Porch Light

Alt-pop ballad with pulsing half-time drums, fingerpicked piano, and a restrained bass swell; verse stays intimate and sparse, pre-chorus opens with rising strings and breathy doubles, chorus lands on a wide stacked vocal hook with a short synth lift, bridge strips to piano and a cracked solo vocal before the final chorus blooms. Close-mic female vocal, warm verses, aching harmonies, delayed ad-libs on the hook, bright but wounded mix., light, joyful