The Hammer Song lyrics

Artist  : Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 
Song : 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