Less Pain Please

Emotional pop ballad with intimate close-mic male vocals, soft fingerpicked piano, low heartbeat kick, and swelling strings; verse stays spare and fragile, pre-chorus adds sighing harmony and rising pad, chorus opens with wide drums and stacked doubled vocals on the plea phrase, bridge strips to piano and breathy ad-libs before a final lift. Airy reverse swells, subtle tape hiss, and delay throws on the last word. Warm, cinematic, and aching, soul