Vault <3

[Verse]
I keep my heart in a vault, lead in the wall,
three inch steel ain't no entry at all.  
Every time I open the fallout stings,
try to play a bit when the telephone rings.

Sun's gone down but I still feel the heat,
Hearts out my chest even when I take a seat,
Wick still lit, wax all gone, soot in the air to the nothin song.

Before the dust settled, I drew the lines,  
Steel over softness, a fortress of mine.  
Every heartbreak registered like seismic waves—  
So I built a place where nothing breaks.

[pre-chorus]
You say you’re not a threat, just looking for a home,  
But I’ve lived through detonations I survived alone.

Wave it out here, the burn in the smell,
Minds on fire like a trip through hell.
No one said easy, some would say hard,
Always cloak the heart like a Knight on guard

[Chorus]
You tap the metal gently, say you’re here to stay,  
But I’ve seen wanderers who promised the same.  
Radiation lingers in what they left behind,  
Geiger counter ticking every time you’re on my mind.

[Verse 2]
I keep my vault door closed,  
Blueprints written from the ghosts.  
If you want inside, don’t force your way—  
Just wait outside until I say.  
My heart’s a vault, but not a tomb—  
It opens slow, but it still has room.
The clock says tick, before the boom
So whats your trick, whats your tune?

[Outro]
I turn the wheel just a little bit,  
Let a single ray of daylight hit.  
The world’s still broken, but so am I—  
Maybe that’s enough to try.

rap, slow bass, deep dreamy eery synth, tenor trombone