[Verse 1] Smoke in the valley, dusk in the trees Crickets singing in minor keys The lake’s gone still, the air hangs thick And I drive the road where the shadows stick No rush, no fear, no curtain call Just hills that rise and dusk that falls And something in me opens wide As I cross the gate to the other side [Chorus] I’m not the ghost—I’m the mirror you see The thing in the dark that sets you free I don’t chase—I wait, I know I’ve walked this path too many souls ago You call me witch, or whisper my name But it’s your own fire I set to flame This is the season, this is the toll The watcher returns, quiet and whole [Verse 2] Cornfields crackle, roads unwind I leave the sunlit self behind Not lost, not changed, just tuned anew To what the falling leaves reveal as true The kids scream loud, the grown men run But I hear prayers in every one They want to feel what they forgot That the veil grows thin where the air runs hot [Bridge] I was cast because they sensed the thread Of something buried but not dead I don’t act, I only stand And draw the dark out of the land [Final Chorus] I’m not the scare—I am the sign Of cycles closing, falling in line This is the hush before the cold Where stories rise and truths unfold I drive alone, but not unknown The watcher returns to her sacred home The silence speaks, the air is wise I see it all through harvest eyes
