The Tornado

As I grabbed my bike and rode into the dark

I peddled through the neighbourhood the weather on my mind

The wind was pickin' up and howling louder all the time

The sky turned like a cauldron and the distant thunder roared

And I knew that I was in for quite a 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 left off my bike

The siren 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 covert 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 fibre 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

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 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

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 covert and I went weak in the knees

'Cause 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 levelled to the ground

A twisted trampoline was hangin' from the power line

I blinked a tear back as 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

'Cause with all the stormy weather in the world

You learnt 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