M10 - The Pillars of Creation
neo classical art rock, 80 BPM, A major, soprano lead vocal, string quartet, sparse piano, celesta accents, bowed vibraphone, glockenspiel sparkle, harmonium drone, 4AD production, plate reverb, tape saturation, dry close mics, shimmering string wash, layered vocal harmonies, light percussion, delicate dynamics, cosmic awe
David “Dave” Petry·3:45
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M10 - The Pillars of Creation
neo classical art rock, 80 BPM, A major, soprano lead vocal, string quartet, sparse piano, celesta accents, bowed vibraphone, glockenspiel sparkle, harmonium drone, 4AD production, plate reverb, tape saturation, dry close mics, shimmering string wash, layered vocal harmonies, light percussion, delicate dynamics, cosmic awe
Creator: David “Dave” PetryRelease Date: May 30, 2026
Lyrics
[Intro — string quartet alone, piano enters gently]
[Verse 1 — soprano, crystalline, intimate]
They launched it with a flaw we couldn't see
Two-point-two micrometer destiny
Three years of blurred vision, foggy and wrong
Before the Shuttle carried back the correction along
[Chorus — layered vocal harmonics, strings swell]
Pillars of Creation ten thousand light-years tall
A hydrogen nebula building stars for all
The Deep Field showed us three thousand galaxies
In ten square arc-minutes of empty night
We thought the sky was empty
Hubble showed us light
We thought the sky was empty
It was full of light
[Verse 2]
Edwin Hubble showed us galaxies in twenty-four
A hundred years before the telescope that bears his name
Story Musgrave walked the mirror in December ninety three
And handed us the universe back again
[Chorus]
Pillars of Creation ten thousand light-years tall
A hydrogen nebula building stars for all
The Deep Field showed us three thousand galaxies
In ten square arc-minutes of empty night
We thought the sky was empty
Hubble showed us light
We thought the sky was empty
It was full of light
[Bridge — piano alone, soprano near-spoken]
Thirteen point eight billion years
The universe has been expanding
Accelerating into dark energy
We learned this from a telescope
That was born broken
And healed by human hands
In orbit
[Final Section — full soprano and strings]
One and a half million observations
Twenty-one thousand papers
Every image a letter from the beginning of time
[Outro — strings fade, single piano note, silence]
[Verse 1 — soprano, crystalline, intimate]
They launched it with a flaw we couldn't see
Two-point-two micrometer destiny
Three years of blurred vision, foggy and wrong
Before the Shuttle carried back the correction along
[Chorus — layered vocal harmonics, strings swell]
Pillars of Creation ten thousand light-years tall
A hydrogen nebula building stars for all
The Deep Field showed us three thousand galaxies
In ten square arc-minutes of empty night
We thought the sky was empty
Hubble showed us light
We thought the sky was empty
It was full of light
[Verse 2]
Edwin Hubble showed us galaxies in twenty-four
A hundred years before the telescope that bears his name
Story Musgrave walked the mirror in December ninety three
And handed us the universe back again
[Chorus]
Pillars of Creation ten thousand light-years tall
A hydrogen nebula building stars for all
The Deep Field showed us three thousand galaxies
In ten square arc-minutes of empty night
We thought the sky was empty
Hubble showed us light
We thought the sky was empty
It was full of light
[Bridge — piano alone, soprano near-spoken]
Thirteen point eight billion years
The universe has been expanding
Accelerating into dark energy
We learned this from a telescope
That was born broken
And healed by human hands
In orbit
[Final Section — full soprano and strings]
One and a half million observations
Twenty-one thousand papers
Every image a letter from the beginning of time
[Outro — strings fade, single piano note, silence]