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Space Vault
(Verse 1)
You mapped my surface with your hands
Traced the crater from the last time something landed
You said this silence is just space we can build in
And I loved the blueprint so I let the build begin
I hand you carbon copies of a smile, a thermal reading
Give you access to the logs of my own breathing
But the core, the command center, the final flight key
I built a firebreak between all that and me
(Pre-Chorus)
'Cause I remember the system failure, the fire in the sky
So I'm curating the archives of you and I
Archiving the code that knew how to trust
Sealing the drive from cosmic dust
(Chorus)
I put my heart in a space vault
A final backup, out of your reach
Sent the DNA of a good thing into cold storage, out past the breach
It’s not your fault
But if we burn up on re-entry, fall from grace
At least a piece of me survives... some other place
(Verse 2)
You ask about the redacted lines
The parts of my past I just can't bring online
You say, "Your eyes are here, but the light is on delay"
'Cause my signal’s bouncing off a satellite miles away
I wanna grant you clearance, baby, give you the whole damn thing
But every time you get too close, the alarms all start to sing
And I initiate the launch sequence, my hand is on the key
Pushing the last good part of me far away from we
(Chorus)
I put my heart in a space vault
A final backup, out of your reach
Sent the DNA of a good thing into cold storage, out past the breach
It’s not your fault
But if we burn up on re-entry, fall from grace
At least a piece of me survives... some other place
(Bridge)
I am managing this truce against my terror
Waging a private war on my own error
You're not the asteroid, I know that's true
But the atmosphere is gone, and the impact still broke through
So don’t ask for the core command
It’s no longer in my hand
I sent it on its way
For a catastrophic day
(Chorus)
I put my heart in a space vault
A final backup, out of your reach
Sent the DNA of a good thing into cold storage, out past the breach
It’s not your fault
But if we burn up on re-entry, fall from grace
At least a piece of me survives... some other place
(Outro)
In geosynchronous orbit…
Safe from the crash.
Broadcasting… nothing.
Just safe from the crash.
About The Song
"Space Vault" transforms a recent news item—a company's plan to store humanity's cultural and biological data in an orbiting vault as a civilizational backup—into a powerful metaphor for emotional self-preservation. After experiencing a devastating relationship ending (an "impact event"), the narrator enters a new one but is unable to be fully vulnerable. Instead of just feeling guarded, they are actively taking a piece of their core self—their trust, their capacity for unconditional love, the "DNA of a good thing"—and putting it into an emotional "space vault." It's a heartbreaking but necessary act of survival: creating an off-site backup of one's own heart, just in case the new world they're building also faces catastrophe. The song explores the quiet tragedy of being with someone you want to trust, but being too scarred by the past to give them the command keys. The sonic mood is inspired by the intimate, atmospheric, and bass-driven style of artists like Billie Eilish, where sparse arrangements create a sense of vast, lonely space around a deeply personal confession.
Production Notes
Genre: Alternative Pop / Dark Pop
Vocals: Primary vocal should be recorded with a close, warm microphone (like a Shure SM7B) to capture intimacy and breath. Delivery should be melancholic but defiant, almost a whisper in the verses that builds to a more projected, clear tone in the chorus. Layer with whisper tracks panned wide in the pre-chorus and bridge for a sense of internal monologue.
Instrumentation: The track should be driven by a heavy, clean sub-bass synth that follows the root notes, creating a palpable, physical presence. The beat is minimalist and syncopated, using clicks, a filtered snare, and a deep 808-style kick. A distant, heavily-reverbed piano or synth pad should play a simple, mournful melody in the background, representing the signal from the "space vault."
Arrangement: Keep verses sparse to emphasize the vocals. Build tension into the chorus by adding harmonies and widening the stereo field. The bridge should strip back to just vocals and the atmospheric pad, creating a moment of raw vulnerability before the final chorus hits with full force.
Mix Automation: Use automation to have reverb and delay throws on certain words ("grace," "place") to make them feel vast and distant. The sub-bass should subtly distort during the chorus to add grit and intensity. The final outro should have a high-pass filter slowly applied to the whole track, making it sound thin and distant like a fading signal, with the final line "Safe from the crash" sounding like it's coming over a crackly radio transmission.
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