Dry lightning cracks across the skies
Those storm clouds gather in her eyes
Her daddy was mean a old mister
Mama was an angel in the ground
The weather man called for a twister
She prayed blow it down
There's not enough rain in Oklahoma
To wash the sins out of that house
There's not enough wind in Oklahoma
To rip the nails out of the past

Shatter every window 'til it's all blown away
Every brick, every board, every slamming door blown away
'Til there's nothing left standing
Nothing left of yesterday
Every tear-soaked whiskey memory blown away, blown away, blown away

She heard those sirens screaming out
Her daddy laid there passed out on the couch
She locked herself in the cellar
Listened to the screaming of the wind
Some people called it taking shelter
She called it sweet revenge

Shatter every window till it's all blown away
Every brick, every board, every slamming door blown away
'Til there's nothing left standing
Nothing left of yesterday
Every tear-soaked whiskey memory blown away, blown away

There's not enough rain in Oklahoma
To wash the sins out of that house
There's not enough wind in Oklahoma
To rip the nails out of the past (blown away)

Shatter every window till it's all blown away
Every brick, every board, every slamming door blown away (blown away)
Till there's nothing left standing
Nothing left of yesterday
Every tear-soaked whiskey memory blown away
Blown away, blown away, blown away, blown away


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Blown Away Lyrics as written by Chris Tompkins Josh Kear

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    The video does a good job of interpreting the lyrics although they are pretty mild when it comes to the abusiveness of the father. The song makes it seem like he's a drunkard who beats the hell out of his daughter (Carrie - both in song and video).

    The premise is pretty obvious in that since her mother in the song has passed away she continues to pray for a tornado to come and blow the house she lives in with her father away and wash away all the bad memories she has of that life. I have thought that in the beginning of the song when she's praying for that, she doesn't really care if she's in the house or not when the twister hits; she just wants the house to cease to exist.

    The twister does come however she now has a choice to make. Her drunkard father is passed out with the storm about to hit. She now has a choice. She could call for help, try to drag him to safety or let the storm grant her prayer of blowing away and tearing down the house, memories and take her father with it. In the video, they do a good job of having Carrie silently stare at her father pondering this choice before essentially leaving him to die.

    Nobody will ever know that she had a chance to save him but chose not to. The assumption is in the end he'll be another victim of an Okalahoma tornado; one of many. She saw this as her chance to finally be free from the house and his abusive grasp and took it.

    Many parrallels to Independence Day which makes since as one of Carrie's idols (no pun intended) growing up was Martina McBride.

    GrtOne41on August 13, 2013   Link

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