The Tornado

Lyrics

[Verse 1] It was just startin' to drizzle as I walked out the door But I've delivered papers in the rain like that before 3:30 in the morning, I was happy as a lark As I grabbed my bike and rode into the dark [Verse 2] I pedaled through the neighborhood, the weather on my mind The wind was pickin' 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 a storm [Refrain] A little rain never hurt no one, so I kept pressing on And I triеd to tell myself, "It's always darkest bеfore the dawn" [Verse 3] 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 a doubt, there was a twister touching down So I crawled into a culvert to wait it out [Refrain 2] The little bit of courage I had left was almost gone But I tried to tell myself, "It's always darkest before the dawn" [Verse 4] 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 a vortex, a violent carousel It sounded like a freight train was dragging me to hell [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] And this was my prayer "Save me from this terrible nightmare" [Verse 5] 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 I'd not be murdered by a monster in the sky that night But if I went home to heaven, at least that's where I'd belong [Refrain] Yeah, I tried to tell myself, "It's always darkest before the dawn" So I kept hanging on (Ooh) (Ooh) I kept hanging on (Ooh) [Verse 6] The shadows slowly melted as I was hunkered down 'Til at last, the worst was over, the storm was dying out I crept out of that culvert and I went weak in the knees 'Cause what I saw was a somber sight to see [Verse 7] There was nothing but destruction and wreckage in that town Cars were upside down and houses leveled to the ground A twisted trampoline was hangin' from the power lines I blinked a tear back as I felt lucky to be alive [Verse 8] 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 'Cause 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 [Refrain] 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 [Outro] And I keep hanging on I keep hanging on