Crossroad of Fire

[Intro] *(Guitar riffs build with thunderous drums, crescendoing into a haunting organ melody)* [Verse 1] Stranded at this deadlock, engines screaming my name, Fists white on the wheel, rage fuels the flame. Pedal to the metal, but the road’s eating my soul, Mirror’s cracked with a voice saying, “You’ll never be whole.” [Pre-Chorus] The critic’s in the backseat, spitting venom, no remorse, “Burn the bridges, chase the ghosts—you’ll finish this course!” But the crossroads are calling through the smoke and the haze, Is this hellfire salvation or the end of my days? [Chorus] Oh, will I rise from the ashes or burn in the flame? This fury’s my prison, but my heart screams, “Break the chains!” At the crossroads of fire, I’m reborn or I fall— Will I surrender to the storm or stand tall? *(Haunting backing vocals echo: “Stand tall!”)* [Verse 2] Tires screech on the edge where the shadows collide, The devil’s laughing, “Boy, you got nowhere to hide!” But a whisper cuts through—a truth I can’t deny: “The wounds that are inside you are the wings you won’t fly.” [Pre-Chorus] The critic’s losing power as the headlights fade, The road to redemption’s paved with mistakes I’ve made. One foot on the brakes, but my soul’s shifting gears— The future’s a highway through an ocean of fears. [Chorus] Oh, will I rise from the ashes or burn in the flame? This fury’s my prison, but my heart screams, “Break the chains!” At the crossroads of fire, I’m reborn or I fall— Will I surrender to the storm or stand tall? *(Backing vocals crescendo: “Stand tall!”)* [Bridge] *(Orchestral strings swell, piano arpeggios spiral upward)* I’m done racing ghosts in a rearview disguise, The perfection I chased was a road built on lies. Let the engine roar, let the old me expire— I’m lighting the match to my own funeral pyre! [Guitar Solo] *(Frenetic guitar shreds, backed by a choir chanting in Latin)* [Final Chorus] Now I rise from the ashes, no more shackles, no chains! This fire’s my compass through the wreckage and pain! At the crossroads of fire, I’m alive, I’m awake— I embrace the chaos, my soul’s earthquake! *(Backing vocals thunder: “Earthquake!”)*