They say don't go to the crossroads Not when the clock strikes twelve I went anyway I knew exactly what I came for I pinned up my coat and braided my hair I knew what I wanted and where They said leave it alone, leave it be Said nothing good waits there for me I smiled at their warnings, folded them neat And walked to the place where the three roads meet The wind stopped its breathing The stars held their breath The ground had a heartbeat That sounded like death I stand at the crossroads Where the three worlds meet The cold finds my fingers The frost finds my feet Something is coming And it knows me whole Something is changing Deep in my soul And I don't turn back And I don't turn back I'd carried it long enough Carried it far The weight of the woman I'd been Left a scar I came here to leave her That small frightened thing I came here to find out What leaving could bring It came like the wind comes Before the storm breaks It came like the silence Before the earth shakes It asked me no questions It needed no why It only asked one thing And I said goodbye I stand at the crossroads Where the three worlds meet The cold finds my fingers The frost finds my feet Something has changed now Down to the bone Something has answered I'm not alone And I don't turn back And I don't turn back (And I don't turn back) (And I don't turn back) They say don't go to the crossroads Not when the clock strikes twelve I went I got what I came for I'm still here But I'm not
