Square Hammer
TOP 10
Popestar
2016
Duration: 3:59
Track number: 1
Times played live: 483
Writers
Lyrics by: Tobias Forge
Music by: Tobias Forge
Theme
The sole original track on Popestar, 'Square Hammer' presents an enigmatic call to profess faith to the Devil rather than God. The song encapsulates the album's exploration of inverted spirituality and Anti-Christ theology, suggesting a world where traditional divine hierarchy is reversed. It became Ghost's first US #1 hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, proving that Tobias Forge's provocative vision of theological subversion had genuine mass appeal.
Lyrics
Living in the night
'Neath devils torn asunder
You call on me to solve a crooked rhyme
As I'm closing in
Imposing on your slumber
You call on me as bells begin to chime
Are you on the square?
Are you on the level?
Are you ready to swear right here, right now
Before the devil
That you're on the square
That you're on the level
That you're ready to stand right here, right now
Right here, right now
Hiding from the light
Sacrificing nothing
Still you call on me for entrance to the shrine
Hammering the nails
Into a sacred coffin
You call on me for powers clandestine
Are you on the square?
Are you on the level?
Are you ready to swear right here, right now
Before the devil
That you're on the square
That you're on the level
That you're ready to stand right here, right now
Right here, right now
Right here, right now
Right here, right now
Right here, right now
Right here, right now
Musicians
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