Pestilence

In the ashes of a broken dawn Where the last church bell has rung I saw four shadows ride the storm Where the world comes undone War had fire in his eyes Famine whispered through the land Death wore silence like a crown And Conquest held my hand They said, “All things fade, all things fall” But then I heard your name And the end of time stood still When the horsemen ride at midnight And the heavens split in flame I don’t fear the end of all things If I’m burning in your name Let the oceans turn to cinders Let the stars forget their light Even judgment learns to tremble When you’re holding me tonight Plagues were written in the sky Prophecies carved into bone But your breath against my skin Turned the ruin into home Famine dropped his empty scales War laid down his blade Death looked away in shame As you taught my soul to stay They promised me an ending Written in eternal stone But you rewrote the scripture With a heartbeat of your own When the horsemen ride at midnight And the heavens split in flame I don’t fear the end of all things If I’m burning in your name Let the oceans turn to cinders Let the stars forget their light Even judgment learns to tremble When you’re holding me tonight If the final trumpet calls my sin If the seals are torn apart I’ll stand barefoot in the ruin With your name inside my heart Let angels fall and demons pray Let the cosmos fade to black If loving you’s the final sin Then I won’t take it back When the horsemen kneel in silence At the mercy of your eyes I’ll choose you over heaven Over fear, over the sky Let the world end in fire Let eternity ignite I don’t need salvation If you’re mine at the end of time In the end, when all is gone And even God looks away Love will still be riding In your arms, I’ll stay