Alec Benjamin
Hammers lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Pop, Indie Pop
- Length
- 3:01
Totally subjective
The thing that you see
So what's your objective?
What will it be?
With those nails and those wrenches
The tools in your hand
I just have one question
If hammers can build, if hammers can take
If hammers can make things, if hammers can
Break the ground that you walk upon
Break the ground that you're standin' on, standin' on
If hammers can crush, if hammers can mend
Then how do you plan to use your hammer, my friend?
Wield your hammer like weapons drawn or
Wield your hammer to right what's wrong, right what's wrong? Hmm
Only time will show
Only time will show
Only time will show, only time will show
We're not passing judgment
'Cause that would be cruel
Use your words to bludgeon you
As if they were some tool
But with those nails and those wrenches
Those tools in your hand
I just have one question
If hammers can build, if hammers can take
If hammers can make things, if hammers can
Break the ground that you walk upon
Break the ground that you're standin' on, standin' on
If hammers can crush, if hammers can mend
Then how do you plan to use your hammer, my friend?
Wield your hammer like weapons drawn or
Wield your hammer to right what's wrong, right what's wrong?
Only time will show
Only time will show
Only time will show, only time will show
Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-da-da
Oh woah, mm, mm
Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-da-da
Oh woah, woah
If hammers can build, if hammers can take
If hammers can make things, if hammers can
Break the ground that you walk upon
Break the ground that you're standin' on, standin' on
If hammers can crush, if hammers can mend
Then how do you plan to use your hammer, my friend?
Wield your hammer like weapons drawn or
Wield your hammer to right what's wrong, right what's wrong?
Only time will show
Only time will show
Only time will show, only time will show, mm
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Key vocabulary
- subjective
- based on personal feelings
- see
- notice with your eyesA1
- objective
- not influenced by opinionB2
- what
- which thingA1
- nails
- hard covers on fingersB1
- wrenches
- tools for tightening/loosening
- tools
- useful instrumentsA2
- break
- stop working or break apartA1
- build
- make by putting togetherA1
- hand
- person's arm endA1
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About this song
Alec Benjamin is an American singer-songwriter known for earnest, mellow pop that blends folk-pop songwriting with electronic production. Born in Arizona, he rose to prominence with “Let Me Down Slowly” featuring Alessia Cara and later released These Two Windows in 2020 and “Demons” in 2020.