another time of madness descends why can t the hatred ever seem to end man against man brothers fighting one another and no one ready to make amends violence calls to my spirit and my sanity as madness sweeps all reason from my mind i see the horsemen coming out of the west like a hurricane i hear the horsemen calling out my name fingers of hate now pluck the strings of my heart my blood signs red with a bloody want as my soul screams a futile cry for reason the riders call to my basest part i see the horsemen coming out of the west like a hurricane i hear the horsemen calling out my name when the time of violent outrage now arrives are the horsemen waiting from the side in this when the world can reach no reason or is this the calm before the storm i hear i hear