Kae Tempest - A Hammer lyrics

Dale was Pete's Mum's new boyfriend's son
He had a mouth that was
Too small for his toungue
Teeth like a ladder that was missing a rung
Chin looked like it was trying to run
He had a laugh like a car crash
Eyes like pot holes in tarmac
Complexion the colour of chewed up bar snacks
Kinda guy spend his whole
Life getting laughed at

When all you've got is a hammer
Everything looks like nails
If you bow to the hand that damns ya
Everything fails the things you do, do you
The plans you hatch, hatch monsters
Unless you watch your moves
Your own fists will knock you unconscious

Pete took him to the pub
And the conversation dragged
So Pete got pissed
Pretty soon he had more than his usual
Approaching legless
He found himself opening up
I got to get this off my chest, he said
With his head in his hands
I got this girlfriend but I can't
Stand the way things are going
Right, she's got this job but I don't like it
It pisses me off!
I don't even know what we're
Fightin' for but these days me and her
We are fightin' more than I'd like
And then out comes the white
And Dale looks at
Him in the clinical light of the toilets
"Why what does she do?"
Pete looks at his shoes and
Says "She's a masseuse"

When all you've got is a hammer
Everything looks like nails
If you bow to the hand that damns ya
Everything fails the things you do, do you
The plans you hatch, hatch monsters
Unless you watch your moves
Your own fists will knock you unconscious

(Pete) "You could call her up
You could book a session you could push her
See if she responds and then
You can tell me everything and we will
Both see that I was wrong
To have ever doubted that she would
Be anything but the mother of
Pure modesty cause I know she loves me
She just does this to pay the bills
And to exist in a way that will give her the
Means to live for more than a dull routine"
Dale nods bells ring in Pete's head
But he looks at Dale: those
Clumsy legs, that sunken chest
That spotty neck
This is the perfect man to do the test

When all you've got is a hammer
Everything looks like nails
If you bow to the hand that damns ya
Everything fails the things you do, do you
The plans you hatch, hatch monsters
Unless you watch your moves
Your own fists will knock you unconscious