Neoclassical pop ballad with fingerpicked guitar and aching violin over restrained kick pulses, slow and swaying. Verse stays intimate with sparse guitar and room tone; pre-chorus lifts on bowed strings and breathy doubles; chorus opens wider with violin counterlines and soft tom fills. Gravelly male vocal, close-mic verses, raspy doubled hook, delay throws on final phrases, reversed swells into transitions. Wide, cinematic, warm and sorrowful mix.