shoot up high without a fire."

Is there such a thing as being on top of the world?

They say that, to be on top of the world, you have to let go of all your fears. But at the same time, you'll have to hold on to that one source of inspiration, that one spark.

 

And when you get that spark to light your fuse, you can shoot up to the sky.

 

DESCRIPTION

ROCKET is JVウタウ's Bandcamp debut song and is an electronic piece. JVウタウ's first released song is Metropolitan Irony, a song with Hatsune Miku for the Hatsune Miku Expo Song Contest. The song is set to 128 beats per minute and the vocals are synthesized using UTAU software with the resampler tools Moresampler and tn_fnds. The virtual instruments are mostly pulled from the Apple Sound Library, with a few tracks of MIDI using TyrellN6. The song is produced on Apple GarageBand.

 

LYRICS

I asked
"Is there such a thing as being on top of the world"
Dusk
Slowly sinks down as marvellous dark clouds unfurl

 

You said
"This is where the monsters making your dreams are fed"
Night
The dank darkness is shrouded by luminous light

 

I just want to let go
of the inhibitions that hold me so

Even if I was a rocket
I would never shoot up high without a fire

 

Yes, there is such a thing
as being on top of the world
but though I'm letting go, I have to hold on
filling up, yet thinking of none
A rocket in need of a spark

 

Yes, this is just the place
where the colours of dreams become real
So please never let go, and I will hold on
light me up, and we will go on
So do you know you are my spark?

 

Rocket up

 

So please
Stay close by as we go through the vast man-made seas
Take
me to places that I had never before seen

 

I just want to release
all the heaviness that makes my chest go deep
Fuel won't burn itself
What'cha waiting for? Let's play with our fire

 

Yes, there is such a thing
as being on top of the world
and when I am up there, I feel so light
yet looking back know that tonight I
am up there all because of you

 

Yes, this is just the place
where the colours of dreams become real
So please never let go, and I will hold on
light me up, and we will go on
For all the feelings you imbue

 

Thank you

 

CREDITS

Noelle is an UTAU voicebank by the SoundCloud vocalist Saint.

Track credits: 
Music and lyrics: JVウタウ 
Vocals: Noelle 
Virtual instruments: Apple sound library, TyrellN6

Art credits: 
Composition and Earth model: JVウタウ 
Art of Noelle: bodytemp 
Earth model textures: NASA 
Background: European Space Observatory 
Typeface credits: Josefin Sans by Typemade, M+ 2p by M+ FONTS PROJECT (designer: 森下 浩司)