Lyrics The Hammer Song - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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
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