Step into the dark — if you dare to bleed No hope survives, no soul is freed The bells are broken, the gates are sealed Now face the curse that will not yield Steel and bone, lash and chain Trial by blood — the gauntlet of pain Where screams are judged, and silence crowned Where the weak are torn and the damned are bound Through the gauntlet of pain, you crawl or you burn There’s no salvation — only return To the hands that crush, the eyes that reign The throne is fed by the gauntlet of pain Through the gauntlet of pain — you learn We do not strike for wrath or pride We teach the truth the light can’t hide You begged for gods — we answered first With blade and fang, with fire and thirst Each step a trial, each breath a war The ones who enter don’t leave as before The flesh will break, the will may bend But you will serve us in the end Through the gauntlet of pain, the Gravelords call One by one, we make them fall No heroes rise, no martyrs stay Only the dead walk out that way Through the gauntlet of pain — we claim them all The blood is law, the night is king Your tears are fuel, your bones will sing You call it horror — we call it grace To tear the soul and wear its face There is no path that ends in light There’s only us — and endless night Through the gauntlet of pain, bow or break We own your fear, your flesh, your fate Step forward now, forget your name You’re nothing here — but meat and flame Through the gauntlet of pain — you wake
