The Hammer Song Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

I set out on Monday 

The night was cold and vast 

My brother slept 

I left quite quietly 

My father raged and raged 

My mother wept 

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 ground" 

Lord, the hammer came down 

Now I've been made weak by visions 

For 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 waters came around 

And then the hammer came down 

Lord, the hammer came down 

It did not make a sound 

And I said, "Please, please 

Take me back to my home ground" 

Lord, the hammer came down 

I was stuffed into the river 

And the waters spelled around 

And then the hammer came down 

Lord, the hammer came down 

It did not make a sound 

And I said, "Please, please 

Take me back to my home ground" 

Lord, the hammer came down 

It drove me around the ground 

And I said, "Please, please 

Take me back to my home town" 

Lord, the hammer came down 

And knocked him to the ground 

And I got down on my knees 

And I said, "Please, please 

Take me back to my home town" 

Lord, the hammer came down 

It did not make a sound 

And I said, "Please, please 

Take me back to my home town" 

Lord, the hammer came down