Empty Glass

1980s power ballad with driving tom-toms, big gated snare, soaring synth pads, arena guitar lifts, and male vocals; verse starts intimate and tense, pre-chorus climbs with suspended chords, chorus explodes with stacked harmonies and long-held notes, bridge drops to piano and breathy lead before the final key-change lift. Close-mic verses, doubled hooks, delay throws on the title, tape-swell transitions, wide glossy mix with a huge punchy master., ballad