The Hammer Song
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
From the album: Kicking Against the Pricks
Track 9 of 12 on Kicking Against the Pricks (1986).
Duration: 3:50
Lyrics for The Hammer Song
I set out on monday The night was cold and vast And my brother slept And though i left quite quietly My father raged and raged And my mother wept Now, my life was like a river All sucked into the ground And then the hammer came down Lord, the hammer came down Many miles did i roam Through the ice and through the snow My horse died on the seventh day I stumbled into a city Where the people tried to kill me And i ran in shame Then i came upon a river And i laid my saddle down And then the hammer came down Lord, the hammer came down It knocked me to the ground And i said, "please, please Take me back to my home town" Lord, the hammer came down Now i've been made weak by visions Many visions did i see All through the night On the seventh hour an angel came With many snakes in all his hands And i fled in fright I pushed off into the river And the water came around And then the hammer came down Lord, the hammer came down And it did not make a sound And i said, "please, please Take me back to my home ground" Lord, the hammer came down