Verse 1 [Female 1, vulnerable and introspective] I came here chasing wonder like a child chases fireflies Now the light has teeth and every answer multiplies I’ve seen the towers singing, watched the venom in the stream Held the loneliness of millions staring at a screen Pre-Chorus [Female 1, building quiet tension] My wings still know the old paths, the quiet, living green But something in this broken light refuses to stay clean Chorus [Switch to Male 1, powerful and conflicted with Female 1 harmony] Wings at the crossroads, torn between the sky One path leads to silence where the old world still survives The other pulls me deeper into everything that breaks I cannot stay the same and I cannot look away Wings at the crossroads… which direction do I take Verse 2 [Female 1, more aching] I could fold myself back into mist and memory Pretend I never tasted what it means to truly see Or I could stay and stumble through the beauty and the cost Knowing every step I take might still be partly lost Bridge [Both voices, raw emotional peak] [Female 1] The forest calls me home with gentle, ancient grace [Switch to Male 1] But these fractured, fighting people still deserve a chance to face [Both] The truth that wonder hurts… and healing has a price I stand here with my wings spread, terrified and wise Final Chorus [Male 1 lead, fuller and more resolved with layered harmonies] Wings at the crossroads, trembling in the wind One path is forgetting, one path is stepping in I do not know if I can change a single broken thing But I will not return to silence while the broken still can sing Wings at the crossroads… I choose to stay and sing
