Fever Lyrics

Lyric discussion by admvenom 

Cover art for Fever lyrics by Neko Case

I don't think she means anything obscure and hidden, I think this is pretty literal, Neko doesn't use too much metaphors. I mean, if the tornado in love with a person is just a tornado in love with a person, as she said, I guess it's safe to say that this could be just about a person who literally finds themselves fighting a personification of death. In the end I think they do die but woithout just "surrendering" to the grim reaper, I guess just realize that they are at peace with themselves and accept death without needing to be forced by/into it. Think of it as a fairy tale, I remember an interview where she talked about how grim, dark and haunting fairytales really were before Disney came and ruined it. Anyway it is certainly not her first song about someone accepting death(see "at last" for example).