Dark folk ballad in a slow swayed 6/8 feel with fingerpicked acoustic guitar, low frame drum, bowed bass drone, and sparse hand percussion; verse stays intimate and story-led, pre-chorus narrows to voice and drum taps, chorus opens with doubled female lead and eerie unison backing lines, bridge drops to near-silence with spoken-like phrasing, final chorus adds hummed harmonies, creaking accents, and a distant flute turn. Warm rustic mix, shadowy and close-mic, folk