Soviet-era bard ballad, male vocals with deep, raspy, emotional timbre, storytelling style, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, melancholic melody, slow to mid-tempo (75-85 BPM), minor key, intimate and raw sound, no heavy production, single guitar with sparse orchestral strings in the background, dramatic crescendo towards the end, philosophical and tragic mood, Russian chanson influence, vintage tape recording quality, reverb, conversational delivery, every word matters, spoken-sung vocal style, like 1960s-70s Russian singer-songwriter ballads.