The Last Witch of Blackthorn [Intro — whispered] They burned the witches of Blackthorn A hundred years ago… Or so they thought. [Verse 1] Deep in the woods where the blackthorn grows There’s a house where nobody goes Candles burn though the windows are bare And whispers follow you when you stop and stare An old woman lives where the forest bends She knows every secret the darkness sends They call her strange, they call her cursed But they’ve never seen what happens when she’s forced She gathers her herbs beneath the moon Speaking to shadows that answer too soon Fire in her fingers, earth beneath her feet She knows every name of the dead she meets [Pre-Chorus] They thought the last witch died When they took her family away But magic doesn’t disappear It only learns to wait [Chorus] She is the last witch of Blackthorn Keeper of the flame Guardian of the ancient woods And keeper of their names When the darkness comes to claim them When the demons cross the line The last witch of Blackthorn Will rise before they die [Verse 2] Something is moving underneath the ground Ancient chains are breaking without a sound The ravens leave the trees in flight And every candle turns itself to white She hears the old ones calling her name “Your blood remembers, awaken the flame” She walks to the circle carved into stone And for the first time in years She isn’t alone The trees begin to tremble The earth begins to breathe Something ancient reaches upward With its fingers underneath She raises both her hands And the whole forest bends The witch who lived in silence Has finally risen again [Pre-Chorus] They thought she was afraid They thought she’d lost her power They should have known the quiet ones Are dangerous when cornered [Chorus] She is the last witch of Blackthorn Keeper of the flame Guardian of the ancient woods And keeper of their names When the darkness comes to claim them When the demons cross the line The last witch of Blackthorn Will rise before they die [Fast Rap — The Witch] You woke what was sleeping beneath these stones Now listen carefully, this forest is my home I’ve buried your kind where the black roots grow And I’ve watched your shadows come and go You think that fire is something you can tame? You think that darkness doesn’t know my name? I’ve got blood in the soil, I’ve got storms in the sky I’ve got every dead witch standing by my side You came for the village, you came for the weak Now hear every ancestor whisper when I speak I don’t need a weapon, I don’t need a blade I was born with the power that your nightmares made Earth, rise Fire, burn Ancient spirits Now return Blackthorn twist around their bones Drag them underneath the stones Moon above and roots below Take them where the dead ones go You wanted the last witch? Well, here I am. [Bridge — slow and haunting] The forest goes silent The moon disappears She stands in the darkness And nobody hears Then one single candle Begins to ignite And thousands of candles Come burning to life The dead witches rise From the earth one by one Their eyes full of fire Their work isn’t done [Final Chorus] She is the last witch of Blackthorn But she isn’t alone Every witch that came before her Is calling her home When the darkness comes to claim them When the demons cross the line The last witch of Blackthorn Will stand until the end of time [Outro] By morning there was nothing there No house No woman No trace Only blackthorn flowers Growing through the ground… And carved into the oldest tree: “You should have left us sleeping.”
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