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Dark folk with classical instrumentation, mid-tempo and tense; verse rides bowed cello, bass guitar, and restrained drums, pre-chorus opens with rising violin figures, chorus hits with a plaintive solo guitar motif and fuller bowed strings. Lead vocal stays close-mic and grave, with doubled phrases on the hook and a few whispered ad-libs. Ear candy includes reverse swells into choruses, a low cello scrape before the bridge, and a final violin line that hangs on the last chord. Mix is moody, cinematic, and intimate