[Intro]
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Drums count in]
Step through
Step through
[Verse 1]
Rust on the handle
Name on the stone
Cold metal doorway
Calling me home
Boot prints in ashes
Breath in the frost
Every small heartbeat
Measuring loss
[Chorus]
This is the gateway to the black
Once you cross
You don't walk back
Teeth of the world on my neck
I laugh
If this is the end
Let it crash
Let it crack
At the gateway
Gateway to the black
[Verse 2]
Candles like soldiers
Melt to the floor
All of my secrets
Nailed to the door
One step
It's thunder
Two steps
It's calm
Silence like sirens
Singing me on
[Chorus]
This is the gateway to the black
Once you cross
You don't walk back
Teeth of the world on my neck
I laugh
If this is the end
Let it crash
Let it crack
At the gateway
Gateway to the black
[Bridge]
Wide eyes
Wide open (hey!)
No more running from the dark
If there's a fire past this frame
I'll walk in and wear the sparks
[Chorus]
This is the gateway to the black
Once you cross
You don't walk back
Teeth of the world on my neck
I laugh
If this is the end
Let it crash
Let it crack
At the gateway
Gateway to the black