ballad
A ballad is a prolonged emotional demonstration by professionals in heartache extension. Listeners exhaust their tear ducts, surrendering to modest chord progressions instead of dazzling choruses. It procrastinates the resolution, finally arriving at its point in the chorus—an exercise in emotional delay. Commonly forced into rotation at weddings, funerals, and lonely midnight drives. Sometimes, delegating truth to lyrical drama is easier than digging for real meaning, so the world still leans on the ballad.