Classical metal power ballad with slow 6/8 sway and heroic, mournful guitar leads; verse is sparse with piano, low strings, and tom pulses, pre-chorus lifts on ascending cellos, chorus opens into bowed guitars and full drums. Husky male vocal close-mic in verses, double-tracked on key lines, rough harmony on chorus. Reverse swell into each lift, cymbal blooms before hooks, final chorus adds choir-like backing vowels. Wide, dramatic, and glossy with dark warmth., metal, classical