Hammer and Nail Songtext
von Bishop Allen

How long do you have to hammer the nail?
How long do you have to hammer the nail?
Before you finally figure out if you succeeded or failed

How long?
How long?

One day
I know I′m going to kick the curse
One day
I know I'm going to kick the curse
But talking about it now is only making it worse

One day
One day
Can I count on a change?
A crisis of faith to come and save me?
When the work isn′t done, the calluses come, what what then?

Trying to chase perpetual grace but there isn't a trace
When my head lands heavy on the pillow
Wake up and I start again


How long do you have to hammer the nail?
How long do you have to hammer the nail?
Before you finally figure out that you've been building a jail

How long?
How long?

All the liquor in town, tried to turn it around
Feeling lucky
But the blistering sun, the tip of my tongue
Feeling small
Then the shadow was saved
The power betrayed
I′m only getting further at the end of the day
Is there a difference looking over that wall?


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