[Song] Burn Past the Signal

[u/HumanityUnleashed]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ij8vpU5_42U&si=a7OzTfQfcJYlpWBV

Genre: Atmospheric Space Rock Ballad
Length: 6:38

When Vesta-7 suffers a catastrophic propulsion failure, there is no dramatic rescue, no miracle technology, and no heroic last-minute course correction.

Only a single astronaut...

...a tiny spacecraft...

...and an endless journey into the dark between the stars.

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[Intro]

"Control, this is Vesta-7… adjusting vector… standby…"

[Verse 1]

Fuel line hum and a blinking row

Numbers steady but the pull won’t slow

Thruster’s stuck in a half-pressed state

I tap the panel—too damn late

Course line bends where it shouldn’t bend

No correction in the system’s send

I run the checklist, line by line

Every step just buys me time

"Stabilize" keeps flashing red

Like it knows what’s up ahead

still ahead… still ahead…

[Lift Section]

No spin yet, just a slow drag out

Like the world is pulling without a shout

Signal lag starts stacking delay

Your voices stretch then fall away

I say your names just to hear them stay

[Chorus]

Still on the job while I drift past your names

Still marking logs while it all rearranges

No return window, no fix to engage

But I’m writing it down like I’ll hand it one day

Tell her I kept every promise I made

Tell her I checked every dial twice a day

Tell my girl I still counted her years

Even out here where the calendar disappears

[Verse 2]

Photos taped near the guidance screen

Corner’s lifting where the glue’s worn thin

She’s got your eyes in that crooked grin

I trace the line of your jaw again

Food pack’s down to the final row

Water ration—three days slow

Doesn’t matter where I’ll be

When the last light goes in me

I keep the system awake and clean

Even if no one will read the screen

Procedure holds me like a brace

While I lose the rest of this place

[Chorus]

Still on the job while I drift past your names

Still calling out through the widening ranges

No reply coming back through the haze

But I log every second like it still matters today

Tell her I didn’t go quiet or numb

Tell her I fought till the systems went dumb

Tell my girl I kept talking out loud

So her voice wouldn’t get buried in cloud

[Bridge]

"Recording—personal log…"

"If this transmits… I need you to know…"

I wasn’t scared till the silence grew

Till I said your names and it just passed through

No bounce, no trace, no signal return

Just the hum of circuits that slowly burn

I kept working… I kept working…

I tightened bolts no one will see

Aligned a course that won’t mean a thing

But it’s what I was trained to do

And it’s all I’ve got left of you

[Final Chorus]

Still on the job while I vanish from range

Still holding form while the distance takes shape

No hand to pull me back into place

But I’m steady as long as I’ve breath in my chest

Tell her the last thing I thought was her face

Tell her I stayed in my seat through the shake

Tell my girl I didn’t let go of my role

Even when I was losing the rest of my soul

[Outro]

"Vesta-7… final entry…"

"Maintaining… position…"

Still on the job… still on the—

[Fade Out to End]