Rock ballad with fingerpicked electric and acoustic guitar arpeggios in the verses, steady mid-tempo pulse, and big strummed chorus hits; verse stays intimate and sparse with close-mic male vocals, pre-chorus adds tom swells and rising backing ooohs, chorus opens wide with layered doubles and short gang echoes on the hook phrase. Use pick squeaks, reverse guitar swells into each lift, and a last-chorus cymbal rise. Mix is warm, emotional, and front-facing, with a glossy edge, rock