| And I saw the white horse, ridden by a man with bow and arrow
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| And he wore a golden crown and he rode a trail so narrow
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| And he went forth to conquer all the liars, thieves and cheaters;
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| All the weavers of illusion; |
| all the bigots and mistreaters;
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| And the earth was shakin' like an old man’s hand and the sun was black as mud;
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| And the oceans moved across the land and the moon became as blood
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| And I saw a red horse and a rider with a saber;
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| To take peace from all the earth, for destruction was his labor
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| And he rode out in anger to turn brother against brother;
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| With poison for the nations to make them all kill one another
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| And the stars of heaven fell to earth like the fruit of a tree that’s shaken;
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| By an unkindly wind, to be ever more forsaken
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| And I saw the black horse and the rider with the balance;
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| To separate the works of man; |
| his vices from his talents
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| A measure of wheat for a penny, three measures of barley in kind
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| To divide the one from the many, But hurt not the oil and wine
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| And the heavens parted like a scroll, when it is rolled together
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| And the mountains were moved out of place; |
| Like a whirlwind blows a feather
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| And I saw a pale horse, and Death was riding on him
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| And Hell was right behind him, and no mortal man outshone him
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| The kings of the earth and the mighty men; |
| The glorious and greedy
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| Hid themselves in the blackest hole, with the homeless and the needy
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| And some priests and some television preachers, laid down with the vile unholy
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| And some senators and movie stars
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| Shared a cave with the meek and lowly
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| And they cried to the mountains
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| Fall on us! |
| And hide us from the face of Him
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| Fall on us! |
| And hide us from the face
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| Face
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| Hide us from the face of Him
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| Fall on us! |
| And hide us from the face of Him
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| Fall on us! |
| And hide us from the face
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| Hide us from the face of Him |