Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — The Hammer Song

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] And then the hammer came down Lord, the hammer came down [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] And then the hammer came down Lord, the hammer came down It knocked me to the ground And I said now, "Please, please Take me back to my home ground" Lord, the hammer came down [Verse 3] Now, I've been made weak by visions For many visions did I see All through the night In 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 [Chorus] 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 And I pushed off into the river And the waters swelled around And then the hammer came down Lord, the hammer came down It did not make a sound And I said now, "Please, please Take me back to my home ground" Lord, the hammer came down And it threw me round and around And I said, "Please, please Take me back to my home town" Lord, the hammer came down And knocked me through the ground And I got down on my knees And I said, "Please, please" I said "Take me to my home ground" Lord, the hammer came down And I said, "Please, please Take me back to my home ground" Lord, the hammer came down And it threw me round and around