my eyes are wide open my head hanging down i was running through the woods like a rabbit being chased by the hounds on the side of the road lies a jawbone cracked some poor dead beast out in the sun rotting in the sun oh yeah alright well i was almost home when the hammer came down the more i know and the more i see well i would have never known when the hammer came down daddy had a hammer that could shine like gold man it sounded like thunder he could really make the thunder roll raise them up higher higher bringing it down but you never knew the difference never knew when the sun went down oh yeah alright well i was almost home when the hammer came down the more i know and the more i see well i would have never known when the hammer came down 68 hammers ringing ringing a line days so long and i m so far behind wake up please wake up and help me this time i made it to the river but couldn t get across and rising up in front of me a crown of glory shattered and lost put away my sorrows and put away my pain and i m never ever looking back cause nothing ever gonna be the same oh yeah alright well i was almost home when the hammer came down the more i know and the more i see well i would have never known when the hammer came down i was almost home almost home when the hammer came down