"Hammer To Fall" lyrics

"Hammer To Fall"

Yeah!

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

(You 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)
Yeah, 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
Build your muscles
As your body decays, yeah

(Tow your line and play their game)
Yeah, let the anaesthetic cover it all
('Til 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
Yeah baby (Oh no, oh no)
Oh, lock your door but rain is pouring
Through your window pane (Oh no)
Baby, baby, now your struggle is all in vain

For he 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?)
Oh, just surrender and it won't hurt at all
(Just got time to say your prayers)
Eh, while you're waiting
For the hammer to, hammer to fall

Hey, it's
It's gonna fall
Hammer, you know
Yeah, hammer to fall
Hammer
Woo! Yeah, yeah
Woo, woo!
Ha, yeah, waiting
For the hammer to fall, now baby
Yeah, yeah
While you're waiting
For the hammer to fall, ooh
Give it to me one more time!


Thanks to Brian Kerbel, ItsThePotato, Jude, Cameron Kelley, Ariel Grace Vicious for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Brian May
The fourth single off of the album, released in the UK on the 10th of September 1984, and in the US on the 12th of October 1984.
Brian May told in a commentary for 2003 Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD, "The mushroom cloud thing was for me very real part of my childhood trough the Cuba crisis. We thought the bomb was about to drop, and I used to have dreams about that."
The live picture sleeve of this single is now a collector's item.
Brian May wrote on his website, "'Hammer to Fall' is really about life and death, and being aware of death as being part of life." "The hammer coming down is only a symbol of the Grim Reaper doing his job!"
The full album version of the song also appears on the compilation album "Queen Rocks" (1997) while the single version appears on "Greatest Hits II" (1991) and "Classic Queen" (1992).
This song was featured in the film "Highlander" (1986).
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