The Tornado (Instrumental)

作曲 : Adam Young

It was just starting to drizzle as I walked out the door

But l've delivered papers in the rain like that before

Three thirty in the morning, I was happy as a lark

As I grabbed my bike and rode into the dark

I pedaled through the neighborhood, the weather on my mind

The wind was picking up and howling louder all the time

The sky churned like a cauldron and the distant thunder roared

And I knew that I was in for quite а storm

A little rain never hurt no one so I kept pressing on

And I tried to tell myself, it's always darkest before the dawn

Lightning struck an oak tree as I leapt off my bike

The sirens started wailing but there was no good place to hide

I knew without а doubt, there was а twister touching down

So I crawled into а culvert to wait it out

The little bit of courage I had left was almost gone

But I tried to tell myself, it's always darkest before the dawn

And then the nightmare started, it got deafeningly loud

Every fiber in me screamed out but I couldn't make a sound

The whirling of а vortex, а violent carousel

It sounded like a freight train was dragging me to hell

And this was my prayer, "save me from this terrible nightmare"

That was when I saw my family with my eyes shut real tight

Would they know how much I loved them if this was how I died?

No, I vowed l'd not be murdered by а monster in the sky that night

But if I went home to heaven, at least that's where l'd belong

Yeah I tried to tell myself, it's always darkest before the dawn

So I kept hanging on

I kept hanging on

The shadows slowly melted as I was hunkered down

Till at last the worst was over, the storm was dying out

I crept out of that culvert and I went weak in the knees

Cuz what I saw was a somber sight to see

There was nothing but destruction and wreckage in that town

Cars were upside down and houses leveled to the ground

A twisted trampoline was hanging from the power lines

I blinked a tear back cuz I felt lucky to be alive

And that was how I learned to live when you can run but you can't hide

How to feel trapped in a tunnel but come out the other side

Cuz with all the stormy weather in the world, you learn to take

Life one storm at a time, you don't have to be afraid

And now when there's bad weather on the way, I stay calm

And I keep hanging on because it's always darkest before the dawn

And I keep hanging on

I keep hanging on