Hammer and a Stone

I'm digging through the darkness Because I'm a long wall miner Following a road down Just so I can sit beside her I'm a page torn from your novel Beneath a magnet on your fridge I'm the stars stuck on your ceiling So I can watch you while your sleeping

<in this verse its like he's saying he's lost and its like his place in life, his vocation to be lost at this moment then we are introduced to the object that he obviously likes allot because he would follow 'a road down just so a can sit beside her' 'im a page torn from your novel- clearly they have had something going on before and she tried to forget it but she couldnt, it stayed in her memories/life but only vaguely he wants her to think of her and wants her to think that hes watching over her andd protecting her.>

Do you remember me Do you remember me because I wanted you so bad Do you remember me Do you remember me because Everything we had

Was like a hammer to a stone Wrapped like a fender around a tree The curiosity in you And all the emptiness in me

<he obviously wants to know if she remembers him... everything they had... now the hammer to the stone i think... means that she stopped him being so cold and enabled him to love ...her love was like a hammer that broke his heart of stone and allowed him to feel... although it could just mean that everything they had was heartbreaking like a fender round a tree - twisted... bent... broken curiosity in you - shes over thinking everyhting and she still doesnt know what she wants and all the emptiness in me - self explanitory>

Digging through the vices I don't know where the inside is So heres my dirty little secret And I bet you, you can't keep it I'm a page torn from your novel A single flower in your lawn If I'm not everything you wished for How come you miss me when I'm gone

<he's lost again doesnt know how to get back to where he was the rest is self explanitory>

Do you remember me Do you remember me because I wanted you so bad Do you remember me Do you remember me because Everything we have

Was like a hammer to a stone Wrapped like a fender around a tree The curiosity in you And all the emptiness in me They say a diamond only whispers To us when we are alone It's just forever's little trick To help a hammer find a stone To help a hammer find a stone

<they say a diamond only whispers to us when we are alone thats just forevers little trick to help a hammer find a stone - you dont know what youve got till its gone and thats the way life tells you that your suposed to be together>

in conclusion the main metaphor is she is the hammer, he is the stone.

this is a very thoughtful song and it is in my opinion the greatest song ever... ever

I feel that he died, it would explain the watching over as the stars, a single rose on her lawn, digging through the darkness. He proposed to her and she said no, he got drunk and went out and crashed into a tree. Hence the like a fender around a tree.

This is a great song. I'd like to know what Jason Ross was thinking about when he wrote it, but my thoughts are...

Many of the songs on "Day and Night Driving" and the previous album reference divorce and losing loved ones. I've assumed that the entire album is about the fall out after an ended marriage.

"Hammer and a Stone" seems to be about his child. I've interpreted he line: "I'm the stars stuck on your ceiling / So I can watch you while your sleeping," to be a reference to the glow-in-the-dark stars that kids stick to their ceilings. Outside of this line, the song could be about longing for any lost love, but this line makes me think that it is father-daughter love.

The hammer to stone metaphor could easily be a reference to a sculptor. The father longs to be helping sculpt the child's future - to be present - but that is not happening. The fender to a tree is a reference to his not being present due to something that he did to lose her trust.

"Do you remember me?" - The breakup happened a while ago and/or the child was young. He wonders if the kid remembers/cares about him anymore.

"I wanted you so bad" - He wanted the kid badly, but now he's gone.

"Day and Night Driving" is one of my favorite albums. The songs are sad. I interpret most of the album as him reviewing his life, how touring impacted his relationship, and how his misses what he had.