Metallica: The Four Horsemen-line by line
by HijoDelMetallica on April 20, 2009By the last breath of the fourth winds blow
Better raise your ears
-listen to what they have to say-
The sound of hooves knocks at your door
Lock up your wife and children now
Its time to wield the blade
For now you have got some company
-a confrontation of sorts-
The horsemen are drawing nearer
-referring to the biblical four horsemen of the Apacalypse, Time, Famine, Death, and Pestilence-
On the leather steeds they ride
They have come to take your life
On through the dead of night
With the four horsemen ride
Or choose your fate and die
-presents one with a sort of ultimatum, 'ride'with the four horsemen or die-
You have been dying since the day
You were born
You know it has all been planned
-hints at the presence of a greater good, an all-seeing eye, a bigger being, God-
The quartet of deliverance rides
-once again, the four biblical horsemen coming for accounting of sins and dileverance-
A sinner once a sinner twice
No need for confession now
Cause now you have got the fight of your life
The horsemen are drawing nearer
On the leather steeds they ride
They have come to take your life
On through the dead of night
With the four horsemen ride
Or choose your fate and die
Time
Has taken its toll on you
The lines that crack your face
Famine
Your body it has torn through
Withered in every place
Pestilence
For what you have had to endure
And what you have put others through
Death
Deliverance for you for sure
There is nothing you can do
-again the four, this time going into detail-
So gather round young warriors now
And saddle up your steeds
Killing scores with demon swords
Now is the death of doers of wrong
Swing the judgment hammer down
Safely inside armor blood guts and sweat
The horsemen are drawing nearer
On the leather steeds they ride
They have come to take your life
On through the dead of night
With the four horsemen ride
Or choose your fate and die
this is a sort of IN YOUR FACE song that gives you an ultimatum.
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