[Intro — distant wind, low female choir, single bell]
[Layered whispers]
Past…
Present…
Future…
[Silence]
[Akari whispers]
Three roads.
Three flames.
One choice.
[Low haunting hum]
[Verse 1 — soft, haunting vocals]
Moonlight trembling on the stone
Three roads waiting, I stand alone
A silver key inside my hand
Like I’ve known this place before I am
Something whispers through the trees
Old as time, but calling me
Every shadow knows my name
Every road becomes a flame
[Pre-Chorus — ghostly harmonies build]
Don’t tell me where to go
Don’t tell me who I’ll be
The night has never frightened me
It only taught me how to see
[Choir rises]
At the crossroads…
I hear her calling me.
[Everything falls silent]
[Whisper]
Hecate.
[Deep orchestral swell]
[Chorus — haunting, soaring vocals]
Hecate…
Light the torches in the night
Hecate…
Three roads underneath the moonlight
Key in my hand
Fire in my eyes
Nobody chooses my path but I
Hecate…
Guide me through the other side
[Verse 2 — delicate, eerie vocals]
Footsteps echo, none are mine
Shadows moving out of time
One road carries what I’ve lost
One holds everything it cost
One road disappears ahead
Into somewhere I’ve never been
Still I feel no need to run
The darkest road may hold the sun
[Pre-Chorus — emotional build]
If I lose the flame
I’ll follow the stars
If I lose the road
I’ll follow my heart
No prophecy
No written sign
The choice was always…
Mine.
[Chorus — larger choir]
Hecate…
Light the torches in the night
Hecate…
Three roads underneath the moonlight
Key in my hand
Fire in my eyes
Nobody chooses my path but I
Hecate…
Walk beside me through the night
[Bridge — almost a cappella]
[Layered whispers]
Past…
Present…
Future…
[Akari softly]
I have carried every version of me.
The girl I was…
The girl I am…
The woman I have yet to see.
[Long pause]
They’re all waiting…
At the crossroads.
[Japanese — ethereal layered vocals]
道は私が選ぶ
闇の中でも怖くない
月の光を辿って
私は私を見つける
[Choir swells]
[Final Chorus — powerful, haunting vocals]
HECATE…
Light every torch in the night
HECATE…
Let the moon become my guide
Key in my hand
Flame burning bright
Nobody chooses my path but I
HECATE…
Whatever waits beyond tonight…
I’ll find it.
[Music fades — distant wind]
[Outro — footsteps]
[Akari whispers]
Three roads…
[Pause]
Which one?
[Long silence]
Mine.
[Single bell]
[End]