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.
@laffeaux in think it's about being in love with a narcissist. Do you remember me because I wanted you so bad. Not because she wanted him, but he wanted her. She didn't care about him, just that she was wanted.
The curiosity in you and the emptiness in me. Curiosity of the narcissist, not love, in the partner, and the partner is left empty once he realizes he will never feel love from her..
@laffeaux in think it's about being in love with a narcissist. Do you remember me because I wanted you so bad. Not because she wanted him, but he wanted her. She didn't care about him, just that she was wanted.
The curiosity in you and the emptiness in me. Curiosity of the narcissist, not love, in the partner, and the partner is left empty once he realizes he will never feel love from her..
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.
@laffeaux in think it's about being in love with a narcissist. Do you remember me because I wanted you so bad. Not because she wanted him, but he wanted her. She didn't care about him, just that she was wanted.
The curiosity in you and the emptiness in me. Curiosity of the narcissist, not love, in the partner, and the partner is left empty once he realizes he will never feel love from her..
@laffeaux in think it's about being in love with a narcissist. Do you remember me because I wanted you so bad. Not because she wanted him, but he wanted her. She didn't care about him, just that she was wanted.
The curiosity in you and the emptiness in me. Curiosity of the narcissist, not love, in the partner, and the partner is left empty once he realizes he will never feel love from her..