Instrumentation & Style: Tempo: ~78 BPM. Key: G major with E minor color (warm, bittersweet). Core instruments: sparse piano arpeggios, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, soft ambient synth pad, light upright bass, brushes on snare, subtle string swells and a warm cello for the bridge. Arrangement: intro opens on a delicate piano motif and breathy acoustic guitar; verses stay sparse (piano + picked guitar + upright bass pulse); pre-choruses add a low synth pad and soft cymbal brushes to build tension; choruses open into full piano, guitar, gentle strings, and close three-part backing harmonies on the final chorus. Bridge pulls nearly everything away to an intimate voice over a single cello line, then swells back to the last chorus. Production notes: female lead vocal — intimate, close-mic, with space and breath; leave a fragile vocal break in the bridge; add sparse three-part harmony on the final chorus and tasteful vocal doubles throughout. [Intro] Lamplight on a bookstore window; rain wrote names on glass. I traced the scrawl with two cold fingers, watched the evening pass. [Verse 1] I walked those streets with heavy shoes and chalk dust on my sleeves, The coffee shop had vinyl crackle and a postcard stuck to the eaves. Your laugh came soft like daylight through the slats of blinds at dawn, A sweater folded on a bench where every goodbye lingered on. [Pre-Chorus] The kettle sang, a tongue of steam — the streetlamp hummed a low refrain. My hands still smelled like coffee and t