Queen: Hammer to Fall Meaning
Song Released: 1984
Hammer to Fall Lyrics
History wont care at all
Make the bed light the light
Lady mercy wont be home tonight yeah
You dont waste no time at all
Dont hear the bell but you answer the call
It comes to you as to us all
Were just...
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#1 top rated interpretation:Brian May said himself that this song is about the end of the world. My interpretation of how the song says the world will end is by war:
"Till one day they call your name" (draft)
"In the shadow of the mushroom cloud"
"What the hell we fighting for ?" -
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#2 top rated interpretation:It's about the cold war, I believe. Hence, the mushroom cloud line
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I think it’s about death, that death is inevitable! No matter what you do, when your time comes “the hammer will come down and kill us”. It doesn’t matter if you’re rich, poor or famous, it will eventually get all of us!
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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I think the song might have to do with the Soviet/Communist hammer and sickle, hence the hammer to fall (communism sucks) line with the Cold War meaning
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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it is about the end of the world and god's hammer to come crashing down. so that line about the bomb is saying after that death the hammer needs to come and judge the people who set that off
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it is about the end of the world and god's hammer to come crashing down. so that line about the bomb is saying after that death the hammer needs to come and judge the people who set that off
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Yes, I agree you can't argue with those three lines. It clearly means a war is going on.
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