Lyrics
Grab the hammer and swing
Encouragement to take action decisively and forcefully
Sweat you feel the heat
Sensory experience of exertion and effort
The billows blow, coals they glow
Descriptive imagery of intense heat and fire
So take the hammer and
Continuation of urging action with emphasis on using a tool (hammer)
Swing
Reiteration of the action to 'swing'
Make the anvil ring
Instruction to create a distinct sound by striking the anvil
Forge a blade with blood to bleed
Metaphorical crafting of something significant (blade) with personal sacrifice ('blood to bleed')
A song of steel yet to sing
Reference to the potential outcome or creation, emphasizing its unformed state
So sweat and fucking swing
Intensification of the earlier urging for action, coupled with emotional emphasis
Make no mistake
Assertion emphasizing clarity or certainty in the process
The tool you create
Emphasis on responsibility for what is created with the tool
A life it will end
Recognition of the potential consequences of the created tool (life-ending)
No innocence to pretend
Recognition of the absence of innocence or ignorance in the tool's use
Take up the hammer and swing
Reiteration of the call to take action using the hammer
Swing Swing
Repetition for emphasis on the action of swinging
Bleed Bleed
Repetition emphasizing the consequence of sacrifice or effort (bleeding)
Swing Swing
Repetition of the call to action, emphasizing urgency
Swing
Final emphasis on the action of swinging
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