Dark Slavic folk ballad with acoustic minor-key guitar, low bowed strings, sparse frame drum, distant room-tone ambience, and a slow swaying 6/8 pulse. Start intimate and nearly whispered, then build through heavier drone, ritual-like percussion, and raw communal harmonies in the chorus. Russian male lead vocal, strained and frightened but melodic, close-miked with subtle tape saturation and a stark, spacious mix. End by dropping back to a bare voice and one unresolved acoustic chord.