Owl City | The Tornado (Official Lyric Video)

Here is the official lyric video for "The Tornado” from Owl City’s new album “Coco Moon."
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Lyrics:
The Tornado
It was just starting to drizzle as I walked out the door
But I’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 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 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
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
Everything 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
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 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
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Since first breaking onto the alt-pop scene in 2007, Owl City has built a global following on the strength of his heart-on-sleeve songwriting and endlessly inventive sound. Along with earning a monumental hit with the seven-times-platinum “Fireflies”-a 2009 release that reached No. 1 in 26 countries-the Minnesota-bred artist otherwise known as Adam Young has made waves with smash singles like the double-platinum “Good Time” feat. Carly Rae Jepsen and brought his exuberant live set to sold-out shows around the world. With total album sales of over three million and single sales surpassing 20 million globally, Owl City is now set to deliver a highly anticipated new album in 2023: a wildly imaginative body of work revealing his deepened devotion to the strange magic of creativity.
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Music and lyrics by Adam Young, performed by Owl City.
2023 Sky Harbor Records. Ocean City Park Songs, Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

[@ABC_4zu1]

AND THIS WAS MY PRAYER "SAVE ME FROM THIS TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE!". SLAYYY

[@serenatang6152]

How could somebody stay unchanged for 12 years? The beat, the flow, the skills, the voice, high and low key notes... It's like listening to the same music but different lyrics, way to go Adam, proud of you..

[@SkyeRocket]

one of the strongest you've ever done. thanks for baring this for the world, adam, it does more for those of us in our own storms than you could imagine

[@thirstymunchkin6599]

This song makes me think that Adam Young actually survived a tornado encounter at some point in his life.

[@shaynesangimino]

Adam has autism to everyone here. He used to be afraid to sing in public but then he faced his fear and conquered it. When I perform, I will think of him because I have autism too.

[@RossPullett]

You, sir, are in your own league. You’re consistently diverse and experimental with your music, you share amazing messages/lessons, and all the while you don’t stray from who you are. God bless and thank you for your music!

[@alfredmartin4279]

My family was directly hit by an F3 tornado at 3:30 in the morning. Can confirm the lyrics and phases of the song are fully accurate for our experience from start to finish

[@Lxnarish]

The high notes are so surprising coming from Adam, but especially because it provides a tonality change to his signature style. Flows with the pace of the song extremely well, the build-up is perfection. Kudos to him, absoloutely gorgeous song.

[@durzahellfire5732]

The first time I ever heard this song I was not in a good place. I was deeply depressed and I use music to feel better. "Every fiber in my being screamed out but I couldn't make a sound" "and this was my prayer, save me from this terrible nightmare" I cried and screamed. I called my mom and told her how much I loved her. Thank you for this song, it might have saved a life

[@darthestar8791]

Damn. Not the kind of song I expected from Owl City, but it’s SO GOOD! ALSO THAT ONE PART IN THE MIDDLE HITS SO HARD WHEN IT DIDN’T HAVE TOO!!!!

[@wigglyfruit4708]

The vocal break on the high notes is so representative of the chaos of the storm and so fitting

[@AzMeredith]

I don't know about anyone else, but i've always thought of this song as a metaphor for mental health, panic/anxiety attacks more specifically, because this is genuinely what it feels like to experience them at times. They can be sudden, and sometimes violent, but when you learn to live through them, you stop being so afraid of them, taking life one step at a time. The "if this was how i died?" Line always makes me think of the realization that comes with mental breakdowns, when you're experiencing a breakdown that makes you feel like unaliving, it's often something you feel like you're not in control of, but when you regain that control it can be scary to think about what could've happened. And i see the colvert as a metaphor for having someone there to help, someone you trust and who can help keep you calm, someone who makes the storm pass faster or easier.

[@user-lw3vv7dd1t]

2:00

[@Draezeth]

Oh my goodness...

[@s.c.craven5304]

Just saw Owl City live last night and Adam said he wrote this as an ode to the resilience we have as humans to keep going on even when things are really rough. I heard this song a few days after losing my Grandfather and it stuck so deeply with me. Seeing it live was awesome!

[@karsonwilcox1055]

"That was when I saw my family with my eyes shut real tight. Would they know that I loved them if this was how I died" I felt this exact way a couple times

[@meb212]

This has quickly become one of my favorite Owl City songs!

[@xPoisonedStardustx]

“IT SOUNDED LIKE A FRIEGHT TRAIN WAS DRAGGING ME TO HEEELLLL”

[@therabbitthing]

This man is an incredible poet. The prose is beautiful.

[@Brick2buddies]

The part I relate to the most is realizing "dawn" itself is still not all that bright. There's much rebuilding that must take place before "sunrise"