Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Hammer Song Lyrics

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