[Verse 1]
Black smoke in the farmhouse rafters
Her shadow on the crooked wall
Dried roots in a cracked glass chalice
Every name carved small
She hums through the floorboards
Softly
Your teeth start to twinge and grind
Her eyes like mold on water
Crawling into your mind
[Chorus]
Witch Hazel
Poison in the well of the town
Witch Hazel
Every whispered wish gets dragged down
She’s the rot inside the harvest
She’s the hand that turns it all
Witch Hazel
Hear the hero answer her call (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Wax dolls in a rusted oven
Spiders stitched into a dress
She laughs when the church bells shudder
Each toll a curse confessed
She feeds on the fear she’s planted
Thick as smoke in every room
The air tastes of iron and ashes
As the fields all twist and bloom
[Chorus]
Witch Hazel
Poison in the well of the town
Witch Hazel
Every whispered wish gets dragged down
She’s the rot inside the harvest
She’s the hand that turns it all
Witch Hazel
Hear the hero answer her call
[Bridge]
[Drums drop to tom-heavy march
Bass steps forward]
He walks through the broken corn rows
Lantern fire in his eyes
Old sigils burned on his backbone
Every step a vow he cries
“By the blood you stole
I bind you
By the graves you turned to stone”
She shrieks from the barn door darkness
“This valley is mine alone!” (woah)
[Chorus]
Witch Hazel
Poison in the well of the town
Witch Hazel
Feel your evil empire fall down
You’re the rot inside the harvest
But the roots reject your call
Witch Hazel
Hear the hero shatter your thrall
[Outro]
[Twin guitars trade climbing leads over ringing chords]
Her charms turn to dust on the floorboards
Her voice thins to rust on the air
One last clawing curse in the silence
Then nothing
Then clean
Cold
Stare