listen close to hooves you hear are thunders coming dread john the revelator s dream had seen a terror vision of the spirit led with wrath to reign and with slaves to flame they kneeled and sealed a kiss plagues and pain and fiery rain and blaspheme on his lips babylon s a burning babylon s a burning six hundred six six and seven seals a pale rider and his horses sing babylon s a burning babylon s a burning six hundred six six the rising beast bears the mark of babylon to be arising with the beast a sea of men a bloody moon of red a whore of babylon to bleed the seed and make em take the mark upon their heads they bowed and kneeled a mark to seal their souls unto a kiss with fire and flames and with souls to claim and rise from the abyss and i stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a beast rise out of the sea having ten horns and seven heads ten crowns upon his head who is like unto the beast given his mouth great things to speak if any man has an ear let him hear let him hear