Vector Collapse

Vector Collapse Singles

“Leeway Allowance” is about giving yourself room to breathe—choosing grace over force, small course-corrections over ego. It’s the moment you stop muscling through and start moving smarter. Big chorus, steady pulse, and a feeling that builds instead of breaks. If it hits you, drop your favorite line in the comments and share it with someone who needs a little margin today. Available on major streaming services on 10/14/25.

Leeway Allowance

A fast, bright track about reading your own trail and making the one-degree changes that actually move you. Sharp guitars, neon synth lift, and a big, singable chorus. If a line hits you, drop it in the comments and pass it to someone who’s ready to trade rush for real progress. From the upcoming album "Dead Reckoning Club" to be released 10/31/25.

What We Leave Behind

A cathedral of circuits and steel: blade-edged guitars, obsidian synth choirs, and drums like thunder in a vaulted nave. Black Glass Gospel is a liturgy for the neon night—sermons of grit, absolution through distortion, and hymns sung to electricity.

What it sounds like
Retrosynth choirs over metal spine • cinematic low end • angular hooks • epic, chant-like choruses.

Themes
Faith under fire • shattered icons and new devotions • confession at the edge of the city • mercy in the machine.

For playlists / mood
metalwave • dark synth • cinematic • night drive • fight scene • ritual energy

Credits
Written, performed, produced & mixed by Vector Collapse (Chris Morley).

Suggested tags
retrosynth, synthwave, metal, metalwave, darksynth, cinematic, industrial, cyberpunk, VectorCollapse, BlackGlassGospel

Release notes
Mastered for impact and width. Light the censer, raise the gain, let the gospel roar.

Hashtags
#VectorCollapse #BlackGlassGospel #Metalwave #Retrosynth #Synthwave #DarkAesthetic #NewMusic

Torque Witness

Redundant Paths

Calibration Rite

Cathedral Basement

Slow, deliberate, unstoppable. “Slow is Smooth” from Borrowed Bearings leans into Vector Collapse’s metalwave core—angular guitars, widescreen synths, and a steady, clockwork pulse that tightens like a gyroscope finding true north. It’s a night-drive mantra about precision over panic: breathe, aim, execute. Let the neon undertow pull you forward and take the corner clean.

Credits: Written & produced by Vector Collapse (Chris Morley).
ISRC / Release: TBD

#metalwave #retrosynth #synthmetal #darksynth #outrun #cinematic #instrumental #vectorcollapse #BorrowedBearings #SlowIsSmooth

Slow Is Smooth

Borrowed Light is the quiet courage song from Vector Collapse—late-night kitchen glow, tail lights on wet pavement, friends texting “steady, go.” It starts with a heartbeat pulse and small, steady steps, then opens into a warm, widescreen chorus where copper-tone guitars carry the hook. It’s about moving when the map is blurry—stacking tiny sparks until the road appears.
A waypoint in the Borrowed Bearings chapter of the seven-album arc, Borrowed Light leans into resilience that isn’t loud, just relentless. If the night won’t move, we carry what we need to see.
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Written & performed by Vector Collapse
From the Borrowed Bearings era
Tags: #VectorCollapse #BorrowedLight #BorrowedBearings #metalwave #retrosynth #synthrock #darkwave #altmetal #moody #anthem #ballad
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LYRICS — “Borrowed Light”

Phone glow on the kitchen tile,
Map says “straight,” my heart says “mile.”
Tail lights paint a dotted line,
I trace a path through what’s still mine.

I can’t see far, but that’s all right—
I’ll move with what I’ve got tonight.

Borrowed light, borrowed light,
Little beams to get me right.
Not the sun, not perfect sight,
Hand on hope—I walk by borrowed light.
(Borrowed light, borrowed light)

Friends text in a steady row:
“Breathe, then step,” “You’ve got this—go.”
I stack their lamps against my doubt,
One small glow and I’m climbing out.

I won’t wait for morning bright—
I’m going where the sparks invite.

Borrowed light, borrowed light,
Little beams to get me right.
Not the sun, not perfect sight,
Hand on hope—I walk by borrowed light.
(Borrowed light, borrowed light)

I don’t need the day to break,
Headlamp faith is all it takes.
If the night won’t move for me,
I’ll carry what I need to see.

Borrowed light, borrowed light,
Step by step, I’m holding tight.
If the dark won’t end on cue,
I’ll carry sparks from me and you—
Borrowed light, borrowed light (ooh).

Borrowed Light

Vector Collapse – “Signal Fire”
From the album Borrowed Bearings

A track about connection through distance — the small, steady glow that cuts through the noise and brings two people back to center. Signal Fire blends cinematic synth textures with metalwave intensity, channeling the feeling of lighting a beacon in the fog and waiting for the answer.

Lyrics

Rooftop rain, the city hums,
You text “you up?” and I say “come.”
In the fog where courage thins,
One small glow can reel you in.

If your night won’t name your name,
I’ll spell it out in honest flame.

Signal fire—light it, I’ll find you.
Hold that glow and I’ll align to you.
If the map goes dark and the steps feel tired,
Stay where you are—signal fire.

I’ve been lost in louder rooms,
Chasing thunder, missing truths.
Now I carry matches, not a throne—
Shared heat beats going alone.

If your hope drips down to sparks,
I’ll keep watch until it marks.

Signal fire—light it, I’ll find you.
Hold that glow and I’ll align to you.
When the doubt blows cold and the way back hides,
Name your place—signal fire.

No speeches, no perfect sky,
Just a hand and a clearer why.
If you flare, I’ll cross that town,
Step by step ‘til ash cools down.

Signal fire—light it, I’m near you.
Keep it small; it’s still a clear cue.
When the world feels wide and the strength feels wired,
Stay where you are—signal fire.

Dawn will do the rest.
For now, we do our best.

#VectorCollapse #BorrowedBearings #SignalFire #Metalwave #Retrosynth #CinematicMetal #PostApocalypticSound #NeurostatikRecords

Signal Fire

Vector Collapse – “Future’s Gone”
from the forthcoming (unannounced) album Fail-Safe Hearts

A neon-noir slow burn: rain on broken asphalt, a blown streetlight spitting sparks, and one silhouette walking into a city that forgot his name. “Future’s Gone” blends moody retrosynth atmosphere with metalwave grit—like footsteps on an empty block.

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Lyrics

A man walks into the night,
Shadows stretch beneath the streetlight.
His hands are torn, his coat is thin,
He’s worn out from what might’ve been.
The world don’t look back, it just moves on—
For him, there will be no dawn.

The future’s gone, it slipped away,
Like smoke from a cigarette in the rain.
Dreams he held, now cracked and drawn,
He walks alone — the future’s gone.

He once had fire behind his eyes,
Now it’s just a place where silence hides.
He gambled truth, he lost to lies,
Watched every promise vaporize.

The stars don’t blink for the damned too long—
For him, there will be no dawn.

The future’s gone, it slipped away,
Like smoke from a cigarette in the rain.
Dreams he held, now cracked and drawn,
He walks alone — the future’s gone.

No angel’s voice, no lover’s prayer,
Just bitter wind and vacant stares.
He tried, Lord knows, he fought the tide,
But some men drown from deep inside.

The future’s gone, like a dying song,
Played once loud but played all wrong.
The sky won’t break, the dark goes on—
He walks alone... the future’s gone.

He walks alone... the future’s gone.

A man walks into the night...
And for him, there will be no dawn.

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Tags: #VectorCollapse #FailSafeHearts #FuturesGone #Metalwave #Retrosynth #DarkSynth #NeonNoir #PostApocalyptic #CinematicSynth #NightDrive

Fail-Safe Hearts

Future's Gone

Classically trained violist turned bass player turned tech guy and digital musician with a focus on metalwave, synthwave, and futurefunk.

Slow Is Smooth

Neurostatik Records