Soft rock ballad in 4/4 time at 85 BPM, The arrangement features a fingerpicked acoustic guitar playing a repetitive arpeggiated pattern throughout, A clean electric guitar provides melodic fills and sustained chords with light chorus and reverb, The bass guitar plays melodic, legato lines that emphasize the root notes, Drums consist of a steady kick on beats 1 and 3, with a soft snare on 2 and 4, and consistent eighth-note hi-hats, A baritone male vocal delivers the lyrics in a smooth, conversational style with moderate compression and plate reverb, The harmonic structure is centered around a minor key, utilizing a descending chord progression in the verses