Secret to Keep

Rock ballad with driving electric guitar and mournful violin, mid-tempo swung pulse; verse rides tight palm-muted riffs and spare strings, pre-chorus opens with climbing toms and rising fiddle, chorus hits with full power chords and sustained violin hooks. Lead vocal stays intimate and strained with doubled lines in the chorus, stacked gang "oh" responses, delay throws on key words, and a wide, polished mix with sharp transients, dramatic string swells, and a cold-to-hot arrangement arc., electric, violin, rock