Here we stand or here we fall, history won't care at all
Make the bed, light the light, lady Mercy won't be home tonight

Yeah we don't waste no time at all
Don't hear the bell but you answer the call
It comes to you as to us all, hey
We're just waiting for the hammer to fall- yeah

Oh every night, and every day
A little piece of you is falling away
But lift your face the western way, baby
Build your muscles as your body decays

Yeah, toe your line and play their game
Yeah, let the anaesthetic cover it all
Till one day they call your name
You know it's time for the hammer to fall- yeah

Rich or poor or famous for- your truth it's all the same
Oh no- oh no
Oh lock your door but rain is pouring through your window pane
Oh no- yeah
Baby now your struggle's all vain

Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh

For we who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just wanna scream it louder and louder and louder

What the hell we fighting for
Ah, just surrender and it won't hurt at all
You just got time to say your prayers
Eh, while you're waiting for the hammer to hammer to fall
Hey, yes, it's starting to fall eh, hammer, you know
Yeah, hammer to fall, wooh, ah, hey, eh woo woo, ha eh hammer
Waiting for the hammer to fall baby
Yeah yeah while you're waiting for the hammer to fall
Give it to me one more time

Albumul pe care este inclus Hammer To Fall, The Works, are o puternica latura etico- sociala (Hammer To Fall, Is This The World We Created, Machines [Back To Humans], It's A Hard Life, Keep Passing The Open Windows).Cantecul revine la ideea societatii nepasatoare, dezumanizate, in care indivizii traiesc cu spaima zdrobirii constiintei ("we're just waiting for the hammer to fall") si din care mila lipseste cu desavarsire ("lady Mercy won't be home tonight"). Ca Hammer To Fall reprezinta revolta unei generatii deja resemnate, nu mai poate fi nici o indoiala. Intr-o lume la scara prea mare, pentru care indivizii sunt la nivel de obiecte neinsemnate ("here we stand or here we fall, history won't care at all"), omul sufera si se distruge treptat ("a little piece of you is falling away"). Diferentele sociale ("rich or poor"), in esenta, nu mai conteaza, omul se regaseste cu aceeasi disperare, prins intr-un joc absurd, din care nu descopera nici o scapare.

Piesa contine si o aluzie la pericolul nuclear ce ameninta noii oameni ("we who grew up tall and proud in the shadow of the mushroom cloud"). Versurile se potrivesc perfect si societatii de azi; nu recunoastem oare in ele o aluzie la generatiile care se ridica rand pe rand intr-un clocot de revolta si apoi se predau intr-un act de resemnare totala ("just surrender and it won't hurt at all")? In orice caz, salvarea nu poate veni din lumea aceasta. Iesirea din sfera materiala, intoarcerea spre constiinta si spiritual, pentru intrarea demna intr-o lume mai buna: "you just got time to say your prayers"- pentru aceasta vei avea mereu timp, chiar daca, deasupra ta, ciocanul se clatina amenintator...

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