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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