[Intro - 20 sec drums + nyckelharpa chant, no vocal] Hmm, hmm, hmm [Verse 1 - incantation, spoken low] You wait where the two roads kiss in the dark, In a black coat, with a devil's mark. You didn't bring flowers, you brought a key, Said "one road is yours, one road is me." [Chorus 1 - drums explode, chest voice] Take me at the crossroads, don't be sweet, Where the vow breaks under bare feet. One road to heaven, one road to ruin - Mother, let me be ruined. [Verse 2 - call and response with drums] Your love ain't a house, it's a hotel burning, No exit sign, no point returning. A rose in your teeth, a knife in your glove, This is how witches fall in love. [Bridge - WHISPERED, only frame drum + sax breath] Don't promise me forever, promise me true, Not white, not pure - but bruised, like blue. Let all the good girls take the paved way, I take the dirt road where the old gods lay. [Final Ritual - ALL DRUMS, nyckelharpa screaming, full belt] Take me at the crossroads, make it hurt, A prayer on my lips, your name in the dirt. Kiss me like a secret, like a sin, Leave me at the edge where I have been. Two roads. One woman. One smoke. Come, let me be the vow you never spoke. [Outro - drums fade, only nyckelharpa and breath] Ruined... ruined... ruined...
