Black Cat of Autumns Veil

[Intro] (Instrumental acoustic guitar, gentle fingerpicking) [Verse 1] Beneath the oak where crimson leaves fall, A shadow stirs, no whisper at all. Eyes like embers in twilight's last flame, The black cat prowls, no two nights the same. [Chorus] Oh, tread the path where the briars entwine, Meet her gaze—blessing or sign. Crossroads hum where the old pines sway, Luck or curse, she’ll lead you astray. [Verse 2] Farmers swore she cursed the rye, When the moon hung low in a coal-black sky. But the widow’s coin bought bread next morn, As the cat curled warm where the frost was born. [Chorus] Oh, tread the path where the briars entwine, Meet her gaze—blessing or sign. Crossroads hum where the old pines sway, Luck or curse, she’ll lead you astray. [Bridge] Her purr’s a riddle, her tail a trail, Follow the wind through the darkened vale. One flick of claw, the future’s unspun— A golden dawn or a life undone. [Chorus] Oh, tread the path where the briars entwine, Meet her gaze—blessing or sign. Crossroads hum where the old pines sway, Luck or curse, she’ll lead you astray. [Outro] (Instrumental fade, soft hums mimicking wind)