Tornado

Verse 1 The sky wore a bruised gray coat today, Dust in the lungs of an old frontier town. Whistling winds carved names in the air, And the streets wore their scars like a crown. Pre-Chorus We counted the seconds, held on to our gears, prayed to the thunder to spare what’s here, But the funnels of memory don’t care about fear, They swirl through the heart like a fever. Chorus Tornado, take what you will, leave what you must, Spin out the lies, spin out the dust, In the eye there’s a quiet, a broken trust, Tornado, I’m waking up from your gust. Verse 2 Metal sings a siren’s mournful tune, Windows blink out like a frightened neon moon. Families weaving through the wreckage of dawn, Calling each name till the smoke is gone. Pre-Chorus We learned to listen to the banks of the wind, To read the signs that the weather’s kin, But the past keeps stamping its feet again, And the future is torn from the paper skin. Chorus Tornado, take what you will, leave what you must, Spin out the lies, spin out the dust, In the eye there’s a quiet, a broken trust, Tornado, I’m waking up from your gust. Bridge If love can recover from this shattered sky, If hands can rebuild what time tried to pry, We’ll plant our roots where the lightning used to strike, And learn to breathe where the smoke and memories lie. Verse 3 Outlines of houses become silhouettes in rain, We stitch together what remains again and again. Hope pours down in a slow, healing rain, And the wind learns the shape of a softer flame. Chorus Tornado, take what you will, leave what you must, Spin out the lies, spin out the dust, In the eye there’s a quiet, a broken trust, Tornado, I’m waking up from your gust. Outro Tornado, oh tornado, you’re a memory now, We carry the storm in us, but we stand somehow. Tornado, we rise, we learn to vow, To build from the ashes, to live, to allow.