The sun was blood red and it burned all night
as he rode and he rode by the twin moonlight
Riding bareback on a skeletal steed
and he watched the world cry and he watched the world bleed
Riding through the night as he witnessed death
Men, women, children...gasping for breath
Inhaling toxic air and dripping acid rain
Screaming, and dreaming, and writhing in pain
He couldn't offer help he had to stay on course
so he pushed and he kicked on his long-dead horse
until finally he arrived at his final destination
and he stared and he glared in utter fascination
As his trusty steed fell...forever still
he was there to bear witness to the man on the hill
There was a crowd gathered 'round at the midnight hour
They'd heard the man on the hill wielded an awesome power
A power so strong and a power so great
that just the mere presence could change a man's fate
It could change the world, even change destiny
and this was the power that the rider rode to see
He squeezed through the crowd to get a closer look
just as the man on the hill started to open a book
The book was voluminous, luminous, it had a life all its own
It was the last of its kind, and to the crowd...unknown
The man held his hand up to silence the crowd
and took a deep breath, prepared to read out loud
three-quarter million words, sent from God above
summed up in one word...and that word was love
The Word is love, and love is the Word
Love is the greatest noun ever heard
Love is divine, pure and superb
Put love into action...and make it a verb