[Verse 1]
At the ash-stone gate I kneel
With a bone-white key in hand
Three black dogs circling near
They know the mark I stand
Salt on my tongue, moon in my teeth
I walk where serpents sleep
Names in the dirt, names in the smoke
I wake the buried deep
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the wheel turn
Hear the grave ground moan
Three roads open wide
And I am not alone
[Chorus]
Hecate, take the night
Hecate, strike the pyre
Black candle burn
Black candle rise
Hecate, in my blood
Hecate, in my bones
I wear your curse
I wear your crown
(Black candle rise)
[Verse 2]
I keep rue in my pocket
And iron at my heel
Crow feathers in the window
For the truth I make and seal
By the thorn and bitter honey
By the pomegranate bite
I stitch a spell from hunger
And I cut through holy light
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear the wheel turn
Hear the grave ground moan
Three roads open wide
And I am not alone
[Chorus]
Hecate, take the night
Hecate, strike the pyre
Black candle burn
Black candle rise
Hecate, in my blood
Hecate, in my bones
I wear your curse
I wear your crown
(Black candle rise)
[Bridge]
At the crossroads, I stand still
With my shadow at my side
Let the old world call me wicked
I was born on the other side
Rats in the walls, wolves in the snow
Every oath comes due
I speak your name with a broken jaw
And the dark bends back to you
[Final Chorus]
Hecate, take the night
Hecate, strike the pyre
Black candle burn
Black candle rise
Hecate, in my blood
Hecate, in my bones
I wear your curse
I wear your crown
(Black candle rise)
(Black candle rise)