The Ballad of the Witches’ Road

By: Peter Lancellotti
Posted on: December 17, 2024

This amazing song, written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for the latest limited series addition to the Marvel universe, “Agatha, All Along,” was an earworm the moment I heard it. So, I had to do it! I downloaded the sheet music and brought back a practice I hadn’t done in over 30 years, sight singing. There was no additional music to add the instrumentals that went with it, therefore, I had to listen carefully to the soundtrack several times before getting something close to the subtle accompaniment which I embellished on a Yamaha keyboard.
 
I’m currently working on a video with a bit of cosplay for effect. However, since all I’ve been doing in music as of late is fluid, I wanted to upload the MP3 now as I missed the spookfest season of Halloween, aka, Samhain.
 

 
[Verse 1]
Seekest thou the road to all that’s foul and fair
Gather sisters fire, water, earth and air
Darkest hour, wake thy power, earthly and divine
Burn and brew with coven true and glory shall be thine
 
[Chorus]
Down, down, down the road Down the witches’ road
Down, down, down the road Down the witches’ road
Down, down, down the road Down the witches’ road
 
Circle sewn with fate
Unlock thy hidden gate
 
[Verse 2]
Marching ever forward ‘neath the wooded shrine
I stray not from the path,
I hold death’s hand in mine
Primal night, giveth sight familiar by thy side
If onе be gone, we carry on, spirit as our guidе
 
[Chorus]
Down, down, down the road Down the witches’ road (Down the witches’ road)
Down, down, down the road (Down the witches’ road)
Down the witches’ road (Down the witches’ road)
Down, down, down the road (Down the witches’ road)
Down the witches’ road (Down the witches’ road)
 
Blood and tears and bone
Maiden, Mother, Crone
 
[Verse 3]
The road is wild and wicked, winding through the wood
Where all that’s wrong is right and all that’s bad is good
Through many miles of tricks and trials, we’ll wander high and low
Tame your fears, a door appears, the time has come to go
 
[Chorus]
Down, down, down the road (Down, down, down, down)
Down the witches’ road (Down the witches’ road)
Down, down, down the road (Down the witches’ road)
Down the witches’ road (Down the witches’ road)
Down, down, down the road (Down the witches’ road)
Down the witches’ road (Down the witches’ road)
 
Follow me, my friend
To glory at the end

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